Nearly a week after all major media networks projected that Joe Biden was the President-elect, Biden’s transition team is not sweating the Trump administration’s continued refusal to begin the official transition process — mostly.
If you’re going to say that, might as well just congratulate Team Trump for a job well done.
C’mon. It’s not over until Putin congratulates Biden, and that ain’t happening until enough damage is done to national security.
This should not be Biden v Trump but Pelosi/Schumer v congressional gop.
How so?
Because Trump won’t concede until his support abandons him, and the Biden transition has an interest in treating this as a farce rather than a credible threat to the transfer of power.
(Anecdote: My wife is on our school board, and years ago we had a principal with NPD. The board tried to rein in her behavior but the superintendent kept making excuses for her. It was only by going after the superintendent’s job performance that she was cut loose.)
You have to attack where the power actually is. McConnell is paying no price for this right now.
Not freaking out?
Perfectly expected.
Grown-ups don’t overreact to cranky toddlers.
They just let them cry themselves to sleep.
Ms. Murphy’s 15 minutes of Fame.
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Hey @cervantes! This story fell off the front page, so we can have a troll-only thread and talk about the other TPM commenters!!
Like who does that @mattinpa guy think he is, being basically reasonable all the time? I’d die of boredom.
I think @tena hates me a little less than she used to, but, really, she prolly had a point. I’m an asshole.
And I don’t think @sniffit is the tough guy he puts out there. I think he listens to The Smiths and cries.
And speaking of music, it’s about time for my annual post about how almost none of the ‘60s rock legends were Boomers. The Boomers hate that.
Darn it! @emiliano4 and @maximus caught me!
ETA: Note to self. I should delete this. I’m the only one who will find it funny.
Er … Fascinating idea but I think I might pass!
Unless you wanna pick on @jacksonhts. He, at least, knows how to defend himself.
Maybe Elliot Smith…once in a while…definitely no Enya while soaking in hot bubblebaths tho…definitely not…
Joe’s getting this info. There are some patriots left in the government.
Seriously…and why give them the freakout that they’re trying to create? It would just play into their hands.
I’m no expert but I don’t think a well-placed lawsuit or two would constitute a “freakout.”
… Yet
Not yet, never. The reason the Biden campaign isn’t freaking out is because responsible adults and people who want to fix the problems the GOP created or exacerbated don’t freak out, they just do the work that needs to be done and then they move on to the next problem.
Let not create drama where there isn’t any…I’m tired of drama, real or not.
What you and I would consider a freakout and what the right wing media and MSM will treat as one might just differ significantly. Unfortunately, this is one where it’s really an “optics” argument.
Agree with both your points, sure – but this is a matter of degrees and thresholds and precedent, and I agree with @txlawyer that the esteemed Ms. Murphy over at GSA should be hauled into court forthwith. Let her try explaining her increasingly absurd position.
Sure, could file a complaint seeking a writ of mandamus ordering her to do her job and stop abusing her discretion as to the findings she’s supposed to make, but (a) the law is pretty vague on what it means for the GSA Administrator to “ascertain” the winner of the election (mandamus is discretionary, judges don’t like to grant it and vagaries and ambiguities will make a judge even more uncomfortable granting it) and (b) I think the optics are better with her facing mounting public scorn and criticism that reflects horribly on her, Trump and the entire GOP.
In essence, why bother? Let her have her ROPE.
I like pinatas.
That’s the approach I’d take, unless there is a significant probability of losing.
As the days go by, and more votes are counted and recorded, and more people speak up against Trump’s intransigence, I see that probability diminishing.
I thought that’s what I just indicated. As I said, judges don’t like issuing writs of mandamus…and you can bet your ass a judge is going to want nothing to do with a writ of mandamus for a largely political and politicized issue like this one. Were it after certification of all states’ votes and such, then we’d be talking about something far different, but I can see the judge looking at this like you just handed him a moist turd and told him to eat up.
Plus, there’s the timing thing. I don’t think she’s going to be able to hold out all that long and the court case might just take longer than things move along anyway.