It's now or never

How many progressives support the For the People Act? I'm guessing most if not all. How many progressives though think it's absolutely necessary to curtail the Repugnacon laws at voter suppression? I'm guessing most if not all. Given that, how many support completely getting rid of the Senate filibuster to achieve that end? Again, most if not all.

So it comes down to, for me at least, doing what the progressive caucus explicitly stated was the goal of their new rules: To use their voting block power to ensure that the above gets done. And that requires also using that voting block power to hold up any and all future legislation until the above gets done. I'm confident that if they used this power that way Biden would capitulate. As would the recalcitrant conservative Dems like Manchin and Sinema, once tremendous pressure is put on them by Biden, the entire Dem Party and their considerable influence, power and money.

It seems that the latter is where at least some of us disagree. Some claim we can't do it that way, that the only way is to get more progressives in Congress until we have a majority, and then we can do it. Sure, maybe. But we'll always have those States where only a more conservative Dem can beat a Repug, so even in this future mythical world we still have the problem of how to get past those obstructing Senate Dems. Plus if the Repug laws continue to suppress more of the vote, getting more progressives in Congress in the future is a pipe dream. We have the answer and the power right here, right now, if we only have the courage of our convictions to use it.

The filibuster must go and the For the People Act must pass. NOW.