Yeah, like... there were a lot of problems at the time that seemed like valid roadblocks.
But apart from Obamacare, Biden is getting a lot more done now, in two years, than Obama did in eight. More importantly, the GOP has been steadily demonstrating for decades that you can get even more done with even less if you're willing to play full elbows-out hardball.
It's not even a case of "You just had to have the
will to do what the other guys wouldn't." The Dems have had more seats, more often (well, federally anyway), all they needed was the will to do
match what the other guy was already doing, especially considering how bad RWers are at taking the same punches back.
Anyway, as frustrating as that all was, I'm - somehow - eager to see what they do now. There's certainly a feeling that a large number of Dems are belatedly,
finally, done with catering to the GOP's horseshit, so maybe I can stop being the politics version of this guy: