My God! The fucking "Problem Solvers" caucus that MSNBC insists on giving a platform

[maxrandb]

is as worthless as tits on a bullfrog

[Claustrum]

1. Right on cue with the "lets move on" message.

Of course they want us to move on because their republican party is complicit and responsible for the disaster yesterday.

[rzemanfl]

2. Bookmarking. n/t

[SallyHemmings]

3. The follow up question needs to be

What would be your response in Cory Booker and AOC caused this violence?

[maxrandb]

7. The Problem Solvers is nothing more than

a cover to excuse deplorable Retrumplicans behavior.

Any Democrat who is still a member of this "cock-us" today needs to do some serious soul searching.

The ONLY way that this group should continue is "IF" the Retrumplicans members come out and demand the expulsion of the extremists in the Retrumplicans Party.

Absent that, it's nothing but turd polishing.

[Hotler]

4. Circle jerk. Centrist Democrats asking far right repugs what we can give up

to make them happy.

[RiverbendsJoe]

5. Have these self-described Problem Solvers ever actually solved a single problem? n/t

[rzemanfl]

6. This-

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10181452540

[liskddksil]

8. The problem solvers didn't want any stimulus checks either. Should be called the problem creators

caucus.

[LAS14]

9. Wow! I was glad to hear of some attempt at compromise. It's gotta happen. You don't...

... want to "move forward?" You'd rather just stay behind a progressive wall and throw stones?

[Hortensis]

10. Nonsense. It's a bipartisan caucus seeking solutions both

parties can come together on. That not only is the way democracy is SUPPOSED to work, it's the way it HAS to work or it'll fail. Yes, it requires compromise, but we've seen the real-world alternative, and somehow I doubt you'd be happier under a fascistic dictatorship without a healthcare system. Abandon any hope the fall of our democracy would create a workers' utopia instead. Not going to happen.

Anyway, this little caucus doesn't replace the much larger and more powerful conservative and liberal caucuses that define the parties. This one will do its thing, hopefully nudge the big caucuses enough to have some successes, but the chances that they will out-power them are nil.

As for blowing their whistle and getting some media attention, would you rather the media continued to present Democrats as deeply divided between socialist extremism and corporatist corruption?

[GopherGal]

11. I can propose the first problem for them to solve:

The Capitol Police where wholly incapable/unwilling to prevent the takeover of the building WHILE CONGRESS WAS IN SESSION TO CERTIFY THE ELECTORAL VOTE!

If they aren't willing to address this problem, they're full of Trump.

And then there's the 25-45 or Impeachment the Sequel problem...

[Hortensis]

12. Congress legislates. As for the role congress does play in addressing

sedition and this event specifically, the leaderships and heads of the appropriate committees are on it. I hope you realize both parties have an extremely strong, existential-level interest in the continuation of our government. At least the GOP does for now since a putsch controlled by them isn't possible at this time.

As for this little caucus, it doesn't drive either party and certainly has nothing to do with putting a leash on Trump. Let it do its thing. It won't hurt you.

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Btw, in a democracy, inability to cooperate and compromise is NOT a virtue. It's a dysfunctional, extremist flaw that always results in self isolation and failure to achieve worthy goals.

In an authoritarian government, it only works for the extremists in control, and they have a nasty way of killing each other off. That inability to cooperate thing.

[rzemanfl]

13. Look for a PM. n/t