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B/c he is never punished for his failures and capitulations with a loss of position. RockRaven Nov 8 #1
Democrat Who Caved on Shutdown Says Chuck Schumer Knew All Along Celerity Nov 10 #60
Because he's weak. Chuck is no Harry Reid Historic NY Nov 8 #2
Reid caved to Mitch and we did not get legislation through. GreenWave Nov 9 #38
Reid got Obamacare ACA through Historic NY Nov 9 #40
5 yrs of pachyderm filbusters and then he changed the rules 2013 5th yr of Obama's presidency. GreenWave Nov 9 #53
Well that is certainly a creative re-write of history. tritsofme Nov 9 #42
60 votes or bust was in vogue too long. GreenWave Nov 9 #52
I don't know what that is supposed to mean. tritsofme Nov 9 #55
Schumer is not the leader for this moment. yellow dahlia Nov 8 #3
He wants a deal , even a bad deal to pretend that he still knows what he's doing Bread and Circuses Nov 8 #4
... orangecrush Nov 8 #5
There's talk from House reps that he's more concerned for the airline industry that are screaming to end the shutdown pecosbob Nov 8 #6
Maybe contributions are down. AltairIV Nov 9 #56
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This propaganda piece from the left damn near has me breaking my pledge to never link to a certain website. W_HAMILTON Nov 8 #8
the article discusses that Celerity Nov 8 #10
The article is a biased piece of shit. It was not a negotiated deal by Democrats, much less Schumer. W_HAMILTON Nov 8 #11
disagree with your framing attempts, as it was a group of centrist Dems who floated the idea (most Dems said NO) to Celerity Nov 8 #12
WRONG. And the article is outdated, but since we are linking the previously referenced fascist friendly outlet: W_HAMILTON Nov 9 #44
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TY.. it is a really sad shame. Cha Nov 8 #17
So damn tiring. MorbidButterflyTat Nov 9 #49
I really Appreciate your Cha Nov 9 #57
Why does this surprise anyone? gab13by13 Nov 8 #9
Good fuckin question!! We're FINALLY startin to win again and Schumer is lookin to capitulate?? HELL NO!!! InAbLuEsTaTe Nov 8 #13
he needs to follow Pelosi's lead Skittles Nov 8 #14
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No Sen Schumer is Not that at All. Cha Nov 8 #18
We'll have to agree to disagree. Grim Chieftain Nov 8 #19
Why should I believe a word of this? Wiz Imp Nov 8 #16
The assignment is to put "cave" in as many headlines about Democrats, especially Schumer, as possible. betsuni Nov 8 #20
lol Cha Nov 8 #21
Because the American Prospect has a high Factual and Credibility rating. Emile Nov 9 #22
No... it also says they have a LEFT BIAS. QueerDuck Nov 9 #25
I don't post links to right-wing bias publications. Emile Nov 9 #27
Nobody said otherwise. QueerDuck Nov 9 #31
Good to know. I hate to think a left-wing bias publication Emile Nov 9 #32
You're welcome. QueerDuck Nov 9 #33
Your very oddly edited first paragraph is extremely misleading, at best. sl8 Nov 9 #29
Thanks for the update. QueerDuck Nov 9 #30
Why? Because you left out the "may", which made your claim untrue muriel_volestrangler Nov 9 #54
Their anti-Dem agenda is obvious. Many things are obvious about this thread... QueerDuck Nov 9 #23
CNN reported on the same story too. Emile Nov 9 #24
No that's not the same story. Please. QueerDuck Nov 9 #26
Did you read that article? Because even it directly refutes the bullshit article in the OP. W_HAMILTON Nov 9 #47
THANK YOU MorbidButterflyTat Nov 9 #50
Mahalo For Explaining! I Know It's Cha Nov 9 #58
Last Tuesday screamed the following message, gab13by13 Nov 9 #28
Unless I misunderstood the deal TheFarseer Nov 9 #34
"Capitulation in exchange for nothing." Paladin Nov 9 #35
Long past time for Chuck to pass the baton johnnyfins Nov 9 #36
Good article, thanks for posting SocialDemocrat61 Nov 9 #37
"The sort of players who would fold a royal flush." Kid Berwyn Nov 9 #39
Useless VanceFan Nov 9 #41
Because millions of US citizens are starting to starve? krawhitham Nov 9 #43
I've seen posts on DU where people seem to have this fantasy that we can keep the government shut down for several more Midwestern Democrat Nov 9 #45
Excuse me, it's the majority party that shut down Emile Nov 9 #48
He is a member of the democrat's old guard. republianmushroom Nov 9 #46
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