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Remember that my senator likes to be liked by people. He has a big ego. hrmjustin Nov 2012 #1
Rich people. Octafish Nov 2012 #11
I do not know what kind of money he has. They don't talk about that here in ny. He never gets hrmjustin Nov 2012 #12
The agreement has already been made behind the scenes. The theater we are watching is just to GiaGiovanni Nov 2012 #2
yes, last year Enrique Nov 2012 #4
When you are wrong ... will you post and admit it? JoePhilly Nov 2012 #8
I'm already "wrong" Enrique Nov 2012 #13
Just make your prediction. JoePhilly Nov 2012 #16
i should have said the super commission Enrique Nov 2012 #24
What political gain would Obama get? JoePhilly Nov 2012 #27
Lots of "tv people" wanted Mitt to be president, too. Ikonoklast Nov 2012 #31
Exactly ... JoePhilly Nov 2012 #32
the prediction would be "obama bad obama bad" ad nauseum... dionysus Nov 2012 #26
Yup ... another Manufactured Outrage Widget hits the shop room floor. JoePhilly Nov 2012 #28
Sounds exactly right GiaGiovanni Dec 2012 #41
"Far left?" There's a far left? Where? dchill Nov 2012 #3
Or what does "Far Left" mean? I'm not sure that many would accept Wikipedia's definition jody Nov 2012 #14
Nah... Far Left means simply this... dchill Nov 2012 #17
To Schumer, it may mean people who want to protect Medicare, Social JDPriestly Nov 2012 #40
Oh, that :"far left" -- it was smashed to pieces in its organized forms in the late 1940s and coalition_unwilling Nov 2012 #35
What is your purpose in using "red baiting"? It detracts from the OP. nt jody Nov 2012 #36
Schumer is the one doing the 'red baiting' by attacking a mythical 'far left' that coalition_unwilling Nov 2012 #37
Thanks nt jody Nov 2012 #39
because the center right Democrats hate the Democratic base. Warren Stupidity Nov 2012 #5
Just like the center-right Republicans... dchill Nov 2012 #18
A rule of politics is compromise to get a one vote majority but no more. Are we there yet? nt jody Nov 2012 #6
Not in the filibustering Senate, we're not. dchill Nov 2012 #19
I understand but what goes around, comes around and we Democrats might someday find the filibuster jody Nov 2012 #20
I'm just advocating a return to the... dchill Nov 2012 #25
Makes sense to me and Mr. Smith. nt jody Nov 2012 #29
With a name like Schmuck GeorgeGist Nov 2012 #7
Because he's Chuck Schumer (D-Wall Street) nt joeybee12 Nov 2012 #9
Before he became he a big shot in the Senate... kentuck Nov 2012 #10
"I have no idea what he is anymore? " dixiegrrrrl Nov 2012 #34
It's showbiz and centrist politicians kissing each others butts sells. Tierra_y_Libertad Nov 2012 #15
The most dangerous place in the world is the space between Chuck Schumer and a live microphone... truebrit71 Nov 2012 #21
He probably wants to egg that minimum from $250,000 to a million. nt Poll_Blind Nov 2012 #22
He's just catapulting the progranda Oilwellian Nov 2012 #23
It's whay they do before the cave in mercuryblues Nov 2012 #30
Corporate shill Schumer has made no secret of his disdain for the left. marmar Nov 2012 #33
Because Schumer, like most other Democratic leaders, MadHound Nov 2012 #38
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