@rpardee Kinda makes you wonder why?
@AskTheDevil I'm baffled.
@AskTheDevil are you suggesting Biden would prefer to have a democracy-destroying SCOTUS as a boogeyman?
That's too far for me.
@rpardee Having a boogeyman is very convenient, and what I've observed happening over the last 50 years leads me to believe that the Democratic party, as an entity - an organization - likes to always be on the _cusp_ of keeping important promises, but never quite being "able" to keep them.
There's always a Lieberman, Manchin, or nearly-nameless expendable party member to foil any votes the Republicans can't.
I absolutely do think there is a strategy of trying to maintain status quo.
@AskTheDevil wow, that's quite the conspiracy you have in mind.
To my way of thinking, there are always going to be monied interests favoring the status quo, but the dems have generally done what they can when they are in power. Individual politicians have been corrupt, sure (Sinema comes right to mind). But I don't see any puppet strings controlled by a mastermind, telling e.g., Lieberman to oppose a public option.
@AskTheDevil This sort of argument often seems to lead to "both parties are the same" conclusions, which I hope you're not driving towards.
@rpardee Not necessarily Biden himself - though he's always been against expanding the court despite it being an obvious thing to do.
It's more that we've created a system of such corruption that lobbyists have far more power than the politicians. Everyone plays ball to keep those donations rolling in, and the end result is we have people who will not fix things.
But yes, I think as an entity, a collective, that's a thing the Democratic party does.