more spending and a welfare state. so, that would be the ideological spectrum which is not that far off. in terms of timing, you know, historically, we have had moments that create fundamental change, almost always from the ground up. revolutionary war. 1830s. more people get the right to vote. then, in the 1890s, the gilded age. corruption leads to the progressive era. recall elections, et cetera, et cetera. we used to have states pick the senators, and eventually so, things can move. you have the civil rights era. it s about 60-year cycles of reform. you think we re ready for one? oh, i m ready. are you ready? i ve been ready because this seems unworkable to me. but now, here s the problem. lee, and if you read his piece and if you look at his book, he outlines how you are going to have to change how you do congressional races to make them bigger areas so that you can have multi-representatives, which would encourage other parties, other stakeholders. and then, what you would h
coup. biden won t restructure the postal service board to get rid of dejoy. the democrats will pass voting rights. you catching on yet? so, eugene, the question to you is, and we re hearing more and more of this. are the democrats doing enough with what they have right now? given the urgency and the exigency? i would say just play no. i don t think they are. and here s why i am not quite as optimistic as tim is about the republican party. seeds grow seeds don t grow embarrassing ground, right? they grow in fertile ground. the seeds of crazy that donald trump has been sewing on republican ground, found fertile soil. there was a predisposition
plain sight, the invention of donald trump. garland won t release the memo on trump and obstruction, biden won t restructure the postal service board to get rid of dejoy, the democrats won t pass voting rights. you catching on yet? so, eugene, the question to you is, and we re hearing more and more of this. are the democrats doing enough with what they have right now, given the urgency and the exigency? well, i would say, just plain no. i don t think they are. and here s why. i am not quite as optimistic as tim is about the republican party. i mean, you know, seeds grow, don t grow in barren ground. they grow in fertile ground. the seeds of crazy that donald
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the reality should be even more upsetting and democrats are not jumping up and down about getting funding for those kids. they say they want to help but then it doesn t happen. i think fighting the good fight matters. sometimes results or not. exactly. well, i will say that on the election security, we re going to make a big fight about this. we started today to get it on the defense authorization bill. good. that money we got last time was 3% of the cost of one air carrier. and as you know, people are working on getting a humanitarian aid i m going to look at the agreement that senator leahy made with senator shelby, but there are strong efforts to help. the only reason i push on it, because it s an exigency. i understand that the appropriation season is upon us, but it s not something that can go through the normal process. there s just too much risk for too many down there who are too young. but senator amy klobuchar, you are always welcome on this show to argue your point