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The unrepentant Republicans

  The other day 45 Republican senators voted not to hold a trial on the impeachment ofLittle old Donnie Trump.Their motivation is obvious.They don't want to vote on the record.If they vote to impeach they will be primaried And if they do not vote to impeach that will be thrown in their face in the general election, Their failure to impeachHey president who led an armed Insurrection against the capital.All they care about is maintaining their own seat in the Senate. This continues the pattern set when 140 congressmen congressmen and seven senatorsVoted to overturn the election of Pres. Biden after the mob was cleared out from the capital.Joseph McCarthy was once asked if he had no shame.The answer of these Republicans would be of course not. A couple of weeks ago Randy Paul and Lindsey Graham let the cat out of the bag as far as what Republicans are going to be up to.Each stated that the Would never win another Presidential election unless the election laws were changed in the state...

Unity versus accomplishment

Given what he said on the campaign trail,Biden had to talk about his desire for unity in his inaugural addres.But my fear is he may have  oversold his commitment.He is after all dealing withA Republican Congress and one which did well in the last election.I have no doubtThat Mitch McConnell believes, probably correctly,That the only reasonThe Republicans lost the majorityIn the Senate was because of the antics of Donald Trump.I also have no doubt McConnell is going to be primarily,if not exclusively ,interested in gaining control of the SenateIn the next by-election demonstrating that Biden and hisAdministration can't accomplish anything would be their weapon as it was in 2010. Biden shouldn't giveThe Republicans in Congress more than two weeksTo hammer out an agreement on the coven 19Response bill.Failing that,The Democrats have revise the Senate rules and get rid of he filibuster and the ability of individual congressmen to Bring proceedings to a halt.Undoubtedly the Republic...