There would be a mass revolt.

And leave ourselves sitting ducks for MAGA ti push over.

He’s not going to be majority leader again. Period. As for the rest of it, I’m not too pro on borrowing trouble from tomorrow for today. We’ve got enough to worry about in the present.

Along with Mark Kelly, who would be my #1 choice.

Just thinking about him being majority leader again.

It seems like 10 million progressive leaning Democrats are popping up and swarming local and national races. They're really taking advantage of the Trump/GOP favor-ability meltdown, and also rallying those who've lost faith in govt.

Leaders will have no choice but to make some accommodations to keep their appointments

Also, the billionaires always switch sides when their party becomes toxic to voters. They use their money, oops, I meant speech, to drown our voices out, and we end up with a right-leaning candidate. Leadership and the DNC show no real motivation to change.

You're absolutely right.

But with a stronger progressive, non-AIPAC showing in seats, maybe maybe maybe we could finally get an actual match

Which might not be guaranteed.

No more kicking the can down the road or we are moving on past this. It will only get worse.

They did NOTHING! Schumer, Durbin, even Biden, went right back to the old school way of doing things, as if January 6th and the Trump administration had never happened.

So as a result, a six-MAGA member Supreme Court continued in its gross negligence and incompetence, and immorality, unchecked when we had the power to pack it with judges who would have not only neutralized the incompetence, but who would have undone everything they did.

Seemss to me the Republicans were able, during that time, to block just about everything that would have made real structural changes, and other than the infrastructure bill, and a couple of other left side economic policies, we still have no campaign finance reform, we didn't put anything in place to make Obamacare permanent and untouchable, and somehow our justice department frittered away four years with indictments on the table because of gross incompetence of an attorney general who never sshould have been hired. If we'd have packed the court, Eileen Cannon and the others who delayed for Trump would have been made irrelevant. Trump would have been tried and imprisoned and made ineligible to run again and we would not be here now.

It makes marches and protests look like lemurs falling off a cliff.

There wasn't much they could do in terms of influence

If the current crop of progressives are successful electorally, they'll make some of those squaddies look kinda conservative!

Thanks for cheering me up.

Then, they used their money to flood the media with outrageous claims, hysterical criticism, cheap shots, and propaganda tailored to influence the particular recipient. The game has been rigged for almost 50 years, but the scheme metastasized after Citizen’s United. They engineered this shit show.

This is not to disparage--it's just the truth. They are of a generation that respected norms. They simply did not appreciate where we are today--we must codify the norms and ENFORCE the code! We cannot rely on unwritten rules--they have to protect democracy in the law first, WHILE they hold the traitors who tried to destroy our nation accountable.

with 20th century decorum ISN'T WORKING.

No more pretending we are dealing with responsible, ethical human beings. I'd also advocate for becoming signatories to the ICC since we seem unable or unwilling to hold criminals accountable.

And four years later the country will vote in another republican. Seen on FB: The problem with American politics is that the Republicans & the Democrats are both afraid of the republican base, but neither are afraid of the democratic base. We need to change that.

There are a bunch of people out there who can raise a fuss who are talentless, or only good at putting on a show to impress the gullible. It's really hard to get people with good leadership skills and high intelligence into a career in public service. It's hard work, low pay, and it's unappreciated. Some emoting idiot will always be able to make himself or herself preferred by the gullible.

I happen to think Schumer is very smart and capable leader. He can even be tougher than he has been. You can see that in video, for example, of him in the past. I just think his hands are tied by the people who like drama and think they're in one.

Are they Democrats? Republicans? What are your Senators doing? Are one of your Senators ready to step up and lead?

the GOP should be ruled a non- or un-constitutional party and the so-called center Democrats would electorally disappear- or else that party too. Or the good old days of plutocracy WILL continue on as they have for many many decades howsoever they choose.

Didn't work out too well and would be even worse this time.

Live and let live, focus on the future not the past, etc. Its coming.