Biden’s top priority for a second term: restoring abortion rights

The Dems had 2 months of a senate supermajority in the 2008-2010 Senate, with a majority in the House, then still had a majority for the rest of the term in both houses and as president. This was their first trifecta for almost 20 years and didn't deliver on any of their selling points from the 90s.

By 2008, Democrats were very, very, very deep on the "vote for us, we're saving abortion" side.

Republicans are objectively worse, but let's not pretend that the Democrats even make at attempt here.

Democrats are so useless as a collective in Congress that Biden appears left leaning.

Do beware of the caveat that up until quite recently, the Democrats had a substantial minority faction of anti-abortion politicians from the south.

"Before you criticise our dear leaders, take into account the anti-choice people who the leadership actively supported and promoted!"

Every time a conservative democrat runs against a progressive or even a further left liberal, DNC leadership supports the conservative.

The last anti-choice Dem representative, Henry Cuellar, was losing to pro-choice progressive Jessica Cisneros until Nancy Pelosi and Jim Clyburn endorsed him and personally showed up to speak at his rallies.

The attempt would have allowed the voting base to identify who voted "nay," and vote them out. Even if the bill fails, if people scream the names of the representatives and senators that prevented it from passing, well those people would be primaried. That's why they won't even hold a vote on something that should be as simple as:

US statute XXXX: All people in the US have the right to reproductive healthcare. No medically approved procedure, treatment, or medicine shall be banned.

Done.

They won't because so much of the country is sick and fucking tired of this issue red herring that anyone that votes against it is very likely to be primaried.

Codify would have meant drawing it up and adding it to the constitution as a human right. An amendment. The Supreme Court can declare something unconstitutional, but if it is in the amendment, it is what the SC would rule as acceptable. (Not saying it always appears that way these days)

Literally the only way he could try and lose more voters is to go full beto and tell Americans hes coming for their guns. You can be mad at the fact, but if you deny that that would lose him votes you're delusional.

Sounds like a whole lot of "fuck all" then.

He had zero issues going around Congress to "sell" weapons to Israel to be used in an o going genocide...

Bonus points:

They "bought" the weapons with American taxpayers money after Biden had just given it to them.

Why can Biden go around Congress for that, but not for what would help Americans?

Hes supposed to encourage a floor vote so we can at least find out whos not supporting this and vote them out of congress. But were gonna go into the election without knowing anyone stance, so politicians of both parties can simply claim anything since theres no record.

what’s he supposed to do right now?

There's a lot of cases during his presidency where he could do something within his power as president, and go around Congress.

He has shown he has the willpower to do so when he wants to, just not for things i want. There are many things unrelated to this specific case where it has played out that way.

To me, a dumb working stiff, it sure seems like he won't use his power to help people like me. So he and you will have to excuse me on this case, where he may not even have the power (as you said), for not trusting him when he promises me something he knows i want without even promising that he will succeed.

It is just too cynically timed, and I've heard this one before

Your link doesn't mention the word insulin once...

So I googled it...

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/biden-insulin-epipen/

Apparently trump is the one who's did that, and Biden stopped it as soon as he took office.

And two years later, Biden stopped obstructing it, and now wants credit for that like he made it happen?

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/03/02/fact-sheet-president-bidens-cap-on-the-cost-of-insulin-could-benefit-millions-of-americans-in-all-50-states/

That's a terrible example of Biden getting stuff done...

Then what the fuck is Biden going to do in his second term? You just said he can't do anything.

Biden is pathetically weak.

He let two of the most corrupt senators in his caucus bully him into losing ALL of his agenda, while he still called them his good friends.

On the one hand you are saying Biden was powerless, but somehow in the future he won’t be?

You’re even more pathetic than Biden

You don't have to make excuses for the powerful, you know. There are always going to be challenges to overcome to create positive change. We should judge people by how well they overcome those challenges.

Honestly, Republicans fucked this up for themselves. Abortion was the classic wedge issue. Single-issue voters that wanted abortion banned would come out every 2-4 years to vote for the candidate who claimed to be pro-life, who would then make a token effort then shrug when nothing changed, rinse-repeat. Now, those voters have no reason to come out and people that are actually affected negatively have EVERY reason to come out.