Okay. Let’s make it a little less political. When good intentions meet reality where each house of representative member spends more time fundraising than working (https://www.termlimits.com/congress-fundraising-priority/) and since more states are Republican than Democrat - meaning that the Senate doesn’t represent the people in proportion to the population (every state has two Senators regardless of population), what are the chances that a Democratic President will get anything done?
Obama’s administration had almost no personal legal issues, was much more popular than the current administration and still couldn’t get much done after the first two years.
> Okay. Let’s make it a little less political... What are the chances that a Democratic President will get anything done?
This has instead segued into predicting the hypothetical effectiveness of a unknown future Democratic President...
I'm Australian so it's not going to affect me, but from the outside it looks like the U.S. has, with the assistance of a foreign adversary, unknowingly elected a corrupt, cheating, racist, inept pathological lying demagogue as its head of government. If he's elected again after showing his true colors, the rest of the world's going to think the majority of the US population is complicit and in-support of his views. Personally I'd say give a Democratic President a chance at restoring decorum to US politics.
In terms of effectiveness, IMO U.S. major problems with cost of Health Insurance, Gun Laws and frequent Massacres wont be resolved within my lifetime. They might have a chance with Health Insurance as Obama was able to implement ACA and it looks like its one of Sanders and Warren's major campaign promises to implement Medicare for all, but they should be able to make progress on their other campaign promise of reducing Wealth Inequality. Warren is especially motivated on reining in Wall Street [1].
They might have a chance with Health Insurance as Obama was able to implement ACA
Just barely, but it was still a half measure and while better than before, they couldn’t go all in even during the first two years because to keep the Democrats on board who were just as beholden to the insurance lobby as Republicans they had to work with private insurance companies. It is still slowly being eroded by both the President and red states that are trying to get it overturned by the judiciary.
They might have a chance with Health Insurance as Obama was able to implement ACA and it looks like its one of Sanders and Warren's major campaign promises to implement Medicare for all,
And no Republican in the Senate or House will go for it and many Democrats are afraid to stand up to the insurance lobby. Even if the Democrats keep control of the house and gain control of the senate, it’s unlikely they will have the 60 vote filibuster proof majority to pass anything. Even if they do, Republican states will fight it tooth and nails in the courts.
Inequality. Warren is especially motivated on reining in Wall Street [1].
She can be “motivated” all she wants, but both parties are in the pocket of Wall Street. She probably won’t even get Democratic support for it.
Obama’s administration had almost no personal legal issues, was much more popular than the current administration and still couldn’t get much done after the first two years.