10-01-2020, 03:28 PM
(10-01-2020, 01:58 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: What he actually propose is yet to be seen, but the greater danger is that the Democrats flake out on reducing or eliminating the filibuster and packing the Court. Unless they take these bold and controversial steps, I don't see how much of his program or vision can be realized. The Republicans would block it all in the Senate, and if they throw out the filibuster it still would be contested in Trump's new Courts. The Democrats will have to be bolder and more radical than they are used to being if they are going to get anything done at all. Otherwise we are stuck in the same old stalemate that we have been stuck in for at least 40 years, bound to the Reagan neo-liberal philosophy.
The tone of the Biden Presidency, assuming there is one, will be set by the end of January 2021. You're also correct that much of this is outside the President's purview. It's with Congress. Biden is a neoliberal of longstanding. I'm less than happy with him, but he beats Trump by 1,000 miles. I'm even less comfortable with the degree of Catholic influence in this government: Biden, Pelosi, and 7 of the Supreme Court Justices. It may be a subtle influence for some, but not all. If truly radical actions are deferred, assume the worst.
Intelligence is not knowledge and knowledge is not wisdom, but they all play well together.