Latest CNBC polling has him at about 44% approval rating. And dropping. And this includes the economy and Covid response.
Is Joe Biden after 10 months: Worst president ever?
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I have no idea what you are explaining. There can be several conversations going on within a thread at one time. I try to tailor my response to the post that is quoted above.
The fact that you kept going on with your line of argument after I pointed out the clear non sequiter suggests you don't know how to converse with proper forum etiquette. It's kind of like not listening to others and only hearing what is in your own head.
No, its like having a conversation with someone at a party then a third person jumps in starts rambling about something else and then accuses you of a 'non-sequitur' for trying to continue the conversation.
So of course you have no idea what you did.
Feel free to go back through the posts and try to follow the conversation.
If this isn't the pot calling the kettle black nothing is. You are the biggest know-it-all, lecturing hypocrite I've ever seen on this or any other site. Your complete lack of self awareness should be embarrassing to you, but then again you know it all don't you.
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The article refers to the State of California enacting new laws. Anyone who has spent time in California knows that it is the most regulated state in the Union. I don't know how California regulation compares to the various Canadian provinces. I hear Quebec is a highly-regulated province.
So back to my post, I wouldn't want to wake-up in California in the new year and read about all the new laws and regulations in the L.A. Times. If you find that I am criticizing Progressive Democrats, yes that is my point.
I don't think I have ever said the U.S. healthcare system in better than the Canadian healthcare system. It's certainly different and I don't like the crazy patchwork of coverage.
As far as your criticisms of the U.S. healthcare system, much of this was addressed by Obamacare over ten years ago. The Federal government expanded coverage for many and compelled the uninsured with means to buy insurance. We obviously don't have the Canadian system where everyone is provided the same government health insurance.
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I'm not sure what more the Biden Administration could do with COVID response. Americans are just frustrated with the virus and its variants. Many of the vaccinated are frustrated with the unvaccinated. The unvaccinated are angry with govt. and employer mandates. The unvaccinated feel that they are unfairly blamed for the continuing outbreaks.
It is a projection of the general distrust the USA population has for its governance. And yes as well the lack of basic knowledge of how things work.
It really wasn't. Between copays, deductables, lack of choice in many states, and no price controls on drugs, procedures, and over medicating/testing due to kickbacks it still costs a shit ton more per capita for worse outcomes.
And there are still what at least 30 million with no coverage? And many with only catastrophic due to the copays. As well look at the overbilling when you go to the wrong health provider.
Its just as shitty as ever unless you are rich.
Everyone knew that Joe was full of shit when he went after the previous administration for mishandling Covid just as all knew he had no solutions. He knew it also, yet he was the one who hitched his horse to that cart. Sorry, it may be unfair, but that's how it works.
I believe you missed the point of my post, which is that ALL jurisdictions enact literally hundreds of new laws each year. That's whether they are "progressive democrats" or "regressive republicans". Modern life is simply quite complicated and I suspect there is little difference in the sheer volume of new legislation between administrations at either end of the political spectrum.
What is Biden supposed to do, JC?
Again, this is political whining. All countries face similar challenges and Biden's are complicated by the refusal of most GOP administrations to enact mask and vaxx mandates.
Actually, political whining is when a leader makes promises and then he and his acolytes believe it to be unfair to hold him to them.
The Conservative Republicans aren't able to block any Biden legislation. You're being too idealistic about any political system U.S. or parliamentary. The Moderate Democrats really don't want the Progressive's Build Back Better plan. One would have to be naive that it is only Manchin preventing this. As a Senator who is very popular in his state, he's taking the heat for the Moderates. Manchin would not be primaried like some other Moderates if they didn't vote with the Progressive agenda.
On the other hand, Moderate Democrats won't go out on their own and build a legislative coalition with Moderate Republicans to pass moderate legislation.
I'm sure you have these tensions in parliamentary system. I think in reality much of these tensions in the American system are played out in the public eye. In a parliamentary system, I suspect intra-party battles are handled behind closed doors. You are just not used to seeing the sausage being made.
Virtually everything you have just posted is a denial of fact. Sounds good but completely wrong.
This might partially explain how the political forums here and elsewhere on the net have become so aggressive. The Progressives first got emboldened with a 2020 victory. This year the reality that governing is a lot more difficult than criticizing set in. This seems to have hit the typically idealistic Progressives hard. I don't think Americans voted for a Progressive agenda in 2020 so there's that problem too in enacting legislation.
I've said that Biden gets unfairly blamed for some things, but that's the nature of being in charge. The liberal press is becoming more objective in its coverage of the Biden Administration. For over a month, the Washington Post has been criticizing the Biden Administration's handling of the Southern border.
You have not offered a counterpoint. The mantra Republicans are blocking the Democrat's legislation is both a cop out and simply poltical rhetoric heading into the midterms.
You also need to be a little more introspective. If the majority party held a slim advantage in a parliamentary system, I guarantee you they are having to deal with their Moderates behind closed doors. A Progressive agenda would not even be discussed publicly let alone make it to the floor.
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Easy to prove.
Please post the number of times that Republican senators have voted for dem bills this year.
1. because of the filibuster a simple majority of one party or the other is not enough to pass legislation. In some limited circumstances they can use the reconciliation process, however, the House parliamentarian has ruled that those circumstances are very limited.
2. Who ate the 10 moderate GOP members you are referring to. With 2 exceptions they all bend the knee. Even when their are momentary hints of a spine they eventually make their pilgrimage to Mar a Lago to kiss the ring. I agree that there is some intransigence on the part of the progressives but look at the Bill that was passed compared to what the ask started out as and they did compromise. The GOP on the other had virtually always votes in lock step.
