The Democrats have to pass the voting rights bill

Tom Sullivan has an important warning for Biden and the Democrats (What Biden must unlearn Hullabaloo 07/26/2021):

Biden spent decades as a senator. But he is not a legislator anymore. He is a chief executive. He must unlearn some of what he learned in the Senate to do the job he has now. He has convinced himself his reelection and Democrats’ fortunes in 2022 depend on enacting a massive infrastructure bill. But he has to engage on voting rights before his lack of attention loses him the support of the base that won him election in 2020 and enables lasting damage to the republic. His new job requires more than bringing home the bacon.

Democrats lost 948 state legislative seats during the last Democratic presidency after Obama abandoned both Dean’s 50-state strategy and dismantled his own juggernaut of a campaign organization, as some believe, to keep organized lefties from interfering with his personal legislative priorities. Biden seems not to have learned from that.

The Democrats have to pass a robust bill to defend voting rights, i.e., the For The People Act. And they have to do it this year. They can't afford to screw this one up.