Many Dems have wondered about the hypothetical of, "what if they'd won 1-2 more Senate seats?"
I'm also interested in the flipside — what if they'd won 1 fewer Senate seats? How would Biden's first year have been different with a McConnell-run Senate?
I'm also interested in the flipside — what if they'd won 1 fewer Senate seats? How would Biden's first year have been different with a McConnell-run Senate?
Obviously no BBB. Stimulus would have had to be bipartisan and looked quite different. Would infrastructure still have happened?
Probably a few differences in the Cabinet but not too much (he had mostly moderate picks anyway).
Probably a few differences in the Cabinet but not too much (he had mostly moderate picks anyway).
Judicial confirmations slowed to a crawl, of course. Macro conditions probably mostly the same. Biden probably still unpopular, but much more commentary would blame that on McConnell.
Gridlock probably the safe bet. There's an alternative argument that, if Dems didn't have BBB/HR1 to chase after, bipartisan deals on stuff like the child tax credit or Electoral Count Act reform would be more plausible. Dunno if I believe that
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