Democrats Are Seeing The Writing On The Wall And Are Panicking

John Podesta's op-ed in USA Today Democrats must unite or risk fostering an angry, despondent electorate Winning a presidential election isn’t easy. Governing is even harder, and that’s because it requires one big thing: delivering on the promises you made to the American people. And right now, Democrats in Congress are struggling with just how hard it can be to deliver. Today there are Democrats who would settle for a bipartisan infrastructure bill, and there are those who say anything short of the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill and the $3.5 trillion Build Back Better reconciliation is unacceptable. I see failure as a refusal to find common ground and a path forward for both bills and, in doing so, pass nothing. Failure would be not delivering on an agenda that Americans – Republicans, independents and Democrats alike – overwhelmingly support.-- More...