It's not that Dem Leadership isn't trying hard enough (Reply #27)

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Tue Mar 2, 2021, 12:46 AM

tritsofme (15,937 posts)

27. It's not that Dem Leadership isn't trying hard enough

It’s just they’re dealing with this...

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37 replies	Author	Time	Post
Manchin & Sinema [View all]	PA_jen	Mar 2021	OP
Bookmarking. n/t	rzemanfl	Mar 2021	#1
Cause being in the the minority sucks.	dem4decades	Mar 2021	#2
I don't know about Sinema but in Manchins WV 63% of West Virginians support raising the minimum wage	Autumn	Mar 2021	#3
Lose one of them and say hello to Majority Leader McConnell.	Hoyt	Mar 2021	#4
Manchin holds the keys to the majority leader's office.	tritsofme	Mar 2021	#5
the real test will come when the 11 usd (it wont be 15usd) is added to a Defence appropriation bill	Celerity	Mar 2021	#6
The people that vote for them don't care what the DNC or Schumer do or say	JI7	Mar 2021	#7
+1	ChazII	Mar 2021	#8
I've met Manchin, and I'll give your rant all the consideration it deserves...	brooklynite	Mar 2021	#9
a compromise is in order, 11/hr for WV and 15 for everyone else nt	msongs	Mar 2021	#10
Well, you keep him. I feel he is weakens the party. I feel a strong democrat can	PA_jen	Mar 2021	#12
I don't rely on "feelings"...I rely on facts and data	brooklynite	Mar 2021	#14
Manchin won re-election in 2018 by 3%/19,000 votes.	Fiendish Thingy	Mar 2021	#21
What about the fact he wants unemployment part of the bill lowered to $300 instead of $400 and wants	PA_jen	Mar 2021	#31
He weakens the party? Without him McConnell would be in charge...think about it...I would love to	Demsrule86	Mar 2021	#20
Manchin	rso	Mar 2021	#11
okay but I see these 2 weakening the Democratic agenda and I worry we lose	PA_jen	Mar 2021	#13
Manchin	rso	Mar 2021	#15
There won't be a Democratic agenda without them. And if the left can't see that we need more	Demsrule86	Mar 2021	#19
Sometime, some here may actually feel the full impact of the need for	empedocles	Mar 2021	#16
Have you considered that Manchin & Sinema might know their constituents much better than...	Tarheel_Dem	Mar 2021	#17
So they can screw people in PA? I know people that got laid off and didn't get	PA_jen	Mar 2021	#32
How do I know? Did I not just say that Manchin knows his constituents better than you or I?	Tarheel_Dem	Mar 2021	#35
And Manchin and possibly Sinema would become Republicans and Mcconnell would be back in charge.	Demsrule86	Mar 2021	#18
What gives you that impression? You make the claim, a lot.	Gore1FL	Mar 2021	#23
Simena started out in politics as a very left Green.	Blue_true	Mar 2021	#28
Why not try the LBJ approach?	PhylliPretzel	Mar 2021	#22
It's not that Dem Leadership isn't trying hard enough	tritsofme	Mar 2021	#27
He had that leeway. The processes for handing out goodies was	Blue_true	Mar 2021	#29
Manchin's not stupid enough to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.	meadowlander	Mar 2021	#33
More than that...	WarGamer	Mar 2021	#24
Sinema should be primaried	radius777	Mar 2021	#25
I am surprised by Simena.	Blue_true	Mar 2021	#30
I think she really is conservative now.	radius777	Mar 2021	#36
Like I wrote. I believe that she is miscalculating.	Blue_true	Mar 2021	#37
We need to focus on picking up seats.	gldstwmn	Mar 2021	#26
Look people, these two think keeping their jobs is more important than making new laws and helping	ZonkerHarris	Mar 2021	#34

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