senate is still close and votes are happening. it's not that uncommon anyway. jfk, lbj, nixon hadn't resigned by now. biden resigned 5 days before he was inaugurated vp. there's probably older ones that went right up to the deadline but cba.
A most excellent answer to my question. I appreciate the time you took to share and look up the info, as it is apparent that I was far too lazy to do so.
Regarding the other replies, I had heard that there was a hot debate in California over filling the seat with a Hispanic woman or an African American woman. Which just seems stupidly ironic, because electing/appointing based solely on their ethnicity is the last place you want to go if you are aimed at stemming corruption and getting the most effective leader in office. In a time where all of these weak politicians are being exposed so aggressively by a national crisis, I think if you were to appoint the wrong person it would become very apparent very quickly.
The points about the stimulus bill and other issues they are trying to logjam through did occur to me, though I suppose my brain was inclined to discount this line of reasoning because 1. The governor gets to appoint the replacement, 2. It will be a Democrat no matter what. So I was thinking in terms of them not exactly losing a vote in the senate, were she to relinquish the duties of her present office.
My opinion on the matter of this election hinges on two simple things: we should be allowed to see the entire process through (as we have done for the most part thus far without any results in Trump's favor). Any and all the results of any investigations should be publicly transparent, as well as the discussions of any judicial bodies, were they to be dismissed.
The second thing I maintain and shall stick firmly to is to have the self awareness that Trump supporters who are holding on and adamant about his victory, are basically no better than the idiots who screamed that Hillary lost solely due to the Russians.
We can agree absolutely that social media's aggressive campaign of censorship, the authoritarian lockdowns, and the mainstream media's refusal to air certain stories, were a conceited and successful effort to sway votes away from trump. But at the end of the day, we live in the age of information and while CNN and MSNBC may have not run certain stories, this did not prevent anyone from going to find them from alternative sources. In the same vein I argue that the 2016 election was valid, for the American people were the ones who ultimately cast the votes.
I don't enjoy preaching or forcing anyone to follow my way of thinking. I think conversation and discussion in itself is the most important vector for progress. While these days such talks often turn into something more volatile than productive, I find that focusing on the things we agree on rather than the things we disagree on is always the best place to start.
I have said it a month ago and I stand firmly in the belief that we should show our worth as something more than mindless drones and give Biden the chance that so many on the left never afford Trump. He was set up to fail. If the right takes this position this time around, then Biden is doomed to fail as well. I dont know about you guys, but I prefer small wins over surefire losses.
Personally, I think we need a win after all the shit that has gone on. While I do not wish to force my thinking upon others, I do implore that we be better than they were, that we all start Biden out at a "0" and we can dock or add points based on his performance, not our preexisting prejudices.
The system only works if we don't cave into this Olympics of uncooperativeness. I know it doesn't seem fair. I know that it is fun to cheer for your own team. But all these MAGA cheering folks who have proclaimed their patriotism and loyalty to the US the last four years are being hypocritical if you suddenly want to switch teams just because a different man is now at the helm. The same can be said for the #resist fags who are now uber pro-gov because Biden is in.
If we the people wanna be treated like adults and not coddled like children, we gotta act like it.
