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Galraedia

(5,015 posts)
Fri Nov 26, 2021, 12:00 AM Nov 2021

Cheer Up, Democrats! You've Had It Worse Than This

One year ago this month, the 2020 presidential election was called for Joe Biden, leaving most Democrats elated over the impending end of Donald Trump’s presidency. It hasn’t even been a full year since Democrats achieved what once seemed like an even more impossible dream: seizing trifecta control of the federal government via two victories in Senate runoffs.

But wow, has the sweet taste of victory curdled for the Donkey Party! For months now, it has been rare to read a story about the state of affairs in Washington that did not prominently feature the “Democrats in disarray” trope; the party is said to be divided over the agenda of a president with steadily falling job-approval ratings, doomed to a midterm defeat that might also usher Trump back to the brink of power. From hot takes to data-driven assessments of hard cold electoral facts, everyone pretty much agrees the future for this recently triumphant party is dim, and fingers of blame are being pointed in every direction.

There is one positive thought that Democrats can focus on as we head into this season of hope: This is far from the worst they’ve had it. For all their struggles, Democrats remain the oldest continuously operating political party in the country, dating back to the 1820s. As the comedian Henry Gibson sang in the bicentennial satire film Nashville: “We must be doing something right to last 200 years!”

Here’s a look back at some similarly sticky situations from the Democratic Party’s past, which it managed to survive.

Read more: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/democrats-faced-similar-problems-history.html

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Cheer Up, Democrats! You've Had It Worse Than This (Original Post) Galraedia Nov 2021 OP
while dems fiddle repubs are installing election control everywhere for 2022 nt msongs Nov 2021 #1
SineManchin must agree to a filibuster carve out on voting rights. Funtatlaguy Nov 2021 #2
Thank you Busterscruggs Nov 2021 #3

Funtatlaguy

(10,856 posts)
2. SineManchin must agree to a filibuster carve out on voting rights.
Fri Nov 26, 2021, 12:31 AM
Nov 2021

Otherwise, 2022 might be a Republican blowout.
If we lose the House and the Senate both, democracy will strain to survive. Especially if we then lose the White House in 2024.
We need to use BB on SineManchin.
Either and/or bribery and blackmail. Whatever works.
Voting Rights suppression and state Republican legislative election monitoring is our most important battle that we now face.

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