Not enough credit is being given to Senator Schumer

[scheming daemons]

"I am not a member of any organized political party. I am a Democrat." --- Will Rogers


Throughout this whole disaster of a Presidency, Chuck Schumer has managed to keep all 46 Dems and 2 Indies in complete unity.

Keeping a group of individuals that range from Bernie Sanders to Joe Manchin in lockstep is no small feat.


Chuck Schumer is an excellent leader.

[dalton99a]

1. Indeed.

[Weekend Warrior]

2. K&R nt

[lamp_shade]

3. Hear Hear

[oberliner]

4. Agreed

Pretty impressive that he kept the Democrats (+2 Independents) together on this.

[flamingdem]

5. He was excellent

and his words were pretty perfect, not sarcastic, even as I'm sure he enjoyed seeing McConnell melt down ridiculously last night.

[mdbl]

13. Mcconnell is a moron

I don't expect anything less from him.

[Trial_By_Fire]

6. Really, 'keeping Sanders et.al. in lockstep is no small feat"?

What the hell is that suppose to mean? I think it is the other way around...

[scheming daemons]

8. It means this.... from Sanders at the far left to Manchin at the far right.....

Schumer was able to keep them voting together.

[mdbl]

12. I'll give kudos to Schumer on this issue

I hope it continues.

[Trial_By_Fire]

15. Sanders is not the 'far left'...

He is simply a statesman advocating for what the majority of the people and society want...

[scheming daemons]

18. He is without a doubt the left-most Senator of the 100.

[NastyRiffraff]

33. For Chrissakes! The OP isn't about Sanders!

I know this is hard to believe, but not everything is about Bernie Sanders. He's irrelevant.

[Trial_By_Fire]

36. Just correcting the OP...

And, 'irrelevant'? Without his vote, the ACA would be repealed...

You may want to rethink your thoughts on this...

[NastyRiffraff]

38. Bernie Sanders is irrelevant. n/t

[Trial_By_Fire]

41. Only to you I guess...

[Squinch]

45. Makes me frickin' nuts.

And I've trashed keywords, and STILL can't get away from it.

[NastyRiffraff]

46. I know, right?

Everything has to be about St. Bernie. We're not allowed to compliment good DEMOCRATS because Bernie and the bros might be sad.

[DK504]

16. Manchin is a GOPper. He has had a hard time voting with the Democrats

since he was voted in. Still waiting for him to do something good for West Virginia.

[GulfCoast66]

29. He did yesterday

Rather him voting with us 75% of the time rather than a real GOP member voting with us 0%.

[BeyondGeography]

42. Amazing how often that needs to be re-stated

Isn't it?

[GulfCoast66]

43. Yep

My job constantly reminds me perfect is the enemy of good.

Lots of people here do not agree. They had rather be uncompromising and lose rather pragmatic and win.

[Hortensis]

31. Democratic Party is MORE unified now than ever before.

In Will Rogers' day, Dems included Southern conservatives, extreme right wing compared to other conservatives. The Republican Party was far more moderate without them than today, so that Dems and Reps would often join together, working across the aisle, to block the far right split between both our parties.

A long way of saying, don't believe the press on this. They need controversy, strife, and trend conservative/business-oriented themselves, notably the MSM.

These days it's the pubs who are torn apart now that conservative extremists are concentrated there, and conservative extremist billionaires are funding their campaigns.

[onecaliberal]

7. Yes, he did an amazing job

[Johonny]

9. To the credit of the Republicans...they had a really * bill to rally against

[monmouth4]

10. He does a fantastic job and always the gentleman while doing it..nt

[Wounded Bear]

11. Perhaps he does know what he's doing...

[SHRED]

14. And it's what we do NOW that matters also

Let's don't blow this.

[Canoe52]

19. K&r!

[geek tragedy]

20. He did a great job, but it is easier to stay together in the minority than it is

in the majority.

[mgardener]

21. He is my Senator

I just sent him a thank you email.
I send so many emails to my Rep. Stefanik, that I don't thank Senators Shumer and Gilliland enough.
Took care of that this am.
Thanks for reminding us.
So easy to send an email when you are angry about something, easy to forget to support those fighting FOR us.

[Fritz Walter]

32. Good for you

First, that he represents you, and secondly that you're supporting him.

As I read the OP, the thought crossed my mind that Cheetolini and his RepubliCONs will be targeting Sen. Schumer when he runs for re-election. And they are going to go as dark and dirty as they can.

[shenmue]

22. Yes

[Gidney N Cloyd]

23. Got to give him his props on this one.

[meow2u3]

24. Sen. Schumer is doing an excellent job managing his caucus

I've never seen such party discipline under previous Senate Democratic leaders.

Schumer's outfoxing McTurtle at practically every turn! WTG!

[VaBchTgerLily]

25. Kudos to Schumer!!!

[BeyondGeography]

26. And if John McCain didn't like him you can bet this would have ended differently

Good to see that antique bipartisan spirit actually pay off for once.

[BannonsLiver]

39. That's a great point.

I hadn't thought of that until you brought it up. Relationships matter.

[Cicada]

27. Thank you for reminding us, it's important

[Tatiana]

28. He did a fantastic job. Chuck delivered, especially with Manchin.

He got the job done and I'm very glad that he is Minority Leader. He is earning the title.

[GulfCoast66]

30. Rewatch the tape of McCains vote

But focus on Schumer. It is great. The Democrats are starting to break into applause and Schumer shuts it down. He immediately knew it would be poor optics.

[NastyRiffraff]

34. I don't always agree with Schumer

but he did a heroic job on this issue, keeping Democrats united. Thank you, Chuck Schumer!

[Hamlette]

35. As Nancy did in the house. Maybe we had a thread for her at the time and I forgot?

Or maybe its because she's too old or something.

Just saying.

[Doug the Dem]

37. I can agree with that!

Rec

[malaise]

40. Have to agree and I was not a fan

He's doing very well

[WhiteTara]

44. Who sometimes should keep his

mouth shut. He's not always helpful on the public stage.