Why Does Schumer Keep Trying to Cave? - The American Prospect
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Most commentators, including me, concluded that the Tuesday election victory saved Democrats from capitulating to Republican demands to pass a simple continuing resolution to re-open the government, in exchange for vague assurances of a vote on Affordable Care Act subsidies that amount to nothing. But my reporting finds that at the Thursday meeting of the […]

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How the Senate Democratic leader and his Gang of Eight keep trying to snatch defeat out of the jaws of victory.

  • dhork@lemmy.worldEnglish
    191·
    8 hours ago

    What do you mean? Making a backroom deal to get the Next One Up across the finish line is exactly how they operate

    • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldEnglish
      361·
      8 hours ago

      yeah but AOC is someone the public could get behind as a genuine crusader for the small fry.

      DNC historically backstabs people like that the hardest, in order to push the totally-not-republican-in-everything-but-name candidate on America.

      • dhork@lemmy.worldEnglish
        73·
        8 hours ago

        The DNC backstabs those folks if they run for President, but would have no problem backing a certain victory for a Senate seat.