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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All of the Republicans on here saying clearly Biden will have to govern from the middle and work with Republican senators are either lying or are completely ignorant of actual history.  We have literally been in this same situation before.  In 2008 when Obama won in the middle of an economic downturn, McConnell refused to work on an economic stimulus policy because having the economy stumble along was advantageous to the Republican Party's prospects in the 2010 midterm.  He refused to work with Obama on a REPUBLICAN healthcare plan (the ACA) because any legislation passed by the Obama administration was seen as detrimental to Republicans regaining power in Congress.  He was correct in that assessment because that was the biggest midterm pickup.

Unless Biden nominates an ultra-conservative judge, McConnell will block the nomination because Republicans aren't interested in having moderate judges when they can easily block nominations and then pack the courts with FedSoc judges.  There is literally no downside to McConnell and the Republican Party in blocking all attempts at governance.[/quote]

Biden will not have a choice.  He cannot build a coalition from the extreme left.  Almost every media-declared tossup race in the House and Senate went to the Republicans. Democrats lost seats in the House and are unlikely to retake the Senate.

Biden's best chance to be a productive president is to work with his strong party leadership in the House and pick off some Republicans in the Senate to get things done.  Biden has personal relationships in the Senate in both parties that Obama did not build because he spent at least half of his time in the Senate running for president.  For whatever reason, Obama reportedly did not seem to like politicking on the Hill when he was president either.  Biden is different.  He is a tactile politician.  VP Harris also can introduce Biden to the new kids in the Senate who got there in the last 4 years.  It could work for a while.[/quote]

[b]Biden will govern from the center because he's a centrist.  McConnell won't work with him regardless because the path to Republican power is through Biden's failure as a president.[/b]
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This is spot on. And how do we know this? Because McConnell wouldn't even bring Merrick Garland -a centrist- up for a vote. His power came from denying Obama his right to appoint a Justice.[/quote]

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