Yes, I have mixed feelings about the whole thing. Basically, I can see the argument for what he is going to attempt to do. Yes, Biden is obviously looking to take a country that is horribly divided and bring it back together. My guess is, this will be the core goal of his presidency. You could say that's a noble goal and it is obviously the polar opposite of what Donald Trump wants to do...which is to push this country to be divided and at each others throats. Trump wants the chaos. Biden will be working first and foremost to end this. 

I question if he can and if this plan works on more than just one basic level. Yes, he will be bringing moderate Republicans to his team. Obviously, John Kasich, Jeff Flake, Meg Whitman and our current governor here in Massachusetts Charlie Baker. He also already has Cindy McCain on his team. The truth is you could probably barely slip an index card between their political stances on things they are so close. 

Yes, these moderate Republicans will be willing to work with Biden but the Republican party now has basically nothing to do with these people nor their politics. We've had decades now of twisting the Republican party into the party of insane traitors. The Tea Party, the Freedom Caucus, QAnon loons, it's a total freak show. People like Rand Paul, Devin Nunes, Ted Cruz, Jim Jordan, Tom Cotton, Mitch McConnell, Lindsey Graham...it is a diseased party and it is going to get worse, not better. 

Biden can't turn those people around. Voters keep voting those piles of garbage in. Republican voters rejected Jeff Flake, they rejected John Kasich, many don't care about values, morals, ethics...they want boots on throats and people willing to punish their perceived enemies. That's what the Christian right voted for and continues to give high approval ratings too. 

So, the gesture of putting people like Kasich and Flake into his cabinet is...well...not going to impress many Republican voters. It also serves to help the Republican party which has done nothing to help Democrats nor would most elected Republicans raise a finger to do so. They had chance after chance while Trump was president and passed on them all. They could have upheld their supposed statements about not putting a justice on the Supreme Court in a horribly partisan election year...even if it was just 4 or 5 of them...but did they? No. Cruz is already looking to block the idea of adding additional judges to the court. All the Republicans have done since Trump was president is prove they can't be trusted, their word means nothing, and they will blatantly lie their asses off. 

If the Democrats take the presidency and the Senate, I believe they should move rapidly to fix all of the mayhem the Republicans unleashed with Trump as president. I think if Biden is, prior to the election, already touting Republicans in his cabinet...well...I think the message is he is not going to attempt to fix the mess because he is not going to hold anybody accountable. Post Trump, this is exactly the cover Republicans want. I would not give it to them. 

I also think it sends the wrong message to voters. It says, yes, they can do all this and get away with it. This is what has crushed voters for decades now. I've thought all along that Biden will encourage not prosecuting the Trumps, nor Bill Barr, nor Kushner, nor anybody else. I think he will stay out of any of that mess, because it is the proper thing to do, but also if he is asked I think he will not be interested in prosecuting anybody because he will claim doing so would not "heal" the country. 

The thing to me though is Trump did not do all this alone. The Republican party undertook as a team a criminal traitorous endeavor for which Trump was the front man. He was not acting alone. If the people of this country give the Democrats both the presidency, the Senate, and they hold the house...well...that's a mandate to hold all of the corrupt and traitorous Republicans accountable for their actions.