Once they knew they had lost the least-liberal dozen (or 20, whatever), then it's Schumer's job to unite the party around some plausible message, and I think what @brianbeutler.bsky.social says is a fine one. Could they have got the most liberal Senators on board? Dunno, but that's his job.

If we actually do have a recession it's going to be darkly funny to watch everyone remember that the unemployment rate is vastly more important than the inflation rate again. All those people talking about how keeping prices down is the most important thing will instantly forget they ever said it.

And this is completely wrong. It’s the opposite of what we need. This isn’t Pick Big Fights. This is Give Up Without Fighting. No.

This philosophy killed us with Roberts Court corruption, and it’s still hurting us today.

If at any point you are tempted to feel sorry for that miserable waste of skin please remind yourself that he has murdered a quarter of a million children and counting

Agreed. Usually he’s good. This is off