Re: We are not a progressive nation

[robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

I guess it depends upon what a "nation" is.  If it's the people, then it
is progressive.  If it's the government, then, no, it is definitely not.

 > From: Noelle <noelle>
 > Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2022 08:23:14 -0700 (PDT)
 >
 > https://www.electoral-vote.com/evp2022/Senate/Maps/Mar24.html#item-4
 > 
 > lots to chew over.
 > 
 > "John Lawrence, who was a House aide for 38 years including 8 years 
 > as chief of staff for Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), knows politics better 
 > than just about anyone, wrote this to Edsall:
 > 
 >      I think a lot of voters will use 2022 to remind Biden (and 
 > Democrats, since they can't vote against him) that their vote in 
 > 2020 was a vote to return to normalcy, not a blank check to build on 
 > the New Deal and Great Society. Once in office —albeit with 
 > ridiculously narrow margins—Democrats used the crisis to swing for 
 > the stands, ignoring the historical lesson of the Senate's 
 > moderating role. So they have created the worst of all worlds: a 
 > failure to enact what the base demanded (but they did not have the 
 > votes to deliver) and the appearance of having overreached and 
 > invited an electoral haircut by many 2020 supporters who never 
 > embraced such a sweeping agenda. "