and ask themselves if they are content saying "please, can I have some more?" given what their Reps/Senators have been dishing out.

I keep seeing all these articles saying how important he was and how he was a bridge between Trump and the Senate.

Who cares. Trump will get another lackey in that seat and his destruction will proceed as usual.

Nothing says "meritocracy" quite like "appointing the guy's sister to carry on in his stead."

When piggy finally goes toes-up, does that mean Junior or Barron takes over? VD Vance might be in for a shock.

I look for someone who can defy Trump, and do it successfully. Meaning: finding ways to get around or otherwise defeat Trump. In any way(s) possible!

Made me sick.

If they are so buddy-buddy with Republicans, they are not up for the fight.

>> This is why Democratic base has reached their limit with the "old guard".

Fuck yeah!

That's what pisses me off. So tone deaf. I think the author is correct that they just never think of Dem voters. Yesterday, though, Andy Beshear was on MSNOW and he kept it civil but factual. No effusive praise. He gets it. He didn't seem afraid of the voters in his red state. We need truth tellers and they are lacking among so many Dems in leadership.

Their concerns are not the same as mine.

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With all that B.S.,it explains a lot.

Seems very unlikely. Would a centrist decide that they won't vote for a Dem, because they felt they were speaking ill of the dead? A little more likely, I think.

one which I may have shared with you until recently. However, it's a matter of degree. Andy Beshear gave a master class in how to respond yesterday for example. No one could accuse him of disrespecting the dead. However, there was no effusive praise, just one compliment about his stance on Ukraine and sympathy for his loved ones. Lavishing praise on a character like Graham that the base has strong feelings about can depress turnout and cause dissatisfaction with the party as a whole. We need a strong, unified base heading into these midterms.

but I hope no one would not vote for a Dem because they praised a dead Republican. That would put the widely-reviled "I won't vote for Biden or Harris because of their Gaza policy" excuse in the shade. A base feeling good is nice; not alienating people who have deeply-held beliefs about speaking well of the dead is more likely to get votes..

I've read references to it, but was it as bad as it's made out to be on bluesky?

Praise him. I could hardly listen. I didn't watch it all.

I'm not sure how to make it just show the video--but if you click on it, Lamont Tyson gives a great before-and-after summary about how he waffled his whole life, opposed Trump then sucked up to Trump, etc. etc. etc. Also discusses all the damage he did---not at all worthy of praise. Total asshole.

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may have possibly had something to do with him also being associated with Putin/Epstein........

hold a supermajority. Until then, we need to establish a supermajority. If the voters won't back that, then holding our noses intolerantly at our own is basically doing the bidding of Putin and the republicans.