The Way Forward

Biden simply had to appoint Governors who would do the right thing.

Biden and Schumer left THREE VACANCIES UNFILLED. One was Marty Walsh, nominated 10 months ago -- never got a hearing, AFAIK.

Almost exactly a year ago, Rep Raskin begged Biden to nominate people to fill the open seats:
https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/news/press-releases/ranking-member-raskin-and-rep-krishnamoorthi-urge-swift-nomination-confirmation

Biden didn't get around to that until last August (leaving the seats open without a nominee for about 9 months) when he nominated Val Demings and also nominated holdover Zollars to another term. How can this possibly take 9 months? It isn't as if Biden personally had to screen the candidates. Neither of them ever got a hearing, AFAIK

But even without those three vacancies filled, there are 4 Biden appointees and 2 Trump appointees on the board, which is plenty to dump deJoy, but nothing.

And now that leaves 3 seats for Trump to immediately give to other billionaires who are just as corrupt as DeJoy, leaving the board with 4 Biden appointees who would not do anything when they had the chance and 5 Trump loyalists, guaranteeing another 4 years of systematic dismantling of the USPS.

Also Martinez (Republican) is in a holdover position with an expired term. He could have been replaced with a different Republican at any time. Surely somebody in Biden's administration could find a Republican with transportation experience who would work IN SUPPORT OF the USPS.

I know some have fond feelings for Biden, but how can something so basic happen, when so many of us, including Dems from the Oversight Committee were begging Biden to simply make nominations, and Schumer to simply get their to a vote. All told, these vacancies have been open well over a year -- and that entire time the Senate was under Schumer's control. I mean seriously, WTF? This is the kind of thing that makes voters say both parties are the same -- neither party represents my interests. That is unforgivable, IMHO because it was so easy to not fail this way.