General Discussion

There is absolutely nothing wrong with debate between left, center and right. Where we get into dysfunction is when one of those groups decides not to do anything to move us forward at all unless they get their own way, which is what we have had in the Republicans since the Newt was Speaker of the House in the way-back-when.

Do you know, the guy (Newt) had a Tyrannosaurus Rex skill in his office? I asked about that when I was there in 1995, and his front-desk person said that he had that in there to remind everyone how 'government can gobble up everything.'

Seriously. And those people were proud of doing nothing. And look at what McConnell has done to this country these last couple years - refusing to even allow debate, let alone votes, on the hundreds of bills the House passed to help Americans.

Since the great victory in GA, we can now count on these bills actually being brought to the floor, debated on, and compromise happening. That is how our system is supposed to work. So, yeah, Murkowski would be quite welcome, as well as Bernie and other independents, provided only that they are willing to compromise on legislation in order to send something forward.

I am actually quite looking forward to seeing a new culture in the Senate. I've been quite impressed with Biden so far, and I'm thinking that he's the person who can go in and pull this thing together.