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What Would a Biden Victory Look Like? Not the Political Disaster Many Envision
Townhall.com ^ | November 5, 2020 | Brad Slager

Posted on 11/05/2020 4:59:36 PM PST by Kaslin

With an election result in question, and all manner of Democratic subterfuge taking place in the recounts, we are still far off from anything conclusive being established. But in that interim there have been many who are preemptively bemoaning what a Joe Biden presidency would mean and looking ahead at all of the disasters he would deliver. Hopefully this column will tamp down some of that anxiety.

First off, one of the parlor games taking place right now is how long Joe will remain in power before succumbing to mental infirmaries and thus ceding the resolute desk to Kamala Harris. Many have bandied about it being a matter of months, but I’ll extend that to allow him time to place his cabinet and install preferred names in various offices. I’ll lay the chalk at the one year mark. But moving past this possibility let us analyze things as if Joe manages to remain at the helm.

There has been much talk made regarding his extreme plans and promises, but take into consideration the totality of Tuesday’s results. There is always too much focus placed on the lone figure in the White House, as if he is omnipotent. Apart from the challenge at the top, the GOP actually performed well in the election, and there are reasons to be upbeat. The Senate looks to remain in control by Mitch McConnell and the GOP, and there were over a dozen gains in the House as well. 

With all of this in mind let us take a look at some of what we might expect to see from a Biden administration.

RESTRUCTURE OF THE GOVERNMENT

Mitch McConnell’s solid victory in his reelection means he remains in place as Senate leader, and he promises to be a massive check against Biden extremism. More likely to happen is significant stasis in D.C., and let’s be honest - governmental gridlock is rarely a bad thing. The less it is doing the better.

Two of the biggest threats many saw of a Biden arrival would be the extreme moves made to entrench Democrat Party power in D.C. -- court packing, and delivering statehood to Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia. Both of these are intended to give Democrats more control, by placing liberal justices and providing additional seats in the Senate. Both efforts will be a long shot, if not impossible, without Senate help. These are also seen as extreme steps to alter the makeup of the government, and that could mean difficulty even getting the needed support of the Democrat politicians. As for the courts, McConnell has made that sector his priority over the past four years, and he is not about to permit a massive alteration as has been proposed. 

ENERGY POLICY

The Green New Deal, that fiasco of a pipe dream from the extremist wing of the party, was a hot issue that Biden tried to avoid on the campaign trail. His claim of it not being part of his plan falls apart when his own website declared the GND was the very framework of his proposed agenda, and that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez - the crafter of that unicorn fable - was actually running his energy plan. This behemoth economy-killer of a proposal will be ripped to shreds in the chambers before ever coming to a vote, and even then passing the bill will be like trying to shove a rhino through a revolving door. Its prospects are very dim without a compliant Congress to usher it through.

The side aspects of the plan, such as Joe’s denied desire to curtail oil drilling and fracking, will also be tough sells. Candidates love to announce what they intend to do on their first days in office, but these bold declarations always ignore the need to have bicameral support. Of course, the constant threat that has come into vogue the past few administrations is to have the president go the route of executive orders to push through preferred specifics. This is most likely the route Biden will need to go to get his desires implemented, so how many will be the big unknown.

THE ECONOMY

There have been fears, many of which are valid, that a Biden budget will decimate our once-roaring and now returning economy. He would benefit from the fact that we are still in recovery mode and his early months will be experiencing strong growth as we come out of a pandemic shutdown. The question will be how much this would shield the policies he puts in place that ultimately shackle the economy. His biggest call was to raise taxes on those making $400,000 a year and to raise the corporate tax rates. What is hidden in this is his desire to also eliminate the Trump tax cuts, which will affect far greater workers than his targeted "wealthy." The good news is the budget is written by Congress and if there are more GOP voices in the crafting stage, as well as a willingness of the Senate to reject harsh budgets, there will be much in the way of compromise.

Will Biden budgets be great? Hardly. But the more haggling that can be done the better, and even if it leads to government shutdowns these are also not entirely bad news to witness. The government not spending money is always the impossible dream, so even if the checkbook is closed for a couple of weeks we will be happy.

FOREIGN POLICY

This will always be the area where Democrats place a focus because of their desire to have other nations liking us. Much will be made about restoring our standing in the international community, despite the fact that we have been rather solid globally.  

Note how there has been so little mention of foreign policy during the Trump years. The media has stopped even mentioning terrorism, because of all the success we have seen with our approach to ISIS the past four years. A list of foreign peace agreements seen in recent months has been grudgingly covered  and then quickly dropped in the press. Biden will have a hard time besting what we have seen -- and not seen. For all of the talk of Trump being supposedly beholden to Russia there have been no bold moves made by Vladimir Putin. Trump has not started any conflicts, and even began pulling troops out of areas. Will Joe be able to say the same, or will Putin challenge his resolve? 

Another factor will be all of the controversies Biden has had to contend with in recent months. His questionable personal involvements with Russia, Ukraine, and China will be an anchor on many of his outreach efforts, giving him a challenge when dealing with those nations.

Then there is that specter of an early exit by Biden, and seeing him turning over the keys to Kamala Harris. She has already revealed a more extreme approach to certain policies, and this is going to lead to only more pushback politically. She could even face a challenge gathering enough support from her own party, as we have seen she is not exactly in possession of strong influence. As a candidate she never earned primary delegates, and when the primary in California was being held she was polling at a distant fourth place -- in her home state. 

Harris is not a politician with built-in gravitas. A more extreme agenda from a less influential figure means that resistance is even more likely to happen than would be seen with Biden. Overall, though we would prefer to see a coalition of conservative power in D.C., a Biden presidency is not an automatic disaster. And if it is revealed he rose to power through subversive electoral means then the will to oppose him on The Hill will become even greater.



TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2020election; bsarticle; fraud; joebiden; nudging; sedition; treason; writerisamoron
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To: Kaslin

This guy is an idiot. One, we probably will not win the Senate.

Two, if we do, McConnell showed zero backbone during Flynn, the Russia scam, the impeachment he let drag on for 3 months, the wall, Obamacare, etc.

If Biden wins, he will pack the court, legalize 30 million illegal aliens voting with an executive order. He will take drastic executive actions on “assault rifles” using Trump’s bump stock order as a precedent. He will solidify the censorship and declare us as right wing terrorists.

He will own the DOJ and unleash them against us with no limits.

It will be the last actual election in America for however many decades the socialist dictatorship lasts.


61 posted on 11/05/2020 5:35:31 PM PST by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: amnestynone

Oh gee, good to know that the Democrats are just going to magically stop operating their wildly successful fraud operation in 2022. Thanks, it’s really good to know that they are so stupid that they’ll stop doing what’s worked for them.


62 posted on 11/05/2020 5:37:23 PM PST by Scott from the Left Coast (Make Orwell Fiction Again)
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To: Kaslin
Mitch McConnell’s solid victory in his reelection means he remains in place as Senate leader, and he promises to be a massive check against Biden extremism.

Horse apples!

Mitch Senate gave Obama more of what he wanted than Obama's Dem Senate. (I need to find the percents)

McConnell was already talking about working with Biden, heard on Newsmax tonight.

63 posted on 11/05/2020 5:39:14 PM PST by Irenic (The pencil sharpener and Elmer's glue is put away-- we've lost the red wheelbarrow)
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To: Kaslin

This guy is crazy. If Trump is frauded out, American followers of his will go thru stages of grief beginning with shock and anger. They will soon despise the Republicans and establishment who did nothing to stand with him. Their only response to Biden and democrats will be disrespect.

They will never forget the evil, depraved actions that stole his legitimate presidency. Many will pay dearly, both Republican and democrat.


64 posted on 11/05/2020 5:40:49 PM PST by Hattie
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To: Scott from the Left Coast

“Oh gee, good to know that the Democrats are just going to magically stop operating their wildly successful fraud operation in 2022. Thanks, it’s really good to know that they are so stupid that they’ll stop doing what’s worked for them.” It wont be that close. It will be more like ‘14,10 and ‘94. After what happened we will turn out big time and the dems fraud or n ot won’t.


65 posted on 11/05/2020 5:40:57 PM PST by amnestynone (We are asked by people who do not tolerate us to tolerate the intolerable in the name of tolerance.)
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To: Scott from the Left Coast
So you think the elections are up and up, no fraud?

EXACTLY!!!

We'll never have another free and fair election in this country. The corrupt, soul-less democrats will openly cheat and win every election from here on out.

66 posted on 11/05/2020 5:41:15 PM PST by End Times Sentinel (In the conflict between the stone and the stream, the stream will always prevail.)
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To: proxy_user

“In 2022, there will be a huge Republican wave in both the Senate and the House, as well as in the individual states.”

After they got away with the brazen theft in this election, it will never happen. They will just do the same thing again as much as they want. Kamala’s AG will support the effort and say no crimes are being committed. If we rise against the fraud, we will be terrorists.

There is no coming back from letting this election be stolen. This is the last free election we will ever see. And actually this was a fake election.


67 posted on 11/05/2020 5:42:09 PM PST by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: Kaslin

Biden will not last three months.

Discussion of a Biden Administration is fatuous. Kamala Harris is going to be the President from mid-May 2021 until 2025.


68 posted on 11/05/2020 5:45:09 PM PST by Jim Noble
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To: Kaslin
let us analyze things as if Joe manages to remain at the helm.<<<

and while your at that.....Lets analyze simple things like someone putting a Dummy at the wheel of a Tesla while passed out drunk in the back seat....If you get to your destination whats wrong with it??.........../s

69 posted on 11/05/2020 5:45:24 PM PST by M-cubed (The MSM is now the 4th Branch of Government.....)
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To: dynachrome

LOL


70 posted on 11/05/2020 5:46:09 PM PST by Freedom'sWorthIt
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To: CommieCutter

“Letting them get away with voter fraud is the disaster.

They will just continue to do it at this current high level.”

Yep, if they are allowed to get away with THIS one, we will NEVER have another legitimate election in this country again.
We will be ruled by a regime dressed up as two different parties..


71 posted on 11/05/2020 5:49:12 PM PST by joethedrummer
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To: Scott from the Left Coast

Yup—this is _the_ hill to fight on.

President Trump is the _only_ Republican tough enough to take the fight to the enemy—and he has absolutely _nothing_ to lose.

Sun Tzu. The Art of War


72 posted on 11/05/2020 5:49:42 PM PST by cgbg (We shall fight on beaches, on grounds, the fields, the streets, the hills. Never surrender. WC)
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To: dfwgator

The media is acting as if the Senate is a lock. It is still up in the air because of the State of Georgia.


73 posted on 11/05/2020 5:49:57 PM PST by FreedBird (B)
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To: Kaslin

Yes it damn would be the disaster we all know it will be.

One thing vows to do and it would not needs any bills to pass the House or Senate would be to just have his new ATF boss reclassify all semi-auto pistols/rifles as NFA weapons. Then demand that people either register them and pay the $200 plus go through an FBI check ... or turn them in.

That would intern create a “use-it-or-lose-it” situation for the millions of firearms owners in the country. The Marxists would drool at the prospect of law enforcement going door to door murdering Americans because they won’t turn over their firearms.

And DON’T ANYONE HERE tell me that the police and the Army won’t do it. They will do as they are ordered, and do it with a smile.


74 posted on 11/05/2020 5:50:10 PM PST by CapnJack
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To: Kaslin

So we just accept the vote fraud and play nice? The fbi and DOJ allow rapists and treasonous leaders walk Scott free and we just pay our taxes and shut up? Is that how it works? Rules and laws only apply to the peons?


75 posted on 11/05/2020 5:52:30 PM PST by sasafras (WHEN YOU USE PAYPAL YOU GIVE MONEY TO GEORGE SOROS - TAKE A STAND AND CLOSE YOUR PP ACCOUNT)
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To: Alberta's Child

If the left will be checked, then you’ll probably be right. If they go too far, things could go into a different direction. Stay tuned.


76 posted on 11/05/2020 5:52:34 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: Kaslin

Welp, Hunter Biden would be gifted with twice the number of little Chinese girls to rape and torture as son-of-the-pres as opposed to the number he raped/tortured as son-of-the-VP.

And Pelosi’s son and the others - little girls world wide are the “spoils of a lost election” in the filthy elite world view.

Of course, China owns the Bidens so the nuclear football would go under Chinese control. Some say that’s a negative right there.

Then there’s vengeance upon all those in the military and government who pose a continued threat to China, despite the change in president.

Then there are forced vaccinations and RFID chipping to better control the livestock...I mean public....like they do in China. You have to be chipped/vaccinated in China to travel on aircraft, enter stores etc.

And then China has that “Social Credit” score attached to your phone that pretty much ruins your life if you don’t associate strictly with Pro CCP people. That software was produced for China by Google and I’ve read more than once it’s active in the US, we just don’t know about it yet.
But I guess the author of this “piece” would consider than a bonus - lower implementation lag time....


77 posted on 11/05/2020 5:53:08 PM PST by ransomnote (IN GOD WE TRUST)
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To: Kaslin

iff victory = stealing


78 posted on 11/05/2020 5:53:26 PM PST by Baladas
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To: amnestynone

Dude, stop and think. The Republicans turned out in the highest numbers they’ve ever had. It won’t be close? Was a 700,000 vote lead in Pennsylvania close? Any operation that can drop more than 135,000 fraudulent votes in a single drop (Michigan) can overcome any margin.

we are about to become a true totalitarian dictatorship here. Your vote in 2022 will be as valuable as a vote in Cuba. I see this kind comment constantly here today. Many are probably trolls. Do not be fooled: if this stands there is no tomorrow for the Republic.


79 posted on 11/05/2020 5:54:01 PM PST by Scott from the Left Coast (Make Orwell Fiction Again)
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To: Luke21
Screw this deep state bullshit. <<<

What “Deep State”???

Bill Barr has already indicted the 1 person responsible for all that marlarky about a deep state...

THERE IS NO DEEP STATE!.....*period....end cease...stop!... * (military jargon)

80 posted on 11/05/2020 5:54:02 PM PST by M-cubed (The MSM is now the 4th Branch of Government.....)
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