And how do we get it? Well, first, we elect Biden, and a multitude of others. GOTV. Fight voter suppression. Fact check everything. And then we lean on him, just like any other politician. Like Obama on Marriage Equality. What will work this time?
Well, what won't work includes handwringing, naysaying, worrywarting, Bothsiderism, Whataboutism, or hiding your head under the pillows until it all goes away. As our Doctor Strange puts it,
OMG, the panic porn on this site recently has been unreal.
- We are rightly concerned about what they might try in order to steal the election, or to refuse the results. [Take a deep breath. When Joe takes the Oath of Office, the Secret Service will be working for him. He won't even have to order them to move Trump & Co. out of the White House offices and living quarters.]
- They are in blind, raging, screaming existential panic just because we are the majority, and we are increasingly allowed to vote and have basic human rights, and they are certain that we will mistreat them the same way they have mistreated us (to put it mildly).
Well, let's step back a bit. What is Joe offering?
- Not to be Trump. [OK, we have most of the population right there.]
- Replacing every Trump political appointee, grifter, and golfing buddy with their most honest and competent staffers as Acting Buckstopper while we roll out new appointments for every confirmable position.
- Raining subpoena'd documents down on the Congressional Oversight committees.
- Breaking up the Trump coalition with huge shifts among Republican women, Evangelical Christians, the young, the old…
- Rolling back every Trumpish policy, and also everything from McTurtle, Miller, Pompeo, Barrf, etc.
- Making a list of honest, competent, and experienced judges for future appointments.
- The most Progressive platform in history, currently being made even more Progressive by Bernie, Warren, AOC and many others. Everything that the vast majority of the population, even Republicans, support in the polls.
- The opportunity to lean on him for Medicare for All, free college, and some other points where he is holding back and trying to make nice with those who won't make nice with us.
- The occasional well-meaning gaffe.
OK, I'm good with that. In fact, it's a BFD.
Politics, on our side, is not fan fiction. Except when it's funny.
So I present facts from documented sources.
Polls
I will leave today's polls to hpg. For myself,
The Pelosi Agenda
Whatever issue it was, Nancy Pelosi got the House to hold hearings, debate, and pass a bill.
The Biden Agenda
Joe Biden Views on 2020 Issues: A Voter's Guide - POLITICO
Don't be afraid, Republicans
We come in peace. We mean you no harm.
It's true. We Democrats all want the best of everything for everybody, whether they don't like it, or not. (HT Misterjaw) It's not our fault that a raging but shrinking minority refuses our offer for fear that Those People will get some. We stand for Progressive measures that the real and vocal majority of Americans wants on almost every issue. Even gun safety and women’s medical choices and Global Warming.