They didnt get along for 8 years under Obama.Mothra said:You may be right, but with Trump no longer in the WH stoking the flames, perhaps they will come to their senses. It just all depends on whether TDS has lasting effects, or whether the effects will wear off and some sense of normalcy will return.br53 said:I wish it would happen but I really dont think that Pelosi, Schumer or McConnell have the balls to stand up to the AOC group or the far right and work together. It will take others to stand up and take over leadership to work together. I wish that they could find new leadership in both parties to work together but until it happens, people like us(average Americans) are just screwed and given the cold shoulder.Mothra said:Agreed,bear2be2 said:Mothra said:
What's fascinating to me is that this prediction of a blue wave have certainly proved to be tall tales. We had Nancy declaring that the House Dems would pick up seats, and instead it appears the Repubs are going to gain seats. Schumer and company (and all the polls) were predicting that the Senate was lost. Well. sorry again. They may gain 1 seat at the end of the day. And then of course, pretty much every poll and every strategist was predicting a significant Biden victory. And instead, the race is neck and neck. I give Biden the edge because of Wisconsin and probably Michigan, but not by much. It's going to be razor thin.
Long and the short of it is all of the pollsters and pundits have been wrong yet again. Even if Biden wins, he does not have the mandate to make the wholesale changes his handlers desire. He's not going to have full support of Congress, and there will be significant blow back for the Dems if they try to ram things through by executive order. So, I suspect his Green New Deal as written and the court packing are now out the window. So there is a significant silver lining if Trump loses. Things are not nearly as dire as predicted. And despite the prognostications by our resident leftists, the state of the Republican Party despite Trump is still strong.
I told my brother when he was touting the polls that I didn't think there'd be a landslide either way because the country was too evenly divided. This election would definitely support that.
I think the results of this election (presidential and congressional) could be a good thing if Biden and the Democrats can take a conciliatory tone and recognize that this election is not the referendum on Trump they believed it would be.
This country is deeply divided, and it's time for leaders in both parties to do their part to mend it.