| Title | Date | Im- press | En- gage | Ex- pand | URL- clicks | Like | Re- tweet | Link to Text | Link to Tweet |
| Romney is still a traditional conservative. But what's | 2021-12-30 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1476659841145847819 | 1476659841145847819 |
| Poor people don't deserve help - an article of faith among | 2021-12-26 | 54 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1475182820167274499 | 1475182820167274499 |
| Now it's the revenue side. | 2021-12-24 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1474388898407014402 | 1474388898407014402 |
| Is there ANY version of BBB that can pass the Senate AND | 2021-12-23 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1474082050449674253 | 1474082050449674253 |
| Two views on Manchin and BBB - | 2021-12-23 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1473855537468952581 | 1473855537468952581 |
| An argument for doing a few things permanently rather than | 2021-12-22 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1473530904760832002 | 1473530904760832002 |
| It might have been a mistake to split the physical | 2021-12-22 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1473520090641362944 | 1473520090641362944 |
| "a union representing coal miners, including some of the | 2021-12-22 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1473510772558864391 | 1473510772558864391 |
| Time for Manchin to publicly submit a bill that he WILL | 2021-12-21 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1473377634427932672 | 1473377634427932672 |
| Manchin knows West Virginia voters. | 2021-12-21 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1473193351604174848 | 1473193351604174848 |
| If Manchin won't vote for BBB and won't say what he will | 2021-12-19 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1472655250687332356 | 1472655250687332356 |
| Manchin chooses a showdown. | 2021-12-19 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1472594673159991301 | 1472594673159991301 |
| Is Manchin really a Republican? McConnell would welcome | 2021-12-18 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1472082329728274434 | 1472082329728274434 |
| Manchin still won't say what his bottom line is on BBB. | 2021-12-16 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1471359944700006401 | 1471359944700006401 |
| The main problem with BBB - it comes from Democrats. | 2021-12-15 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1470994235839041536 | 1470994235839041536 |
| Some people think BBB should be split up and voted on | 2021-12-14 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1470788324226859008 | 1470788324226859008 |
| Manchin thinks it's best to slow down - so the child care | 2021-12-14 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1470559646196793345 | 1470559646196793345 |
| Manchin got what he needed to protect his dirty-coal | 2021-12-14 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1470550738694643712 | 1470550738694643712 |
| Don't blame progressive Democrats if GOP gains control of | 2021-12-11 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1469657248251072513 | 1469657248251072513 |
| Manchin sides with GOP in supporting parliamentarian cuts | 2021-12-09 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1468798995950542848 | 1468798995950542848 |
| What Manchin and Sanders are missing - nothing that they | 2021-12-04 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1466979880235528194 | 1466979880235528194 |
| Manchin refuses to commit to anything, to GOP delight. | 2021-12-04 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1466937306787377153 | 1466937306787377153 |
| GOP in a nutshell - | 2021-12-02 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1466493183836098564 | 1466493183836098564 |
| Manchin - and major political donors - don't like Federal | 2021-11-29 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1465169656809877512 | 1465169656809877512 |
| BBB needs 50 Democratic votes to pass the Senate. It only | 2021-11-25 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1463747517938495491 | 1463747517938495491 |
| Photo op for Biden. | 2021-11-25 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1463709654547009537 | 1463709654547009537 |
| Methane fee? A good way to find out who depends on | 2021-11-23 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1463001869966401549 | 1463001869966401549 |
| Who really represents American business? | 2021-11-22 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1462657504232423425 | 1462657504232423425 |
| "Biden’s approval ratings are better than Donald | 2021-11-21 | 47 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1462561644492427266 | 1462561644492427266 |
| "these moments are rare when you can seize on something | 2021-11-20 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1461928968018300935 | 1461928968018300935 |
| GOP will say anything whether true or not. | 2021-11-19 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1461835704552472577 | 1461835704552472577 |
| It was a straight party line vote, except for Democrat | 2021-11-19 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1461712075340668941 | 1461712075340668941 |
| "Republicans said the latest legislation would give tax | 2021-11-19 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1461687735744286723 | 1461687735744286723 |
| McCarthy punished Democrats by ranting for hours tonight. | 2021-11-19 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1461566394638614530 | 1461566394638614530 |
| What's in BBB and how much it costs and when it expires | 2021-11-19 | 151 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1461543758449700865 | 1461543758449700865 |
| CBO estimate is close enough to even, considering its | 2021-11-19 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1461499103846621186 | 1461499103846621186 |
| Party Monday, back to work on Tuesday. | 2021-11-16 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1460421365559791619 | 1460421365559791619 |
| Public employee pension law reform - not promising more | 2021-11-14 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1459951248505913347 | 1459951248505913347 |
| Unclear on the concept! | 2021-11-14 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1459944374733709321 | 1459944374733709321 |
| What's going to happen in Congress next week? | 2021-11-13 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1459534646392209418 | 1459534646392209418 |
| How does BBB compare to past efforts? | 2021-11-12 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1459183129957072896 | 1459183129957072896 |
| What's Manchin's bottom line? | 2021-11-12 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1459175800050094082 | 1459175800050094082 |
| Congressional Black Caucus saved the day. | 2021-11-10 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1458278647123484672 | 1458278647123484672 |
| Minority rule? | 2021-11-10 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1458233802539499521 | 1458233802539499521 |
| Remember medicaid expansion | 2021-11-08 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1457728865862709252 | 1457728865862709252 |
| Trump couldn't accomplish the positive parts of his | 2021-11-08 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1457568506648563713 | 1457568506648563713 |
| A positive take on Biden's year. | 2021-11-08 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1457566666808709121 | 1457566666808709121 |
| The House Democrats finally passed an infrastructure bill | 2021-11-06 | 80 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1456828993777258506 | 1456828993777258506 |
| Democrats defer catastrophe for ten days. | 2021-11-06 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1456817357989367818 | 1456817357989367818 |
| Is this the end of the Biden domestic agenda? | 2021-11-05 | 170 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1456716242539016193 | 1456716242539016193 |
| Persuadable swing voters mostly don't follow politics | 2021-11-05 | 113 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1456647329251880965 | 1456647329251880965 |
| Far more addictive than opioids! | 2021-11-05 | 113 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1456605555418562567 | 1456605555418562567 |
| Can the Democrats get their act together in the House? | 2021-11-05 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1456602826289737729 | 1456602826289737729 |
| Will Democrats with cold feet scuttle BBB and the | 2021-11-05 | 114 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1456470257170718723 | 1456470257170718723 |
| "nobody elected Franklin D. Roosevelt to 'be F.D.R.'" | 2021-11-05 | 108 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1456440962079596550 | 1456440962079596550 |
| "nobody elected Franklin D. Roosevelt to 'be F.D.R.'" | 2021-11-05 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1456433093628375042 | 1456433093628375042 |
| "Democrat should stand for doer, not delay, dithering, | 2021-11-04 | 93 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1456254256026030086 | 1456254256026030086 |
| How the Frankenbill sausage gets made | 2021-11-03 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1455897528583409671 | 1455897528583409671 |
| More on games in DC! | 2021-11-02 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1455366816415436801 | 1455366816415436801 |
| The drug companies vs AARP - who's going to win? | 2021-11-02 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1455364957462163459 | 1455364957462163459 |
| "It’s time our elected leaders in Washington stop | 2021-11-02 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1455361285986471943 | 1455361285986471943 |
| US can't afford to subsidize American children. | 2021-11-01 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1454976778963853313 | 1454976778963853313 |
| Biden chooses to expand Medicaid, knowing that GOP will | 2021-10-30 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1454297260989161481 | 1454297260989161481 |
| Maybe success is at hand - but strait is the gate, and | 2021-10-29 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1454145227833237504 | 1454145227833237504 |
| "the pharmaceutical industry has been regulating Congress" | 2021-10-29 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1454143671180222470 | 1454143671180222470 |
| What's in BBB? | 2021-10-28 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1453728020292784132 | 1453728020292784132 |
| The red state paradox - they can't stand government aid, | 2021-10-27 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1453511483543855106 | 1453511483543855106 |
| Is there an agreement possible or is it just wishful | 2021-10-27 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1453490738478469121 | 1453490738478469121 |
| US is way behind on parental leave | 2021-10-27 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1453477009779085315 | 1453477009779085315 |
| Lots of short-term programs might be good for short-term | 2021-10-26 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1452994553124904964 | 1452994553124904964 |
| Job #1 to protect a hereditary nobility - preserve | 2021-10-26 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1452801197845278720 | 1452801197845278720 |
| Is compromise a dirty word? | 2021-10-25 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1452473641136898050 | 1452473641136898050 |
| Democrats must show SOME accomplishments to persuadable | 2021-10-25 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1452444222682927104 | 1452444222682927104 |
| Sinema is at a dead end? | 2021-10-24 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1452113694092005380 | 1452113694092005380 |
| Is Sinema really negotiating in good faith? Will she | 2021-10-24 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1452112151926095878 | 1452112151926095878 |
| Needs-testing for "entitlements". | 2021-10-24 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1452108819450908676 | 1452108819450908676 |
| GOP used to believe in child tax credits. Now they | 2021-10-23 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1451905716243996673 | 1451905716243996673 |
| Old guys should stick to a script that has been | 2021-10-22 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1451583504190377990 | 1451583504190377990 |
| If Biden can't get corporate Democrats to tax the wealthy | 2021-10-22 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1451346052171272219 | 1451346052171272219 |
| Manchin vs West Virginia | 2021-10-21 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1451006261751779329 | 1451006261751779329 |
| Means testing is a pretty good way to keep the deserving | 2021-10-19 | 106 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1450295507180408834 | 1450295507180408834 |
| Is Manchin enjoying his moment in the sun? | 2021-10-19 | 111 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1450251752570114051 | 1450251752570114051 |
| Economists support carbon tax - but not GOP senators, | 2021-10-17 | 87 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1449879492302802946 | 1449879492302802946 |
| Looks like Manchin is determined to protect coal. | 2021-10-17 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1449626639973765128 | 1449626639973765128 |
| At least we have SOME idea what Manchin wants - | 2021-10-16 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1449183017604288512 | 1449183017604288512 |
| Voters claim they want a smaller government. | 2021-10-15 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1449054556482985991 | 1449054556482985991 |
| Is Biden competent? | 2021-10-14 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1448743313020907542 | 1448743313020907542 |
| It's more important to pass something promptly than | 2021-10-13 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1448164023342567424 | 1448164023342567424 |
| Nothing's certain but the game isn't over yet. | 2021-10-12 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1447786045244805130 | 1447786045244805130 |
| "Meaningful legislation is inherently difficult and | 2021-10-11 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1447649906454265858 | 1447649906454265858 |
| "Money is the mother's milk of politics" | 2021-10-11 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1447596625933729793 | 1447596625933729793 |
| Anything that makes having children less of an economic | 2021-10-11 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1447409570196779011 | 1447409570196779011 |
| Scalise reminds us of the cost of failing to pass the | 2021-10-11 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1447393387624075265 | 1447393387624075265 |
| The essence of the Biden agenda is | 2021-10-11 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1447390598030258182 | 1447390598030258182 |
| Can the Democrats agree on what is possible, and then | 2021-10-10 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1447325522938130433 | 1447325522938130433 |
| If you want people to work more so we depend less on | 2021-10-07 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1446167579412733957 | 1446167579412733957 |
| To repeat - it's children and climate. The rest can | 2021-10-05 | 197 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1445191836096552961 | 1445191836096552961 |
| Advice to Biden and Democrats in Congress - do a few things | 2021-10-05 | 223 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1445184462317240322 | 1445184462317240322 |
| Are the Democrats trying to do too much at once? | 2021-10-04 | 128 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1445117904794439684 | 1445117904794439684 |
| Biden bill in perspective. | 2021-10-03 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1444543530693627909 | 1444543530693627909 |
| Politics is the art of the possible. | 2021-09-30 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1443653448830881818 | 1443653448830881818 |
| "Moderate" Democrats in Congress are so afraid of Trumpism | 2021-09-30 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1443418359656173569 | 1443418359656173569 |
| A positive view of Biden's first year - | 2021-09-28 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1442857393428176897 | 1442857393428176897 |
| Biden's first term is like FDR's second - so far. | 2021-09-28 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1442651948176457738 | 1442651948176457738 |
| What's in Biden's big bill? | 2021-09-24 | 156 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1441528505007677443 | 1441528505007677443 |
| Biden succumbs to temptation. | 2021-09-17 | 86 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1438688734736572423 | 1438688734736572423 |
| Biden leans too far into salesman mode. | 2021-07-22 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1418200757497565186 | 1418200757497565186 |
| Maneuvering around Congress by executive order. | 2021-07-08 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1413136405555937296 | 1413136405555937296 |
| Biden tackles corruption! | 2021-06-04 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1400651633445376007 | 1400651633445376007 |
| "The highest return on investment in America today isn't | 2021-05-06 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1390342032103645189 | 1390342032103645189 |
| Run the country by amateurs? Run the country by | 2021-05-03 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1389029261059575810 | 1389029261059575810 |
| "Unity is impossible. The culture war has become more | 2021-05-01 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1388292249285545990 | 1388292249285545990 |
| What can Biden get through Congress? | 2021-04-30 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1388275682304696320 | 1388275682304696320 |
| "Tone down the Oscar-winning performances" | 2021-04-28 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1387535072090148864 | 1387535072090148864 |
| A possible way forward for some legislation. | 2021-04-09 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1380366814836760581 | 1380366814836760581 |
| Biden has less than two years to accomplish whatever he's | 2021-04-09 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1380363229654700032 | 1380363229654700032 |
| Priority for male blue-collar workers over female? | 2021-03-29 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1376564998785277954 | 1376564998785277954 |
| "hard-working, decent American people who are really having | 2021-03-29 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1376540586329604097 | 1376540586329604097 |
| Why certain elderly judges and legislators need to retire | 2021-03-19 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1372765678181117961 | 1372765678181117961 |
| Manchin indicates flexibility about GOP obstruction. | 2021-03-07 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1368668930986844161 | 1368668930986844161 |
| "dial down the conflict, dial up the policy" | 2021-03-04 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1367501555453280273 | 1367501555453280273 |
| Biden only has two years to act. | 2021-03-04 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1367470349781135361 | 1367470349781135361 |
| Moderate Republicans say "here's a chance to be | 2021-03-01 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1366485088578330624 | 1366485088578330624 |
| Once you realize the alternative is a Trumpist - you learn | 2021-02-26 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1365397808556072962 | 1365397808556072962 |
| GOP senators can please their donors by just saying no. | 2021-02-25 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1364995694231134209 | 1364995694231134209 |
| If you don't like conservative Democrats from red states | 2021-02-23 | 40 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1364356974259789828 | 1364356974259789828 |
| Campaign promises were made, expecting solid Democratic | 2021-02-21 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1363542675660529671 | 1363542675660529671 |
| The difference between enabling and disabling government! | 2021-01-28 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1354657320936960008 | 1354657320936960008 |
| The return of competent government. | 2021-01-24 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1353425811928322050 | 1353425811928322050 |
| The fundamental division "will be between the performers, | 2021-01-23 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1352864744823156739 | 1352864744823156739 |
| Jerry Brown considers lessons for Biden. | 2021-01-22 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1352765169961558016 | 1352765169961558016 |
| Will the Trump base be grateful for improving rural health | 2021-01-22 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1352699201029722112 | 1352699201029722112 |
| San Jose is proud to see Cesar Chavez in the Oval Office! | 2021-01-22 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1352428883300077571 | 1352428883300077571 |
| First day of the Biden administration. I realized I didn't | 2021-01-22 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1352416763632177152 | 1352416763632177152 |
| How Biden won the election - animated tour of major | 2021-01-21 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1352093831009689600 | 1352093831009689600 |
| Here's the deal - no cabinet confirmations unless | 2021-01-20 | 62 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1352020959666950152 | 1352020959666950152 |
| How they hand off the football | 2021-01-19 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1351544597361541123 | 1351544597361541123 |
| Slow incremental progress might be all that's possible. | 2021-01-18 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1351189260532150282 | 1351189260532150282 |
| Going bigger than expected! | 2021-01-18 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1350975984992968706 | 1350975984992968706 |
| Bipartisanship has to start somewhere. | 2021-01-17 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1350923502853914625 | 1350923502853914625 |
| Can Biden do truly great things? | 2021-01-17 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1350883008048361473 | 1350883008048361473 |
| Can Biden make the president a good role model again? | 2021-01-16 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1350449801423327232 | 1350449801423327232 |
| We got something for our investment after all! | 2021-01-14 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1349768883020828672 | 1349768883020828672 |
| Overall, the Trumpists won the election. The Democrats | 2021-01-08 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1347361436251549696 | 1347361436251549696 |
| Democratic Georgia senators is good news/bad news for the | 2021-01-04 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1346085977081565189 | 1346085977081565189 |
The table above has these entries:
========== Romney is still a traditional conservative. But what's Karl Smith been smoking? https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-12-28/biden-agenda-in-2022-could-depend-more-on-romney-than-on-manchin Bipartisan support for anything? Trump put an end to that after the physical infrastructure bill passed with GOP support. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1570492949961885 #PS1biden ===== engage 2 engage-rate 7% impress 30 time 2021-12-30 21:01 +0000 urlclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1476659841145847819 ========== Poor people don't deserve help - an article of faith among the political donor class. Most eloquently explained in scripture to Job by his friends. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/12/21/joe-manchin-hunting-trip/ #PS1biden ===== engage 3 engage-rate 6% impress 54 likes 1 retweets 1 time 2021-12-26 19:12 +0000 userclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1475182820167274499 ========== Now it's the revenue side. https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/12/24/manchin-sinema-biden-bbb/ Is there any proposal that Manchin AND Sinema AND the House will all accept? Manchin sounds GOP on spending, Sinema GOP on revenue. #PS1biden ===== impress 39 time 2021-12-24 14:38 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1474388898407014402 ========== Is there ANY version of BBB that can pass the Senate AND the House? Not today. https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/12/23/biden-manchin-child-tax-credit/ But ALL the Democrats know that failure to deliver on ANY of their promises is bad for ALL of them. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1565759473768566 #PS1biden ===== impress 24 time 2021-12-23 18:18 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1474082050449674253 ========== Two views on Manchin and BBB - There's nothing in it for WV - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/21/joe-manchin-bbb-west-virginia/ Manchin could have asked for anything he wanted for WV. But he didn't want anything for WV - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/22/manchin-has-no-imagination/ #PS1biden ===== impress 25 time 2021-12-23 03:18 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1473855537468952581 ========== An argument for doing a few things permanently rather than many things temporarily. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/21/opinion/manchin-build-back-better-democrats.html But will Manchin support ANY subset of BBB? He says he might, but by now he has a credibility issue. #PS1biden ===== impress 21 time 2021-12-22 05:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1473530904760832002 ========== It might have been a mistake to split the physical infrastructure and BBB bills. If Manchin were going to kill them anyway, better get it over sooner, and promptly move on to a plan B. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/19/manchin-build-back-better-oppose-democrats-playing-soft/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1564718190539361 #PS1biden ===== impress 29 time 2021-12-22 05:05 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1473520090641362944 ========== "a union representing coal miners, including some of the nearly 12,000 from his home state, put out a statement urging the lawmaker to revisit his opposition to the package" https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-wv-state-wire-joe-manchin-congress-4ac6f440bbcc2eaadcd16f4045897c62 But was Manchin's decision based on voters or on donors? #PS1biden ===== impress 29 time 2021-12-22 04:28 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1473510772558864391 ========== Time for Manchin to publicly submit a bill that he WILL vote for under reconciliation. Enough switch and bait! https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/12/20/manchin-biden-child-tax-credit/ Otherwise it's hard to escape the conclusion that it was all a feint and he's not willing to vote for any of it. #PS1biden ===== engage 2 engage-rate 6% impress 34 time 2021-12-21 19:39 +0000 urlclicks 1 userclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1473377634427932672 ========== Manchin knows West Virginia voters. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/19/sen-joe-manchins-position-build-back-better-reflects-reality-west-virginia-politics/ He thinks Democrats should elect more liberal senators, but he won't lift a finger against filibuster to make that possible. https://www.yahoo.com/now/manchin-says-elect-more-liberals-215600758.html #PS1biden ===== impress 41 time 2021-12-21 07:27 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1473193351604174848 ========== If Manchin won't vote for BBB and won't say what he will vote for, can he still be useful? He could remain a Democrat as an independent traditional conservative - supporting voting rights and the rule of law. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-joe-manchin-congress-e7a0ca4c25c686e91cb21e166c44821b More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1563164900694690 #PS1biden ===== impress 24 time 2021-12-19 19:49 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1472655250687332356 ========== Manchin chooses a showdown. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-joe-manchin-congress-e7a0ca4c25c686e91cb21e166c44821b You can't vote for something if you can't explain it to your donors. It'll be his place in history - of the GOP if he accepts McConnell's invitation. #PS1biden ===== impress 31 time 2021-12-19 15:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1472594673159991301 ========== Is Manchin really a Republican? McConnell would welcome him. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-environment-voting-delaware-joe-manchin-a12b0073d4e2d16ccbe4c15deee3e1d5 It does seem that a rich WV Democrat would be GOP in most states. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-poverty-west-virginia-joe-manchin-86da79b1a683de87c4a45c90c96cab52 Nobody knows what he wants or what he would settle for. #PS1biden ===== impress 24 time 2021-12-18 05:52 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1472082329728274434 ========== Manchin still won't say what his bottom line is on BBB. Biden is now talking about doing voting rights first. That is more important in the long run, but most voters don't understand the issues as well as money in their pockets. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-environment-joe-manchin-congress-40f8b0c57abc54c343e35583de35dcff #PS1biden ===== impress 40 time 2021-12-16 06:02 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1471359944700006401 ========== The main problem with BBB - it comes from Democrats. And some of it would be paid for by taxing the rich. Two reasons behind unanimous GOP opposition. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/13/opinion/build-back-better.html #PS1biden ===== impress 29 time 2021-12-15 05:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1470994235839041536 ========== Some people think BBB should be split up and voted on in parts. Would Manchin vote for ANY of those parts? He won't say. Does he really want to be remembered as McConnell's chief collaborator in killing BBB? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/14/its-time-entertain-possibility-that-build-back-better-bill-wont-pass/ #PS1biden ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 49 time 2021-12-14 16:10 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1470788324226859008 ========== Manchin thinks it's best to slow down - so the child care credit does not get renewed. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/13/manchin-child-tax-credit-build-back-better/ It's very popular with voters - but not with major political donors who figure they'd pay for it. #PS1biden ===== impress 46 time 2021-12-14 01:01 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1470559646196793345 ========== Manchin got what he needed to protect his dirty-coal business - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/12/13/manchin-blind-trust-enersystems-stock-climate-change/ But he still isn't happy. https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/12/13/senate-biden-manchin-spending/ He says slow down - so more Democratic senators get cold feet? If he's going to vote against BBB, he might as well say so. #PS1biden ===== impress 54 time 2021-12-14 00:26 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1470550738694643712 ========== Don't blame progressive Democrats if GOP gains control of government for good in 2022. They're not holding up election reform for the sake of filibuster. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/10/opinion/democrats-progressives-moderates-elections.html #PS1biden ===== impress 43 time 2021-12-11 13:16 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1469657248251072513 ========== Manchin sides with GOP in supporting parliamentarian cuts to BBB. https://apnews.com/article/immigration-business-environment-joe-manchin-congress-714cd484d2c9511d512a7e834482a7e0 #PS1biden ===== engage 2 engage-rate 4% impress 47 time 2021-12-09 04:25 +0000 urlclicks 1 userclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1468798995950542848 ========== What Manchin and Sanders are missing - nothing that they can do or prevent will be as bad as GOP control of Congress in 2022 and the White House in 2024. If GOP wins they don't intend to lose again. Is filibuster more important than that? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/03/where-will-democratic-infighting-lead-historys-answer-is-clear/ #PS1biden ===== impress 28 time 2021-12-04 03:57 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466979880235528194 ========== Manchin refuses to commit to anything, to GOP delight. GOP will be able to say either that Biden has passed an expensive bill or that he failed to deliver on his campaign promises. And they'll have Democrats joining them either way. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-joe-biden-business-health-congress-59c23f1893aafb21a24fc2d805c1dc87 #PS1biden ===== engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 26 time 2021-12-04 01:08 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466937306787377153 ========== GOP in a nutshell - "they’d rather the bills at your kitchen table be higher so the tax bills of [corporate and wealthy donors] can be lower" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/02/those-supply-chains-are-straightening-out-so-is-bidens-rhetoric/ Gradual improvement in supply chains is not likely to be noticed, though. #PS1biden ===== impress 12 time 2021-12-02 19:43 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466493183836098564 ========== Manchin - and major political donors - don't like Federal family leave, but small business does. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-11-16/small-u-s-businesses-actually-want-federal-paid-family-leave #PS1biden ===== impress 28 time 2021-11-29 04:04 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1465169656809877512 ========== BBB needs 50 Democratic votes to pass the Senate. It only needs one Democratic vote to kill it and the Biden agenda for good. https://apnews.com/article/climate-immigration-joe-biden-business-health-3fc94b563232ae0e64ca9ff6dcb3c4cf #PS1biden ===== engage 2 engage-rate 5% impress 44 time 2021-11-25 05:52 +0000 urlclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1463747517938495491 ========== Photo op for Biden. https://apnews.com/article/biden-oil-strategic-reserve-gas-prices-a7e0802b299cd627c7ffdeeb0e50bd2c Saudi Arabia and Russia are willing to cut production to maintain prices. GOP's predictable response was to deregulate oil production, though with no immediate impact on gas prices but long term impact on climate. #PS1biden ===== impress 118 time 2021-11-25 03:22 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1463709654547009537 ========== Methane fee? A good way to find out who depends on oil and gas campaign donations. https://apnews.com/article/climate-business-oil-and-gas-industry-joe-manchin-congress-96e33656808adf3cdc42acc942dc0f9c #PS1biden ===== impress 27 time 2021-11-23 04:30 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1463001869966401549 ========== Who really represents American business? https://apnews.com/article/prescription-drugs-cost-biden-bill-medicare-38de189cafbe588dbfcacdce4a46aee9 Seems to depend on how much money you get from big pharma. #PS1biden ===== impress 25 time 2021-11-22 05:41 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1462657504232423425 ========== "Biden’s approval ratings are better than Donald Trump’s at the same time of his presidency" https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-approval-democrats-484bd04fb1c8d921977db224c392c7f5 A lot can happen, good and bad. Democrats should be worrying about 2022, much closer at hand. #PS1biden ===== engage 3 engage-rate 6% impress 47 time 2021-11-21 23:20 +0000 urlclicks 1 userclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1462561644492427266 ========== "these moments are rare when you can seize on something and make real change" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/19/us/politics/democrats-economic-bill.html #PS1biden ===== impress 24 time 2021-11-20 05:26 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1461928968018300935 ========== GOP will say anything whether true or not. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/19/build-back-better-passes-dumb-gop-attack/ Having a SALT tax cap was a bad idea. Raising it was a bad idea. But for GOP to claim to be for middle-income taxpayers is a very bad joke. https://www.one-flat-tax.net/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1543213316023182 #PS1biden ===== impress 26 time 2021-11-19 23:16 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1461835704552472577 ========== It was a straight party line vote, except for Democrat Jared Golden of Maine, who didn't like raising the SALT cap. McCarthy's rant might have fortified some wobbly Democrats to vote for the bill. https://apnews.com/article/climate-immigration-joe-biden-health-lifestyle-bff841da156cb12cd47a564f9e0267eb More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1542979322713248 #PS1biden ===== impress 27 time 2021-11-19 15:04 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1461712075340668941 ========== "Republicans said the latest legislation would give tax breaks to some wealthy taxpayers" https://apnews.com/article/climate-immigration-joe-biden-health-lifestyle-bff841da156cb12cd47a564f9e0267eb Translation is required here - "some wealthy taxpayers" means "major Democratic donors". More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1542917046052809 #PS1biden ===== impress 17 time 2021-11-19 13:28 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1461687735744286723 ========== McCarthy punished Democrats by ranting for hours tonight. https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/11/18/house-reconciliation-budget-biden/ IRS "would add thousands of officials to audit Americans". Translation - coming from a GOP leader, "Americans" means "major GOP donors" - some of whom probably aren't even Americans. #PS1biden ===== impress 15 time 2021-11-19 05:25 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1461566394638614530 ========== What's in BBB and how much it costs and when it expires https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/11/18/upshot/whats-in-democrats-reconciliation-bill.html The House was going to vote Thursday night but it's only got a couple hours until Friday morning. The almost-total lunar eclipse is in five hours - something to watch when they get bored. #PS1biden ===== engage 2 engage-rate 1% impress 151 time 2021-11-19 03:56 +0000 urlclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1461543758449700865 ========== CBO estimate is close enough to even, considering its inherent uncertainties. Will that be enough to pass BBB in the House tonight? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/18/why-dems-shouldnt-listen-to-the-cbo/ #PS1biden ===== engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 28 time 2021-11-19 00:58 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1461499103846621186 ========== Party Monday, back to work on Tuesday. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/15/us/politics/biden-approval-rating-infrastructure-bill.html For those many Democratic legislators facing likely defeat in 2022, perhaps it's better to accomplish big memorable things in the short time they have, than cower in foxholes and be forgotten. #PS1biden ===== impress 23 time 2021-11-16 01:36 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1460421365559791619 ========== Public employee pension law reform - not promising more than you can pay - is essential https://www.political-scrapbook.net/controversial.html#defined%20benefit but has some unexpected side effects - pension law reform blocks Biden transit money. https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/the-state-worker/article255720896.html #PS1biden ===== impress 12 time 2021-11-14 18:27 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1459951248505913347 ========== Unclear on the concept! Cornyn can't understand why Biden intends to enact a campaign promise. GOP always enact the opposite of their campaign promises! More union jobs - no - more right-to-work laws! https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-technology-business-congress-electric-vehicles-577b0b441c6650af252f37bff7fea7ba But Manchin gets the last say - "NO". #PS1biden ===== impress 13 time 2021-11-14 18:00 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1459944374733709321 ========== What's going to happen in Congress next week? https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-congress-nancy-pelosi-80f7a76da9ca0b42fc1dcdc4cf7dd023 Even with a scorecard, you can't tell the real issues from the bargaining chips. #PS1biden ===== impress 75 time 2021-11-13 14:52 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1459534646392209418 ========== How does BBB compare to past efforts? https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/11/07/biden-infrastructure-build-back-better-analysis/ The political problem is the payoff is gradual and deferred, though substantial over the long term. #PS1biden ===== impress 78 time 2021-11-12 15:35 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1459183129957072896 ========== What's Manchin's bottom line? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/11/manchin-found-excuse-to-destroy-bidens-agenda/ Or is the question what is his donors' bottom line? #PS1biden ===== impress 64 time 2021-11-12 15:06 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1459175800050094082 ========== Congressional Black Caucus saved the day. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/06/us/politics/infrastructure-black-caucus-vote.html #PS1biden ===== impress 16 time 2021-11-10 03:41 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1458278647123484672 ========== Minority rule? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html Time for Democrats to call out that Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP scam for what it is. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/06/democrats-avoided-defeating-themselves-now-they-must-defeat-plutocratic-populists/ #PS1biden ===== impress 22 time 2021-11-10 00:43 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1458233802539499521 ========== Remember medicaid expansion https://www.kff.org/medicaid/issue-brief/status-of-state-medicaid-expansion-decisions-interactive-map/ Will the states with Trumpist governors and legislatures try to block or delay infrastructure improvements just to make sure their residents don't see any benefit from Biden? https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-barack-obama-economy-94c4b2349356f5aa8a776e11720b6f61 #PS1biden ===== impress 33 time 2021-11-08 15:16 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1457728865862709252 ========== Trump couldn't accomplish the positive parts of his campaign promises because the donors weren't interested or he was afraid he might lose. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-trump-infrastructure-afghanistan/2021/11/07/7c7a5534-3f34-11ec-8ee9-4f14a26749d1_story.html So Biden did it instead. #PS1biden ===== impress 36 time 2021-11-08 04:39 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1457568506648563713 ========== A positive take on Biden's year. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/07/imagine-if-virginia-governors-election-had-been-held-week-later/ Gloom and doom does get higher media ratings than incremental progress. #PS1biden ===== impress 32 time 2021-11-08 04:32 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1457566666808709121 ========== The House Democrats finally passed an infrastructure bill that had already passed the Senate months ago. https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/11/05/house-infrastructure-reconciliation-vote/ They all recognized that they had better do SOMEthing while they still could. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1533792573631923 #PS1biden ===== engage 2 engage-rate 3% impress 80 likes 1 retweets 1 time 2021-11-06 03:41 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456828993777258506 ========== Democrats defer catastrophe for ten days. https://apnews.com/article/immigration-joe-biden-business-health-environment-87d4c106c2a57e2c88525ef9db59e776 Will the CBO analysis really make any difference? Is lacking that what they are really objecting to? #PS1biden ===== impress 49 time 2021-11-06 02:54 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456817357989367818 ========== Is this the end of the Biden domestic agenda? https://apnews.com/article/immigration-joe-biden-business-health-environment-87d4c106c2a57e2c88525ef9db59e776 It's hard to imagine any new information changing recalcitrants' minds next week. The CBO estimate is also unlikely to change any minds. It's a big victory now for GOP and a bigger one in 2022. #PS1biden ===== engage 2 engage-rate 1% impress 170 time 2021-11-05 20:13 +0000 urlclicks 1 userclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456716242539016193 ========== Persuadable swing voters mostly don't follow politics or economics closely. They couldn't tell you what BBB contained even if it weren't constantly shifting. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/05/virginia-results-build-back-better/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1533450146999499 #PS1biden ===== impress 113 time 2021-11-05 15:39 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456647329251880965 ========== Far more addictive than opioids! https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/11/05/pharmaceutical-industry-drug-price-lobbying/ Money is the mother's milk of politics, especially dark money. Every legislator knows what it costs to oppose the drug industry, and what it gains by serving it. #PS1biden ===== impress 113 time 2021-11-05 12:53 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456605555418562567 ========== Can the Democrats get their act together in the House? Somebody will always find something else to complain about and stall about. https://apnews.com/article/climate-immigration-joe-biden-business-health-da0c5847fe7f3a846ca076c214bb0c79 Then they have to get it through the Senate, and then a conference committee to reconcile differences. #PS1biden ===== impress 120 time 2021-11-05 12:42 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456602826289737729 ========== Will Democrats with cold feet scuttle BBB and the Biden administration - and be defeated in 2022 anyway? They'd deserve it. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/04/us/politics/house-democrats-biden.html #PS1biden ===== impress 114 time 2021-11-05 03:55 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456470257170718723 ========== "nobody elected Franklin D. Roosevelt to 'be F.D.R.'" https://washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/04/memo-democrats-be-loud-be-proud/ https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/04/opinion/democrats-election-congress-vaccines.html Better to fail attempting something great than fail attempting something little. Obamacare proved that GOP can't undo a popular program once enacted. #PS1biden ===== impress 108 time 2021-11-05 01:59 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456440962079596550 ========== "nobody elected Franklin D. Roosevelt to 'be F.D.R.'" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/04/memo-democrats-be-loud-be-proud/ The case for boldness against timidity. Better to fail attempting something great than fail attempting something little. #PS1biden ===== impress 2 time 2021-11-05 01:28 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456433093628375042 ========== "Democrat should stand for doer, not delay, dithering, do nothing, division" No need to imitate the GOP's mastery of delay, dithering, do nothing, division. https://apnews.com/article/elections-senate-elections-barack-obama-virginia-election-2020-74dc88bf945d78882e84139f47beec7f #PS1biden ===== impress 93 time 2021-11-04 13:37 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456254256026030086 ========== How the Frankenbill sausage gets made https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-10-31/party-of-ideas-produces-a-frankenbill-it-just-might-work GOP is desperate to kill it before it's passed and its parts become popular. #PS1biden ===== impress 25 time 2021-11-03 13:59 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1455897528583409671 ========== More on games in DC! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/01/joe-manchins-throws-bomb-progressives-accidentally-hits-centrists/ #PS1biden ===== impress 28 time 2021-11-02 02:51 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1455366816415436801 ========== The drug companies vs AARP - who's going to win? https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/11/01/reconciliaton-medicare-prescription-price-negotiation/ Manchin needs more time to review the legislation - with his donors. #PS1biden ===== impress 38 time 2021-11-02 02:43 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1455364957462163459 ========== "It’s time our elected leaders in Washington stop playing games" Almost everybody would agree with Manchin on that. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-joe-manchin-congress-54560074b59da74436ed6d0bd8a29b3c So let him show some leadership and be the first to stop playing games. If he's going to vote no regardless, he should say so. #PS1biden ===== engage 2 engage-rate 5% impress 41 time 2021-11-02 02:29 +0000 userclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1455361285986471943 ========== US can't afford to subsidize American children. https://apnews.com/article/health-west-virginia-charleston-joe-manchin-e943df5b39ee385b62e5838e8125a50a It's so much cheaper to solve labor problems by exploiting illegal immigrants. #PS1biden ===== impress 32 time 2021-11-01 01:01 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1454976778963853313 ========== Biden chooses to expand Medicaid, knowing that GOP will kill it if they can. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-seniors-medicaid-nursing-homes-da7a976587393d1522d74b602964132d #PS1biden ===== impress 28 time 2021-10-30 04:01 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1454297260989161481 ========== Maybe success is at hand - but strait is the gate, and narrow is the way. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/29/biden-framework-reconciliation-pathway/ #PS1biden ===== impress 36 time 2021-10-29 17:56 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1454145227833237504 ========== "the pharmaceutical industry has been regulating Congress" https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/10/29/biden-medicare-drug-negotiation/ It costs millions of dollars to run for the Senate. Somebody has to pay for that, and somebody has to expect a return on investment. Democrats can try again in 30 more years. #PS1biden ===== impress 47 time 2021-10-29 17:50 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1454143671180222470 ========== What's in BBB? https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/28/politics/president-joe-biden-economic-agenda But will it pass? Has Biden figured out exactly what's possible? #PS1biden ===== impress 27 time 2021-10-28 14:19 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1453728020292784132 ========== The red state paradox - they can't stand government aid, and they can't survive without it. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/26/manchin-warns-that-bidens-agenda-would-create-an-entitlement-society-his-state-leads-way/ "Entitlements" is also GOP code for social security and medicare, which GOP oppose and would like to "save" by privatizing - like the post office. #PS1biden ===== impress 32 time 2021-10-27 23:58 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1453511483543855106 ========== Is there an agreement possible or is it just wishful thinking? Were Manchin and Sinema ever going to vote FOR anything or were they just delaying tactics? https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-congress-319a4fe155a72dce4f71bc617547e3fe #PS1biden ===== impress 32 time 2021-10-27 22:36 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1453490738478469121 ========== US is way behind on parental leave https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/25/upshot/paid-leave-democrats.html but Manchin and Sinema say no. https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/10/27/biden-democrats-spending-deal/ #PS1biden ===== impress 31 time 2021-10-27 21:41 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1453477009779085315 ========== Lots of short-term programs might be good for short-term politics. But they aren't going to cause any fundamental change. But long-term programs that can't get passed don't change anything either. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/25/democrats-risky-strategies-show-they-never-learned-their-lessons-obamacare/ #PS1biden ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 60 likes 1 time 2021-10-26 13:44 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1452994553124904964 ========== Job #1 to protect a hereditary nobility - preserve “inheritance or transmission in their entirety of fortunes swollen beyond all healthy limits”. The modern Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP accepts the challenge - that's who their donors are! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/25/opinion/democrats-child-benefit-tax.html #PS1biden ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 55 likes 1 time 2021-10-26 00:56 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1452801197845278720 ========== Is compromise a dirty word? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/23/us/politics/biden-polls-spending-bill.html What if there is no solution to the problem of keeping persuadables away from GOP and keeping the base motivated? The GOP solution is never compromise for the base, but lie about it to the persuadables. #PS1biden ===== impress 45 time 2021-10-25 03:14 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1452473641136898050 ========== Democrats must show SOME accomplishments to persuadable voters who vote their pocketbooks. https://nytimes.com/2021/10/24/opinion/biden-voting-filibuster.html To keep control and prevent GOP from undoing everything, Biden must pass a version of BBB before anything else. More at https://facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1525286254482555 #PS1biden ===== impress 49 time 2021-10-25 01:17 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1452444222682927104 ========== Sinema is at a dead end? https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/10/20/manchin-sinema-political-visions-compared/ Perhaps within the Democratic Party. Manchin is the best that can be done in WV, but AZ has clearer prospects than Sinema. #PS1biden ===== impress 29 time 2021-10-24 03:24 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1452113694092005380 ========== Is Sinema really negotiating in good faith? Will she really vote for a BBB bill compromised to get her support? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/sinema-negotiations-reconciliation/2021/10/23/2341a062-3359-11ec-93e2-dba2c2c11851_story.html And above all, would she support modifying filibuster if bipartisanship is nowhere to be found? #PS1biden ===== impress 31 time 2021-10-24 03:18 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1452112151926095878 ========== Needs-testing for "entitlements". https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/work-requirements-dont-curb-entitlement-they-just-make-families-lives-harder/2021/10/22/f9748c8e-31ed-11ec-93e2-dba2c2c11851_story.html #PS1biden ===== impress 29 time 2021-10-24 03:04 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1452108819450908676 ========== GOP used to believe in child tax credits. Now they think they just encourage laziness. Unlike the inherited wealth of their major donors. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-lifestyle-colorado-michael-bennet-23fe6fc6c742eea078134a367be7544a #PS1biden ===== impress 64 time 2021-10-23 13:37 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1451905716243996673 ========== Old guys should stick to a script that has been PRE-fact-checked. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-joe-biden-health-united-states-ap-fact-check-5b36bdc35dbb9aac490b2e2421eea3fd #PS1biden ===== impress 81 time 2021-10-22 16:17 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1451583504190377990 ========== If Biden can't get corporate Democrats to tax the wealthy and corporations, he should just finance Build Back Better with debt, since it's an investment in the future. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/21/opinion/corporate-taxes-deficit-spending.html #PS1biden ===== impress 88 time 2021-10-22 00:33 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1451346052171272219 ========== Manchin vs West Virginia https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/18/opinion/joe-manchin-biden-climate-child-care.html Is he dedicated to his donors or just living in the past? #PS1biden ===== impress 83 time 2021-10-21 02:03 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1451006261751779329 ========== Means testing is a pretty good way to keep the deserving off the assistance rolls, as well as the undeserving. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/18/manchins-work-requirement-child-benefits-would-throw-grandparent-led-families-under-bus/ #PS1biden ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% impress 106 likes 1 time 2021-10-19 02:59 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1450295507180408834 ========== Is Manchin enjoying his moment in the sun? https://apnews.com/article/climate-change-joe-biden-business-environment-environment-and-nature-56846c16c1f4c7e989556161f05fcf2e If there are 52 or 49 Democratic senators in the next Congress, nobody will care what Manchin wants. #PS1biden ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% impress 111 replies 1 time 2021-10-19 00:05 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1450251752570114051 ========== Economists support carbon tax - but not GOP senators, who are opposed to any tax. So that's no solution to the Manchin problem, since he won't touch filibuster. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/16/climate/democrats-carbon-tax-climate.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1520618031616044 #PS1biden ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% expands 1 impress 87 time 2021-10-17 23:26 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1449879492302802946 ========== Looks like Manchin is determined to protect coal. Biden's programs won't go anywhere until he can get Manchin on board. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/10/16/white-house-climate-manchin/ #PS1biden ===== impress 90 time 2021-10-17 06:41 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1449626639973765128 ========== At least we have SOME idea what Manchin wants - https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/15/politics/clean-electricity-program-cut-budget-bill-climate/ Unlike Sinema. #PS1biden ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 30 time 2021-10-16 01:18 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1449183017604288512 ========== Voters claim they want a smaller government. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/14/new-problem-democrats-americans-suddenly-want-smaller-government-after-all/ The best argument for a larger government would be to promptly pass a Biden bill that does a few popular things well, that will have palpable impact within a year. #PS1biden ===== impress 87 time 2021-10-15 16:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1449054556482985991 ========== Is Biden competent? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/14/opinion/joe-biden-democratic-party.html GOP will blame Biden for everything, and Democrats won't. Persuadable voters in swing states will vote their pocketbooks, which is why the GOP is keen to prevent further economic recovery. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1518315738512940 #PS1biden ===== impress 89 time 2021-10-14 20:11 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1448743313020907542 ========== It's more important to pass something promptly than something else later. Sooner is better than later. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/12/build-back-better-biden-bleeds-out/ #PS1biden ===== impress 43 time 2021-10-13 05:49 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1448164023342567424 ========== Nothing's certain but the game isn't over yet. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/11/take-democrats-are-doomed-narrative-with-grain-salt/ The Democrats might yet snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. Or vice versa. The GOP, lacking any positive program of its own, is doing all it can to thwart the Democrats. #PS1biden ===== impress 57 time 2021-10-12 04:47 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1447786045244805130 ========== "Meaningful legislation is inherently difficult and controversial, which mobilizes your opponents against you without doing enough to inspire your supporters" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/11/trump-solve-biden-political-dilemma/ The 2022 election will probably be decided by the economy; no help from GOP. #PS1biden ===== impress 81 time 2021-10-11 19:46 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1447649906454265858 ========== "Money is the mother's milk of politics" The "moderates" Manchin and Sinema have an immoderate attachment to their major donors. Just like GOP senators. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/11/dont-blame-moderates-reconciliation-fight/ #PS1biden ===== impress 84 time 2021-10-11 16:15 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1447596625933729793 ========== Anything that makes having children less of an economic catastrophe is a good idea in mature western democracies. But more means-testing bureaucrats is the wrong answer! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/09/opinion/family-policy-manchin.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1515747158769798 #PS1biden ===== impress 81 time 2021-10-11 03:51 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1447409570196779011 ========== Scalise reminds us of the cost of failing to pass the Biden agenda - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/10/steve-scalise-election-stolen-2020/ Congressional Democrats need to quickly get to a realistic assessment of what's possible and enact it. GOP will vote against anyway. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1515714298773084 #PS1biden ===== impress 80 time 2021-10-11 02:47 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1447393387624075265 ========== The essence of the Biden agenda is 1) enhance economic democracy and opportunity 2) enhance political democracy and opportunity These enhancements complement and reinforce each other. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/10/biden-approval-decline-complicated-dionne-analysis/ The essence of GOP minority rule is to reduce both. #PS1biden ===== impress 90 time 2021-10-11 02:36 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1447390598030258182 ========== Can the Democrats agree on what is possible, and then enact it? https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/10/09/biden-faces-shrinking-timetable-salvage-his-agenda/ If nothing passes, even less cooperative GOP will be in Democratic seats soon, even Manchin and Sinema's. All the GOP needs is for Democrats to pass nothing. #PS1biden ===== engage 1 engage-rate 5% impress 21 replies 1 time 2021-10-10 22:17 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1447325522938130433 ========== If you want people to work more so we depend less on immigration, you better make children more affordable. That's a big part of the Biden bill. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/07/sanders-manchin-reconciliation-democrats/ But conservatives and especially their donors don't want to pay for middle class children. #PS1biden ===== impress 85 time 2021-10-07 17:36 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1446167579412733957 ========== To repeat - it's children and climate. The rest can wait a while longer. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/04/opinion/budget-deficits-climate-child-poverty.html #PS1biden ===== impress 197 time 2021-10-05 00:59 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445191836096552961 ========== Advice to Biden and Democrats in Congress - do a few things well - invest in the future, not the past. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/04/if-democrats-must-scale-down-their-ambitions-they-should-prioritize-investments-young-future/ Children and climate. GOP is glad to vote against climate, so make them vote against families and campaign on that. #PS1biden ===== impress 223 time 2021-10-05 00:30 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445184462317240322 ========== Are the Democrats trying to do too much at once? Most voters could not accurately describe the scope of Biden's bill. Picking just one or two things that GOP legislators would hate to vote against might be more fruitful. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/30/democratic-strategy-agenda-infrastructure-social-spending/ #PS1biden ===== impress 128 time 2021-10-04 20:05 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445117904794439684 ========== Biden bill in perspective. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/10/02/joe-biden-new-deal-infrastructure/ #PS1biden ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 61 time 2021-10-03 06:03 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1444543530693627909 ========== Politics is the art of the possible. https://apnews.com/article/democrats-divided-progressives-centrists-say-trust-gone-a3d66f83ddac9b18e607f46429dbc408 Political leadership is the art of intuiting what is possible. Progressives and moderates need to make some small concessions so they each can claim victory. Otherwise they each can claim defeat in 2022. #PS1biden ===== impress 31 time 2021-09-30 19:06 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1443653448830881818 ========== "Moderate" Democrats in Congress are so afraid of Trumpism that they vote like GOP. That's good for short-term survival, perhaps, but not for their historical legacy. The 2021 GOP is not the 1991 GOP. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/27/opinion/biden-centrist-democrats.html #PS1biden ===== impress 46 time 2021-09-30 03:32 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1443418359656173569 ========== A positive view of Biden's first year - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/27/no-matter-what-happens-congress-biden-administration-has-done-big-things/ Compare the previous four years - Tax cuts and deregulation for billionaires Reactionary judiciary Retreat on climate change Attempts to overthrow constitution Trump promises more of the same. #PS1biden ===== impress 78 time 2021-09-28 14:23 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1442857393428176897 ========== Biden's first term is like FDR's second - so far. But the Dixiecrats who opposed FDR are GOP now. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-09-22/fdr-needed-two-global-crises-to-reshape-the-economy-will-biden #PS1biden ===== impress 89 time 2021-09-28 00:46 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1442651948176457738 ========== What's in Biden's big bill? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/24/great-good-bad-unknown-reconciliation-bill/ #PS1biden ===== impress 156 time 2021-09-24 22:22 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1441528505007677443 ========== Biden succumbs to temptation. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-health-business-ap-fact-check-economy-a6e9ac519af373be3877cd0c90e278fe #PS1biden ===== impress 86 time 2021-09-17 02:18 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1438688734736572423 ========== Biden leans too far into salesman mode. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-health-government-and-politics-coronavirus-pandemic-46a270ce0f681caa7e4143e2ae9a0211 We had enough of that from Trump. #PS1biden ===== impress 28 time 2021-07-22 13:26 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1418200757497565186 ========== Maneuvering around Congress by executive order. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-congress.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/06/bidens-plans-struggle-congress-his-back-door-actions-could-get-jump-reshaping-economy/ Like his predecessors, Biden has to figure out how to act when Congress won't even debate his proposals. #PS1biden ===== impress 26 time 2021-07-08 14:02 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1413136405555937296 ========== Biden tackles corruption! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/03/bidens-trying-crack-down-international-corruption-lets-hope-it-works-this-time/ But will it do any good? What if these corrupt politicians and their US enablers are major GOP donors? We'll never know, and the GOP will find a way to avoid inconveniencing them. #PS1biden ===== impress 41 time 2021-06-04 03:12 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1400651633445376007 ========== "The highest return on investment in America today isn't in private equity but in early childhood initiatives for disadvantaged kids of all races." https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/01/opinion/sunday/biden-fdr-americans.html #PS1biden ===== impress 44 time 2021-05-06 16:25 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1390342032103645189 ========== Run the country by amateurs? Run the country by empty chairs? Too many jobs are saddled with Senate confirmation, and too many others are political appointees. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/44-down-only-1156-confirmations-to-go/2021/04/30/de35a050-a9e1-11eb-8d25-7b30e74923ea_story.html #PS1biden ===== impress 39 time 2021-05-03 01:29 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1389029261059575810 ========== "Unity is impossible. The culture war has become more hostile. The differences are now so deep that one side's going to win eventually." Thanks Newt for your positive, pro-America attitude! No need for ANYbody to negotiate with you! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-new-normal-100-days/2021/04/25/b44f7a94-a208-11eb-a774-7b47ceb36ee8_story.html #PS1biden ===== impress 39 time 2021-05-01 00:40 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1388292249285545990 ========== What can Biden get through Congress? https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-legislation-voting-rights-immigration-coronavirus-pandemic-5c2d74263653ce5968c9e4c34f33e279 Without getting rid of filibuster, not much. Will Manchin sink the Biden administration to save his seat? Or will he go along with as much as he thinks he can? Is there a difference? #PS1biden ===== impress 47 time 2021-04-30 23:34 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1388275682304696320 ========== "Tone down the Oscar-winning performances" https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-coronavirus-pandemic-impeachments-barack-obama-4c79ff8d59f8ce19f9dae6b550223bf0 Good luck with that! That remark targeted legislators that ran and were elected to perform, not legislate. #PS1biden ===== impress 40 time 2021-04-28 22:31 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1387535072090148864 ========== A possible way forward for some legislation. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-filibusters-legislation-medicare-dbafad47575fd2f7e77eb6bc1f72e1d6 https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-bills-legislation-filibusters-6cfc3598d02f516ed070de6cfb4359aa Everybody's wondering what the ruling by the Senate Parliamentarian will actually mean. #PS1biden ===== impress 54 time 2021-04-09 03:47 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1380366814836760581 ========== Biden has less than two years to accomplish whatever he's going to - just as Trump and Obama did. https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-04-04/column-biden-races-against-window-for-legislative-legacy #PS1biden ===== impress 59 time 2021-04-09 03:33 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1380363229654700032 ========== Priority for male blue-collar workers over female? Nothing new there. But it's essential to get any GOP votes. https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/03/29/biden-infrastructure-taxes-spending-plan/ For funding, repealing the 2017 billionaire tax relief would be a good start. So would a flat tax - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-ubi.html #PS1biden ===== impress 40 time 2021-03-29 16:00 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1376564998785277954 ========== "hard-working, decent American people who are really having it stuck to them" Sounds like something Trump would say, but Biden said it. The difference is Biden means it - "getting support from GOP voters". https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/joe-biden-is-a-paradigm-shifter/2021/03/27/1658854c-8e76-11eb-a6bd-0eb91c03305a_story.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1383853671959148 #PS1biden ===== impress 41 time 2021-03-29 14:23 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1376540586329604097 ========== Why certain elderly judges and legislators need to retire while Democrats can choose their successors. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/18/its-time-justice-breyer-senator-feinstein-retire/ #PS1biden ===== impress 38 time 2021-03-19 04:23 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1372765678181117961 ========== Manchin indicates flexibility about GOP obstruction. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-voting-filibusters-voting-rights-legislation-887882486e9c22d9fa3b7484fa54cf1b #PS1biden ===== impress 27 time 2021-03-07 21:04 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1368668930986844161 ========== "dial down the conflict, dial up the policy" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/04/opinion/biden-american-rescue-plan.html #PS1biden ===== impress 41 time 2021-03-04 15:45 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1367501555453280273 ========== Biden only has two years to act. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-democrats-no-republicans-1f84cadac63439f89efc1e0ea82de735 Let Republicans with constructive ideas for improvements make their cases and accept the reasonable ones. But don't enable their endless delay and obstruction tactics. The filibuster will have to go. #PS1biden ===== impress 39 time 2021-03-04 13:41 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1367470349781135361 ========== Moderate Republicans say "here's a chance to be bipartisan!" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/vanita-gupta-biden-justice-department/2021/03/01/cec4c74c-79f1-11eb-b3d1-9e5aa3d5220c_story.html Trumpists are having none of it. #PS1biden ===== impress 36 time 2021-03-01 20:26 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1366485088578330624 ========== Once you realize the alternative is a Trumpist - you learn to get along with Joe Manchin. https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-02-24/column-sen-joe-manchin-drives-democrats-crazy-heres-why-we-need-more-senators-like-him #PS1biden ===== impress 43 time 2021-02-26 20:26 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1365397808556072962 ========== GOP senators can please their donors by just saying no. GOP governors have real problems they need to solve. Guess who Biden talks to? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-gop-governors/2021/02/24/93c57e76-76b7-11eb-948d-19472e683521_story.html #PS1biden ===== impress 56 time 2021-02-25 17:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1364995694231134209 ========== If you don't like conservative Democrats from red states - you sure won't like the Republicans that are eager to replace them! https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-biden-cabinet-cabinets-kyrsten-sinema-joe-manchin-68804ef6a72102c1f015e44b6fb94287 #PS1biden ===== engage 2 engage-rate 5% expands 2 impress 40 time 2021-02-23 23:30 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1364356974259789828 ========== Campaign promises were made, expecting solid Democratic control of Congress and some bipartisan Republicans. Instead the Republicans almost got Congress and are purging bipartisans. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/21/us/politics/biden-agenda-democrats.html Democrats should avoid GOP-style circular firing squads. #PS1biden ===== impress 35 time 2021-02-21 17:34 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1363542675660529671 ========== The difference between enabling and disabling government! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/27/us/politics/biden-government.html #PS1biden ===== impress 43 time 2021-01-28 05:07 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1354657320936960008 ========== The return of competent government. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-technocrats-normal/2021/01/23/168bb0ba-5cd6-11eb-a976-bad6431e03e2_story.html All those shallow-state Trumpists were in way over their heads. #PS1biden ===== impress 53 time 2021-01-24 19:33 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1353425811928322050 ========== The fundamental division "will be between the performers, the people who run for office to get on TV, and the builders, the people who want to achieve something". https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/21/opinion/joe-biden-republicans.html #PS1biden ===== impress 39 time 2021-01-23 06:24 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1352864744823156739 ========== Jerry Brown considers lessons for Biden. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/22/us/politics/jerry-brown-joe-biden.html #PS1biden ===== impress 33 time 2021-01-22 23:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1352765169961558016 ========== Will the Trump base be grateful for improving rural health services? Not likely for the 1/3 of voters who still think the election was stolen. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/22/hidden-feature-bidens-first-big-moves-major-outreach-trump-country/ #PS1biden ===== impress 47 time 2021-01-22 19:26 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1352699201029722112 ========== San Jose is proud to see Cesar Chavez in the Oval Office! Along with Martin Luther King Jr. - and Harry Truman! Remember Truman got the Marshall Plan through Congress and led on civil rights - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_S._Truman#Civil_rights https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-race-and-ethnicity-immigration-7e5e5cf901ba66174f2bbc175f1625f0 #PS1biden ===== impress 58 time 2021-01-22 01:32 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1352428883300077571 ========== First day of the Biden administration. I realized I didn't have to tune in the news on the radio every hour! #PS1biden ===== impress 53 time 2021-01-22 00:44 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1352416763632177152 ========== How Biden won the election - animated tour of major decisions - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/19/opinion/joe-biden-2020-campaign-democrats.html The Biden campaign made the uniquely best decisions for the unique circumstances of 2020. Whoever runs in 2024 will have to figure it out from scratch all over again. #PS1biden ===== impress 74 time 2021-01-21 03:21 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1352093831009689600 ========== Here's the deal - no cabinet confirmations unless filibuster is preserved. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/senate-uncertainty-mcconnell-schumer/2021/01/19/5a643bae-5a6a-11eb-8bcf-3877871c819d_story.html #PS1biden ===== engage 2 engage-rate 3% impress 62 time 2021-01-20 22:31 +0000 urlclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1352020959666950152 ========== How they hand off the football https://bideninaugural.org/schedule/ Turns out there's more than one. https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/19/politics/trump-biden-nuclear-football-inauguration/index.html But who is in charge between noon and the time Biden is sworn in? The website doesn't give an exact time. #PS1biden ===== impress 41 time 2021-01-19 14:58 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1351544597361541123 ========== Slow incremental progress might be all that's possible. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-biden-cabinet-cabinets-filibusters-legislation-b4694c7b4c68c5777a61de75658e7464 At least half the Republican senators will vote against anything Biden proposes. Anything substantial will have to happen elsewhere. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-regional.html #PS1biden ===== impress 43 time 2021-01-18 15:26 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1351189260532150282 ========== Going bigger than expected! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/joe-biden-has-already-shown-us-that-governing-is-back/2021/01/16/6f74286a-5777-11eb-a08b-f1381ef3d207_story.html Will any Republicans help? Or will the obstructionists win? #PS1biden ===== impress 38 time 2021-01-18 01:19 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350975984992968706 ========== Bipartisanship has to start somewhere. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-pence-transition/2021/01/16/9e242d6e-5758-11eb-a08b-f1381ef3d207_story.html Will it ever get anywhere? #PS1biden ===== engage 2 engage-rate 4% impress 48 likes 1 time 2021-01-17 21:50 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350923502853914625 ========== Can Biden do truly great things? Probably not - FDR had a supportive Congress. Republicans are glad to do nothing until they regain power. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/16/opinion/sunday/biden-america-plan-poverty.html #PS1biden ===== impress 46 time 2021-01-17 19:09 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350883008048361473 ========== Can Biden make the president a good role model again? https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-politics-coronavirus-pandemic-8b31484f2d8eb3df25aaa96fc9b9ffe1 #PS1biden ===== impress 34 time 2021-01-16 14:28 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350449801423327232 ========== We got something for our investment after all! He didn't beat Graham in 2020 but now he'll have bigger fish to fry. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/14/us/politics/jaime-harrison-dnc-chairman.html #PS1biden ===== impress 25 time 2021-01-14 17:22 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1349768883020828672 ========== Overall, the Trumpists won the election. The Democrats can't lose a single vote. Anything that is too radical for Joe Manchin - who is as liberal as West Virginia gets - is not going to pass. Incremental progress is still progress. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/07/opinion/capitol-riot-trump-america.html #PS1biden ===== impress 92 time 2021-01-08 01:56 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347361436251549696 ========== Democratic Georgia senators is good news/bad news for the ruling class. If Biden can pass higher covid relief, that's good for corporate earnings. If Biden can pass higher corporate taxes, that might be bad for corporate earnings. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/01/04/finance-202-democratic-wins-georgia-runoffs-could-mean-bigger-spending-congress/ #PS1biden ===== impress 56 time 2021-01-04 13:28 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1346085977081565189