From where this lifelong, supporting, active Democrat sits, learn from failure, listen to constituents, take some risks.

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https://signalpress.blogspot.com/2025/03/from-where-i-sit-democrats-need-to.html

Then we had four years of what can only be honestly characterized as the single most incompetent Presidency in American history. Trump did not know the law, and felt like he was personally not bound by it. He made all of the mistakes that he did which caused the failure of multiple business ventures of his own. The country was saved from more damage than he potentially could have done by Democrats winning the mid-term elections in 2018 and putting a stop to his Presidency.

For months, there were those in the media who speculated that if he lost the election in 2020, he would not leave the White House peacefully. And that's exactly what happened. He was restrained by a few people still in his administration determined to keep out the worst abuses. But he instigated the insurrection that attacked the capitol and tried to prevent Congress from certifying electoral votes that added up to victory for Joe Biden.

So how is it that he could get away with doing all of that, and not be held accountable for it? That's where part of my frustration lies as a democrat.

We entered 2021 with a majority in both Houses of Congress, not a super majority, but one that had the potential to take a few risks to get things done. And there were some things that were discussed. It would not have been easy, but risks never are, and there is always the question about how the other side would take advantage of it when they get back in power. But the gravity of the situation needs to be considered, and that means taking the risk, and then doing some smart thinking while we still have a majority in both houses to make things a little more difficult.

I've been convinced, by several experts in the field, including a few who comment on television, that the filibuster should have been done away with, for the purpose of packing that damn Supreme Court and getting three things accomplished. One, keeping the court from the ridiculously unconstitutional ruling they issued on Presidential immunity, which we did see coming when the appellate court pointed out why it was unconstitutional in succinct, clear terms. Two, preventing Roe from being overturned. And three, expiditing his insurrection trial, which the court could have simply picked up out of the docket, heard immediately and then ruled that what he did was insurrection. A legal expert no less prestigious than Jill Wine Banks made that observation.