Joe Biden: polls of approval and favorability

[David Horn]

(03-29-2021, 09:25 PM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote:

(03-29-2021, 04:51 PM)David Horn Wrote: It seems that Biden learned the lesson of 'too little, too late' and is working on a consistent pattern of big wins with Democrats alone.  The infrastructure bill will prove that true or not, because it has to pass.  If the GOPpers have no intention of building things for their constituents, as I suspect, then Biden will bless abandoning the filibuster (or forcing it to the floor as a speak-a-thon), and pass it with Dems alone.  If it plays that way, the Republicans are dead for the next cycle.

Let's see who and how many play chicken with their political futures this time. Bets? Anyone?

I'm waiting for a big round of court cases.  Mostly, Fox is being sued by Dominion for reporting on the Big Lie.  That case will involve recordings of Fox repeating the Big Lie, and of their recanting that the Big Lie was a big lie.  Secondly, in Georgia Trump himself is in line for participating in voter fraud.  If those court efforts go as the 50 to 1 cases before them, it gets really hard to perpetuate the alternate version of the truth.

But judging from the fanatics wading through here, the ability of people to ignore the truth is bottomless.

It feels like we're at a pivot point, with the future direction of the nation at stake.  If the theory holds, then this should be resolved, in due course, in favor of the greater good for the greater number, and a loss of trivial "freedoms" for the radical libertarian right.  But, and there always is a "but", we have a lot of pain to endure on the journey.  

Assume that the SCOTUS becomes a monstrous PITA in the path of progress, and may force a step back for every step forward for a while at least.  Is there stomach for court packing?  Will Steven Breyer step down before he falls down? Is Thomas fully healthy?  Or Alito? The rest are under 70,and unlikely to be replaced soon.  So it will fall to political courage -- a rare commodity in Washington DC.