I'd feel a lot better, myself, if you would refer to many of us as Democrats, not liberals, because there is a big difference in many cases. Yes I'm a liberal thinker, and I'm a registered Democrat, however, I'm a
moderate Democrat, or as they call Biden, a centrist. You know, the same thing happened to the Republicans 6-8 years ago ... in came Sarah Palin and the likes of the Koch Bro. funded
"Tea Party" group and Grover Norquist, far-right thinkers that
demanded from their Republican moderate constituents that it was going to be
THEIR WAY or the HIGHWAY, and they were right for a short few years as moderate Democrats found themselves competing against Tea Party Republicans (well funded by the Koch Bros) and many found themselves replaced. And although the Tea Party idiots are mostly gone NOW, they did a tremendous amount of damage to the Republican party, so much so, that we have this
polarized political system of extremists in both parties and
NOTHING in Washington is getting done.
Here's the sad part of THAT ... in order to get Washington DC functional again, we've got to get rid of this political polarization attitude that its got to be ALL MY WAY or NO WAY. I'm already seeing the Democrats heading in the same direction as the Republicans did 10 or so years ago, and I'm hoping the Democrats have observed
what happened to Republicans, a party now in
total disarray. At any rate, the problems Joe Biden will face in his first and probably ONLY TERM are unfathomable.
• He's got to re-establish TRUST across the isle so some Republicans can start working with some Democrats to accomplish their jobs.
• He's got to weed out the extremists in the Democrat party or they'll turn on him like mad dogs in 2021, and Republicans need to do the same thing. He's got to find a way to help Republicans get rid of the Newt Gingrich clones such as Kevin McCarthy and Mitch McConnell and rid of the extreme Washington DC of polarization.
• He's got to restore global, as well as national confidence, in the USA with our allies, our own citizens, and our resolvement with our adversaries.
• He's got to gain control of our run-away deficit spending and national debt with goals that both sides of the isles can agree to do.
• He's got to repair the damages Trump has done with his "executive orders", and refocus on many of the things that have been totally ignored the past years with Trump ... health care, racial issues, infra-structure issues, education, climate & environment issues, etc.
• He's most definitely got to find a way to bring a "fiscal reform" agreement that both parties can live with. When Biden enters office (hopefully) he'll be faced with a national debt and run-away spending that no "tax increase or entitlement cuts can resolve on their own. Both sides will be unhappy with fiscal reform ... like an obese person, start your diet & exercise now or die early.
• He's practically got to effectively hit the ground running with a covid-19 strategy that will quickly resolve this virus pandemic for a more normal 2021.
I'm hoping the Majority AND Minority Leaders of both houses can encourage their own constituents to cross the isle and do what's BEST for the entire USA ... not just their party or for the wealthy. I don't think there's anyone in Washington DC with any more knowledge as to how to accomplish feat, but ALL OF US better hope he and the party leaders find a way really, really soon.
