Democrats have all the spontaneity of the House of Windsor. Or, closer to home, they’re closer to what Republicans once were, a party that falls in line not in love.
Democrats have all the spontaneity of the House of Windsor. Or, closer to home, they’re closer to what Republicans once were, a party that falls in line not in love.
Citizens United and SpeechNow packaged and sold the entire electoral process to corporate donors. We are 14 years into this.
It will not improve until those rulings are overturned, which will not happen until lifetime appointees in their 50s die or resign.
And having congress pass a law won’t work because we are 14 years into it. The only feasible measure remaining is through strong executive action, which is also unlikely because of the same mechanisms at work.
Biden isn’t about to do an FDR and marshall his party, and I don’t think he ever was or will. He is well aware of where the loyalties of Congress lie.