Nov 10, 2020 · Not sure what people in here expected Schumer to do as minority leader with 0 power, give him a majority and then feel free to shit on him if nothing happens. He was critical in hand picking some candidates for 2020 seats and they got blown out

Jun 29, 2018 · http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/06/schumer-is-secretly-sabotaging-the-next-democratic-president.html President Trump periodically registers his...

Jan 20, 2025 · He could say he and the party will resist the fascist takeover that Trump is enabling and do their best to advocate and fight for the American people. Being belligerent, loud, and oppositional has worked wonders for the republicans.

Feb 4, 2025 · For a very short lived hot minute, I thought Fetterman as an example might be a path forward for the Democrats: a chummy, "low maintenance", salt-of-the-Earth, low brow white dude who could kinda pull the wool over the eyes of the hard conservative, racist, sexist, majority voting bloc of reliable voters to enact progressive legislation in a …

Feb 22, 2025 · Things aren't totally bleak though, there are more vocal progressives in the democratic party now than my first vote (early 2000s) thanks to some DSA victories in Dem primaries. Maybe things can change, but you really need Dems onboard with campaign finance changes before either of our visions is viable.

Feb 20, 2025 · Nothing Trump has done required Democratic support to pass. ... and Chuck Schumer has been a total joke ...

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May 19, 2021 · gonna be an interesting 2022 mid term elections, usually the incumbent party loses seats but 2020 shook everything, as every time in the past the party that picks up the Presidency picks up extra house seats but democrats lost a lot of seats. If democrats lose more seats in 2022 give ya 1...

May 19, 2021 · The NYT is reporting that "young progressives are an unpredictable new factor in Massachusetts elections," that young progressives are "ardent, and organized, and they don’t take orders." Could this possibly happen nationally, young progressives becoming an unpredictable new factor in national...

Feb 21, 2025 · Good post, same for the people you quoted and several others in this thread. As someone also from a parliamentary democracy, it boggles the mind that over here, a tiny opposition party with only a few percent of the vote can make more noise than the entire Democratic Party. There are things a things the Dems can do.