It is damn near impossible to get anything done with a 50/50 Senate.
Especially when issues like the filibuster and voting rights are more popular with the opposing Party in states like West Virginia and Arizona. Democratic Senators in those states do not gain votes by voting for those issues. They win votes by voting against them. That is the crux of the matter.
Democrats need to have a more workable majority if they wish to change the filibuster and pass the new voting rights legislation. Once they get the majority, they need to use it.
The filibuster is nothing more than a relic from the Jim Crow era and America's racist past. It should be disposed of at first opportunity. It's sort of like the state lines of places like ND, SD, and WY that were drawn to give specific advantage to Republican and corporate interests in the US Senate. It is a part of the systemic racism in this country, from a political vantage point.
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...the kinds of adjustments that would bring them in would likely displease some of our more progressive members. It'd drag the bill a lot closer to the center and thus, mediocrity. But sometimes mediocrity, or a lack of drama and discontent, is welcome (esp. post-drumpf).
It's not gonna be a popular idea, but rather than go all-in on BBB, Biden could try to navigate a path that brought Manchin/Sinema and the anti-drumpf right into the fold (I'm thinking again, Murkowski/Romney/Collins and maybe some others).
At that point, you at least have a block of five or so "center" Senators that can be the point of compromise, and allow us to get a few things done. Use that momentum to hold down the House and Senate for another year and build from there.
The focus on voting rights legislation is a bit overblown and really does a disservice to how well we performed last election. Biden got the most Presidential votes in history, which is a huge accomplishment and a sign of widespread support. Why are we beating ourselves up and acting like we can't get the vote out, when we just got the vote out better than ever in history? 
We struggled in the House and Senate, but the fastest way to fix that is legislative victories that appeal to independents, and recruiting good candidates by projecting _confidence_ in the party, instead of despair. Use the recent retirements to recruit young and diverse candidates with energy and broad appeal.
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I think sometimes we get to flailing at demons that don't exist, or opposing issues that have workable middle ground.
For instance, we've got our feet dug in on voter id laws, but the easy pivot there is sure, you can have voter id laws, but you have to provide free identification to your state residents.
The working class and under-homed in my area would find that a huge benefit as they are constantly losing or having their ID stolen, and they need it to get welfare in the area anyway. To me this is the easiest pivot in the world: sure you can have voter id, just make sure it's free.
That moves the issue from a gqp voter suppression strategy (that they are selling better than we are fighting), into a benefit for the underprivileged who struggle to get and maintain their state ID.
This is the obvious soft flank to the gqp's attack. They hit us with voter id laws, we spin around and poke them with free voter id. 
Throw in some Federal funding and watch red state governors scramble for it. This is simple shit.
Why can't we get our party functioning correctly on basic, obvious, winning issues like this? We look ridiculous when we say voter id is in opposition to democracy. It's untrue, discombobulated messaging on an issue that should be a win for us. 
Messaging and looking at obstacles as opportunities.
For losing Sunday voting, I was thinking that the pastors who help with “Souls to the polls” might consider church services on some weekdays when they KNOW the polls are open and may not be as crowded?
