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10. Why do we need to make deals? Not enough Dems for the votes?

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Tbh reading that Schumer is making deals with Trump on judges [View all] boston bean Nov 21 OP

yup RJ_MacReady Nov 21 #1

I wrote a post last night asking JMCKUSICK Nov 21 #47

Based on my emails... ramedy Nov 21 #55

"What's right is right" John Shaft Nov 21 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author BannonsLiver Nov 21 #3

Hopefully, someone with backbone Deuxcents Nov 21 #5

Looooooong overdue BannonsLiver Nov 21 #6

I'm so tired of the old Democratic guard vercetti2021 Nov 21 #4

Thank you. Think. Again. Nov 21 #12

I have been saying this for some time. Bumbles Nov 21 #34

I've supported Bernie but the inspired younger people seems to be mostly a mirage TheKentuckian Nov 21 #62

They assume (I know - making an ass of u and me) rights they have now will always be there. Bumbles Nov 22 #65

The point is all the talk of inspiration and a desired path is mostly hollow. TheKentuckian Nov 22 #66

To paraphrase George Carlin: "It's a club, and you aren't in it!" RockRaven Nov 21 #7

Does he have a choice? Lulu KC Nov 21 #8

just ram them through RJ_MacReady Nov 21 #9

Is that an option? Lulu KC Nov 21 #22

It doesn't seem to be a problem RJ_MacReady Nov 21 #24

The VP only votes in case of a tie. niyad Nov 21 #32

AGREED! Scubamatt Nov 21 #28

They would & they will, soon Nigrum Cattus Nov 21 #31

Why do we need to make deals? Not enough Dems for the votes? boston bean Nov 21 #10

That's my actual question Lulu KC Nov 21 #16

It still begs the question. Republicans would get it done if they were majority. boston bean Nov 21 #18

How come when we have the power we don't use it? Irish_Dem Nov 21 #27

Right? Even in the minority, R's seem to rule the roost, making D's dance to their tune. And... Beartracks Nov 21 #39

Exactly. Irish_Dem Nov 21 #41

We have to play by the rules and bipartisan bullshit SunImp Nov 21 #52

Fight to be nice vs fight to win. Irish_Dem Nov 21 #57

So true. yellow dahlia Nov 21 #53

The Rs on that committee are mostly a really horribly partisan extreme group. summer_in_TX Nov 21 #38

The Rs on the list are the worst America has to offer. Irish_Dem Nov 21 #44

The choice is RECOUNTS n/t moonbeam23 Nov 21 #43

I think he's getting what he can HereForTheParty Nov 21 #11

My biggest fear for the Democratic Party is that they will settle down into a quiescent, permanant minority, Crunchy Frog Nov 21 #13

DuRec leftstreet Nov 21 #14

I canr edhopper Nov 21 #15

Schumer made a deal that maximizes the number of judges Biden will confirm. tritsofme Nov 21 #17

Are you meaning that I am a 'perpetual complainer'? boston bean Nov 21 #20

If the OP is any indication... tritsofme Nov 21 #23

Still not sure about that deal SunImp Nov 21 #63

I wonder what kind of deal does he have to make? oldmanlynn Nov 21 #40

He shouldn't have been able to kill the border deal, either. eggplant Nov 21 #51

I think there are 28 openings, 20 something, gab13by13 Nov 21 #19

Unless any of Biden's nominees have withdrawn, what kind of "deals" are you talking about? Fiendish Thingy Nov 21 #21

Sickening. Completely typical. Ursus Rex Nov 21 #25

Does that make us MAGAs or Russians now? Irish_Dem Nov 21 #26

Who said what to who? stillcool Nov 21 #29

Schumer explains reported GOP deal on judges LetMyPeopleVote Nov 21 #30

Thanks, I was just coming to post this. It sounds like a good deal. Qutzupalotl Nov 21 #33

Those appeal court judges can overrule the federal judge's oldmanlynn Nov 21 #42

Good point, but Schumer says the four didn't have the votes. Qutzupalotl Nov 21 #61

Thanks for posting the context that the OP was missing. I had no idea what this was about! n/t thesquanderer Nov 21 #50

It's often called bipartisanship AKwannabe Nov 21 #35

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This is what we call circular firing squad oldmanlynn Nov 21 #45

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I wonder if responsible Senators of both parties bucolic_frolic Nov 21 #37

And Trump isn't even President yet. milestogo Nov 21 #48

Should Democrats just sit out the next four years? live love laugh Nov 21 #49

We need stronger leadership in the Senate that doesn't cave all the time SunImp Nov 21 #54

See my post here. Democrats say Fox's anonymous source got the details WRONG emulatorloo Nov 21 #56

lol, Schumer takes these Republican assholes to the cleaners, and we get a thread full of bed wetters tritsofme Nov 21 #58

Honestly Trump has the SCOTUS in his pocket anyway. Freethinker65 Nov 21 #59

When Dems lose, the party leaders always move to the right. DJ Synikus Makisimus Nov 21 #60

I don't know if it was a good deal... FormerOstrich Nov 22 #64

A sucker is born every minute. Trump just keeps harvesting them. nt allegorical oracle Nov 22 #67