01-20-2022, 11:01 AM
(01-20-2022, 10:02 AM)GMDino Wrote: I guess what I can't understand is why the guy votes against what is best for his constituents on a regular basis. If his ideals do not match up with what his supporters want or need how does he keep winning?
But that goes into voters who regularly vote against their own best interests.
Personally I don't care so much that he doesn't blindly follow the party line but that his reasoning is rarely good as to why. His concern of the deficit only seem to rear its head when it come to Democrat proposals.
Maybe he's just really, really principled and I can't understand the hair-thin line he uses to enforce those principles.
Sinema I don't understand at all. Maybe because she's not as local as Manchin I get to see what he does more often.
Quick edit to add: I think you are saying they needed to win more seats if they wanted their policies to pass. I think that right in that if they held a bigger majority it wouldn't be as hard. But these bills still wouldn't pass if absolutely zero republicans will ever vote for them. And these voting rights bills that are being blocked by republicans will make winning even more difficult, IMHO.
The general population is stupid. The GOP has figured this out and has a formula in place for winning elections that has been working for them. They have created wedge issues that are meaningless but that play well in the areas they need them to. They also play dirty. Too often the Democrats try to play being the smart and benevolent card. Which is great, I like smart and benevolent, but it doesn't win people over like they think it does. They are bad at politicking. They don't connect with most Americans, even though most Americans align more with their policies. It's the dumbest ***** thing, but that's what we're dealing with.
I don't disagree with you at all, I'm just saying that I don't blame Sinema and Manchin for this situation when the the failures of the Democratic party have led them to be in the situation in the first place.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
