The Democrats blinked after January 6th and the Republicans were watching. In a prize fight when your opponent is on the ropes and ready to go down for the count you don’t let them off the ropes.
After the attempted insurrection the Democrats had the Republicans by the short hairs. If on January 20th President Biden and Chyck Schumer had called for a commission to investigate the attempted insurrection the Republicans could not have resisted. All they had to do was put together a 60 second video clip of what January 6th looked like with the number of deaths and ask the question is this what the people want.
The legislative agenda should have been rolled out concurrently. Manchin would have had no choice but to fall in line. Growing up I was always told to “Strike While The Iron Is Hot”. Instead we gave the Republicans room to breath. We failed to capitalize on the shock and collective outrage of the people. We didn’t just let the fire ðĨ burn down, we allowed it to burn out.
Now we find ourselves between a rock and a hard place. It didn’t have to be this way. Mitch McConnell is one again back in the cat bird seat. His plan is simple. He told us all what it was from the start. He fully intends to block every single piece of Democratic legislation. He wants to leave the Democrats with a mouth full of feathers ðŠķ we no way out.
Now we’re forced to pull a rabbit out of the hat because we failed to recognize opportunity when it dropped into our lap.
Now we must turn to plan B. That plan requires a fundamental shift in the way this party functions as a unit. The party must become like the Borg in Star Trek and assimilate everything that can make it stronger. Stop the foolish nonsense negotiations with the Republicans who have no intentions of going along with anything the Democrats propose. Pull out all the stops and play hardball at every turn. Target Gaetz, Rubio, Jordan, McConnell, McCarthy and play every card in the deck against them.
We are now in a zero sum game. We either win big or watch Democracy die. If we do not pull a rabbit out of the hat in 2022 we’re done.
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