Democrats Had Better Get Things Done in D.C.

I hope last night was a wake up call to Democrats in Congress. Yes, Democrats did win in many places including in New Jersey but Phil Murphy's re-election was too close for comfort. New Jersey's Senate President may very well lose his seat to a Republican who spent a little over $153 on his campaign. No one saw this coming especially Democrats. 

As such, it is incumbent upon Democrats in D.C. to get things done and govern. Otherwise in a year from now they are going to find themselves out of office and won't be governing anything much less their own lives. The Joe Manchins and Kyrsten Sinemas of the world are going to have to find a way to work with the Bernie Sanders and Pramila Jayapals of the world and get some meaningful results so people have a reason to vote Democrat. 

Of course, it is also sobering that at least 8 Republicans who were at the Capitol on January 6th have been elected to office. With that said, I'm not talking about voters who think Trump won the election and/or equate vaccines to the Holocaust. Those people are far gone barring intervention. But rather to the voters in Virginia who cast ballots for Glenn Youngkin after voting for Joe Biden a year ago today. Those voters will consider voting for a Democrat who has something to show for his or her work on behalf of their constituents. 

Unfortunately, as I have argued previously, both Manchin and Jayapal have said they'd rather have nothing than something. How can you build back better if you have nothing on which to build? In which case, voters might give Democrats across the country a whole lot of nothing.