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Because it's likely Democratic leadership picked 8 who were least likely to get hurt in midterms. It's easy to vote No Silent Type Monday #1
Sadly, I have had that same thought. Raven123 Monday #2
None of them are up for reelection in Midtermms obamanut2012 Monday #5
Good point. Then, they have ultimate protection. I saw Ossoff was leaning toward opening, but he is up for election. Silent Type Monday #10
This. TheProle Monday #6
When there is no evidence to back it up creeksneakers2 Monday #20
This pushback is really NOT good IMHO AZJonnie Monday #3
I don't see it as a circular firing squad. I see it as most all of the party coming together, across all its ideological Celerity Monday #7
I thought Baldwin voted yes for cloture yesterday Fiendish Thingy Monday #4
No, those lists were in error. The 8 cavers were: Celerity Monday #9
I don't remember seeing Baldwin listed in any of the lists after the vote count was official Prairie Gates Monday #11
There was one big OP that had at least 5 No votes incorrectly listed as Yea votes, but it was gradually corrected Celerity Monday #14
Hmmm Prairie Gates Monday #15
I knew about that OP as I was one of the DU posters who helped to correct the errors, lol. Celerity Monday #16
They must all be just having "temper tantrums" and not be part of the "reality-based community" Prairie Gates Monday #8
Personally, I think most of them were in on it. pecosbob Monday #12
Thank you for this. W_HAMILTON Monday #13
The other centrists were ALLOWED to vote no BWdem4life Monday #17
Schumer and Jefferies need to go. They are not up for the moment at all. dsp3000 Monday #18
Schumer absolutely, but why Jeffries? He is far better than Schumer IMHO, streets ahead in terms of leadership skills. Celerity Monday #19
His half assed mamdani endorsement the day before the election was all i needed to see dsp3000 Monday #21
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