Populist Movement for Bernie Sanders As Senate Majority Leader

[discocrisco01]

If Bernie Sanders become Senate Majority leader, a lot of the Republicans scams would dead on DOA. Harry Reid is too weak to too hold this position, Bernie Sanders has the balls to be the Senate majority leader if Dems retain the senate.

Mitch McConnell could not deal with Bernie Sanders as majority leader. It is that simple. They pee in their pants if they had to deal with Bernie Sanders as Senate Majority leader.

The Dems just need to control the Senate and put Bernie Sanders as a majority leader. Than the Republicans will have to face reality.

[mmonk]

1. I remember when we had progressives as chairs on

committees before but the Third Way neutered them. Will this be different? Sorry for the cynicism.

[TheWraith]

4. Patrick Leahy isn't progressive? Carl Levin? Barbara Boxer?

And oh yeah, Bernie Sanders? All those people are committee or subcommittee chairs, most of them for more than one.

Also, the claim that somehow Bernie Sanders as Senate Majority Leader would neuter the Republicans is simply not true.

[mmonk]

7. There were things back when we were the majority in both houses

we could not do (as far as investigating or doing anything about constitutional matters about Bush). But everybody seemed to think something would be done.

[Liberal Veteran]

2. Oh, that would be totally epic.

And FR and the talking heads at Fox and rw hate radio would spontaneously combust.

I'm not seeing a downside to that.

[BumRushDaShow]

3. The problem is, he isn't a Democrat

just caucuses with them.

If anyone, Durbin is bucking for that job.

[provis99]

6. Durbin is a corporate whore.

But at least he admits he is a corporate whore.

[bluestate10]

5. This a perfect example of wishful thinking.

Sanders could be minority leader by a couple of votes. Bernie will need to keep people like Manchin on board. Bernie would have to negotiate as much as Reed is having to negotiate.

I see many progressives that, for some reason, think that having a majority of holding an office equates to a dictatorship where the majority or office holders can do whatever the fuck they want. Democracy does not work as some progressives dream that it does.

[hack89]

8. Where will the other 50 Independents come from to complete his majority?

is there some populist ground wave I am not aware of?

[gopiscrap]

9. GO BERNIE!!!!!

[OmahaBlueDog]

10. The fact that Bernie is not technically a Dem probably prevents this

How about Franken or Klobuchar?

[RZM]

11. I don't think they'd stand a chance

Usually it's somebody who's been there a while and has experience in the leadership. I'm guessing it usually goes to people who have been planning for a shot at it for years. The next one will probably be Dick Durbin, who, as mentioned in this thread, has been working his way up in the leadership for a long time.