Both parties refuse to learn the lesson of elections. Republicans always fail to understand that fighting back works. That politics is not a nice business. You have to take it to Democrats. Firing a broadside then going back into get along go alone squishiness doesn’t work. Democrats never learn from election losses. Sure, you might have some, such as James Carville, who understand pivoting and moving on, but, most just make Excuses, usually along the lines of Republicans cheated, the voters are racist/sexist/Islamophobe/etc, those darned white women, we just need to reframe and rename. What did they learn Tuesday night?
The lesson Democrats learned was to jam their agenda through before the mid-terms https://t.co/K3G7hyoh6G
— William Teach2 ??????? #refuseresist (@WTeach2) November 3, 2021
Well, unless you have a subscription, you aren’t reading that one, so, over to the NY Times
Democrats, Stung by Losses, Press Forward on Biden Agenda
Smarting from an off-year electoral rebuke, congressional Democrats pushed forward on Wednesday toward House votes as soon as Thursday on nearly $3 trillion worth of social policy, infrastructure and climate change programs — but with a deep new worry: Would a legislative victory help or hurt their bruised political standing?
The day after a defeat in the Virginia governor’s race and an unexpectedly close race in the Democratic stronghold of New Jersey, the Democrats in Congress toiled to keep recriminations to a minimum. But centrists grumbled that the party’s left flank had held back final passage of what they considered the most popular part of the agenda, a bipartisan $1 trillion infrastructure bill, while liberals blamed poor campaigns and ineffectual candidates.
“Candidates matter,” added Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, one of the Democrats who blockaded the infrastructure measure. But virtually all Democrats came away from the sweeping defeats in Virginia and a narrow escape for New Jersey’s Democratic governor, Philip D. Murphy, agreeing that the imperative now was to pass both bills as quickly as possible to prove their party could govern.
No, sorry, what they understand is that their agenda becomes less popular the more people know, and that they have a limited time to get it done before the 2022 mid-terms, after which they will most likely lose the House, the Senate, or both, and they know it would be virtually impossible to get rid of this Progressive (nice Fascism) insanity. First, because Joe will just veto, and, second, getting rid of it even with a win in 2024 for the White House by a Republican could make it difficult. How’d it work out getting rid of Obamacare, especially once it was established? That’s the chance, and the calculation, Democrats will make.
Hanging over the endeavor was a deep sense of dread among Democrats — reinforced by the results on Tuesday — that their prospects for keeping control of Congress in the midterm elections next year were dwindling by the day, amid President Biden’s sagging approval rating and widespread discontent with the direction of the country. Puffed up by his party’s successes, Representative Kevin McCarthy of California, the House Republican leader, predicted that Democrats would lose more than 60 seats next year.
One would think if there is deep dissatisfaction they’d pivot, do different things which are popular. That’s what Clinton would have done. These days, Democrats do not care, they’ll just try and force this on Americans. Because they do think you are stupid and need to be told what to do and forced to do it.
Read: Lesson Learned? Democrats Look To Speed Up Their Agenda Post Election Blowout »
Smarting from an off-year electoral rebuke, congressional Democrats pushed forward on Wednesday toward House votes as soon as Thursday on nearly $3 trillion worth of social policy, infrastructure and climate change programs — but with a deep new worry: Would a legislative victory help or hurt their bruised political standing?
Speaking during and immediately after a meeting of the High Ambition Coalition, a group of roughly 60 countries that advocate for the strongest possible policies to address climate change at the U.N. Climate Change Conference, special presidential envoy for climate John Kerry hinted Tuesday that major announcements on climate finance are in the offing.
A long, long time ago — I can still remember how that music used to make me smile.
President Biden lauded an agreement reached by more than 90 countries to cut methane emissions by 30 percent over the next decade.
Ultimately, his campaign settled on a game plan that seemed to resonate deeply with white voters in Virginia: targeting school lesson plans that address inequality and social justice. Youngkin adopted the conservative strategy of falsely grouping these lesson plans under the label of “critical race theory,” and he
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby sparked outrage when he claimed that politicians who fail to act on climate change will allow an “infinitely greater” genocide than the Holocaust and be judged “in far stronger terms” than those who appeased Nazi Germany.
If you’ve received a two-dose course of the Moderna or Pfizer COVID vaccines, or a one-and-done Johnson & Johnson shot, you’re considered by health officials to be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus.
The security perimeter around the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, known as COP26, is ironclad. It’s surrounded by metal gates, with each point of entry guarded by armed police in yellow vests, and registered attendees must show proof of a negative COVID-19 test taken that day and a government-issued ID card, in addition to their credentials to share space with dignitaries and world leaders. On Sunday, the discovery of an unaccompanied bag led to an hourlong lockdown in which no one could enter.

