going to put them in a horrific position moving forward if they stand in the way of these common-sense reforms. well, and again, if joe biden can build a coalition that includes not just moderate democrats and liberal democrats but more centrist democrats as well as business leaders can be parts of this, law enforcement for sure, and to get some republicans on board, if you look at the right-wing echo chamber now in media, internet, talk radio, you know, it s all about the normal partisanship and the normal-looking pick little holes in the arguments for some sort of action. if the vice president and the president build a broad coalition, that 90/10 thing will be a reality including in the house of representatives which is where it s going to come down to because i think you could pass a pretty big peculiarage throu package through the senate. the question is what would they do in the house? the question is what did republicans learn? what s my party learned over the past year? ar
the table, and you either enforce yourself or we may have to take some steps. you ve got that. and again, the biggest challenge is a mental health challenge that we have here. they have closed clinics around this country. there have been cutbacks despite what people say about the affordable care act actually bringing more services to people. a lot of that has not kicked in. they need to do something about that as well. what joe manchin is saying is, broaden this coalition. don t narrow cast it. and don t forget that joe manchin, that iconic ad, the gun, the long rifle hunting ad, which was perhaps the best tribute to the nra of any of the campaign ads. yeah. was joe manchin when he was running. a quick reality check. name a single republican elected official in the house and senate who have spoken differently about guns in the aftermath of the most emotional weeks after the shooting. not a single one. pro-dem democrats, how many are willing to go after capacity clips that go up
we need to live within the framework of heller and stop dreaming of these all-out bans and respect people s right to keep and bear arms within limits. so i think that s a fascinating move by chuck schumer. very pragmatic. schumer is showing more and more the potential to be a real senate leader. he s behind dick durbin, but if dick durbin were to move on to another post, ever join the cabinet or do something else, schumer would be right there, really running things in a way that harry reid doesn t often exhibit. a very pragmatic, i think, approach, what schumer is saying in the post, and helpful for what i was saying before, the joe manchin coalition will get this thing done if it is feinstein, boxer, schumer, it won t. it just won t get done. we should point out it s dianne feinstein who led the way back had she was just in the senate and proved all of the old guard wrong, that she could get
experience, you just can t, in this day and age, be out there as an unnominated person whose name is being speculated about if there are people opposed to you. and there s a coalition of partisan republicans and people who look at senator hagel s past statements on the middle east in particular, and they don t want him to be secretary of defense. and they ve launched a campaign much earlier and stronger than his supporters have done. his supporters are now coming back, but it s very difficult. again, as susan rice showed. if you re not actually nominated, if you don t have the full war room being run by the executive branch on your behalf and you re alliant on casual exchanges of your supporters inside and outside of government, it s difficult to do. i don t really know if the president fully intended or intends to nominate senator hagel, but he s in a tough position now because like susan rice, the loud voices are coming from those who oppose him, again, particularly supporters of isr
something accomplished. we ll see. i don t think it will happen this time unless there are conservatives and moderates on board as well. part of the coalition. yeah. and each side has no to let not the perfect be the enemy of the good. that s the point schumer was making. it s the same for the other side. you re not going to come up with any law that will prevent mass killings. instead of 8,000 k12,000 kids, 8,000 killed next year, that s better. you re not going to ban movies and video games, but you can pressure the industry to come up with some voluntary restrictions. mental health. we need a lot more funding for mental health, there s no doubt about it. it s not going to be perfect. and again, this gun law by itself, we don t know if it would have prevented the massacre in connecticut. we just know, as sam said, after oregon, after colorado, after i think minnesota, the temple in