Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: 10 days that reshaped the Democratic presidential race [View all]BidenBacker
(1,089 posts)Was thinking about that just last night. Even the Senate "supermajority" the Dems had when Obama took office didn't last for a full 2 years. They actually barely had it for a few months. Franken didn't get sworn in until early July because that asshole Coleman sued and kept it in the courts for many months. Kennedy was real sick and died shortly after that...and they had to wheel Byrd in for votes as well since he was very ill, too. Then Scott Brown won the special election to replace Kennedy in early 2010 and that was the end of that. Thanks a lot, MA....WTF were you thinking???
Throw in recesses and the Dems had only an extremely narrow window to get Obamacare passed. But of course ignorant Republicans who don't know shit about history much less anything else say "hey, you guys had a supermajority for 2 whole years and didn't get anything done."
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden