Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me

‘Played’ by GOP in the Obama era, Biden and the Democrats are getting ready to move on their Own

As of Jan. 29, his 15th day in office, Biden has signed a total of 22 executive orders. The president is unlikely to wait more than a few days for Republican Party participation in his plans.

As told in the Los Angeles Times
In the months-long struggle through 2009 to pass the Affordable Care Act, some Senate Democrats were so determined to give President Obama’s chief domestic initiative a bipartisan cast that they spent much time courting a few Republicans, especially senior Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa.

Endless rounds of negotiations produced nothing, and Democrats began to feel as if they were being played. Obama finally sought closure. He asked Grassley: What if Democrats agreed to all his proposed changes — then would he support the bill? “I guess not, Mr. President,” Grassley replied, according to Obama’s memoir, “A Promised Land.”

Grassley is still in the senate and the likelihood that he will be more amenable to Biden’s plans than he was to Obama’s Affordable Care Act is some where near a zero. Biden learned a lesson from the GOP opposition to the ACA that delayed its implementation by more than a year after the inauguration of Obama.

So as the saying goes, “fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me.”

Joe Biden will not accept the waiting game in implementing his plans. The Democratic Party majority is thin and the possibility that it could be lost at any time will motivate him to push for those plans without GOP participation.