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oasis

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11. Durbin was my 1st choice after the departure of Sen. Harry Reid.

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Wed Aug 29, 2018, 09:55 PM

Aug 2018

Schumer has a razor sharp mind but is too easily slickered.

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Democrats just confirmed lots of Trump's judges so they could skip town [View all] babylonsister Aug 2018 OP

This is why people don't bother to vote! Meadowoak Aug 2018 #1

REally...Schumer Has To Go Me. Aug 2018 #2

He's very effective peekaloo Aug 2018 #4

Schumer is actually most effective at fundraising. n/t PoliticAverse Aug 2018 #10

Really...Schumer Has To Go. LenaBaby61 Aug 2018 #5

I Have To Admit Me. Aug 2018 #7

Durbin was my 1st choice after the departure of Sen. Harry Reid. oasis Aug 2018 #11

They should have slow walked these nominees. kimbutgar Aug 2018 #3

Had they stayed, could they have stopped confirmation? Hoyt Aug 2018 #6

Of course not. But we all know that. Just another reason to attack democrats not on the right team GulfCoast66 Aug 2018 #13

Thought I might be missing something, other than obvious. We are going to gripe no matter what. Hoyt Aug 2018 #16

***NO !! ***, good question uponit7771 Aug 2018 #24

Here's a discussion about a very good reason Kaleva Aug 2018 #8

would delaying the votes have bought us anything? Takket Aug 2018 #9

The idea would be to delay the Kavanaugh hearings.. triron Aug 2018 #12

You'd love to hear a good reason because there isn't any? GulfCoast66 Aug 2018 #14

We don't have to make it easy for them and hand them a win while getting nothing back. Bluepinky Aug 2018 #17

Please get over yourself. babylonsister Aug 2018 #21

The stalling tactic is based off senate rules which the KGOP would just simply change as they have uponit7771 Aug 2018 #25

WTF!! What happened to the resistance?! InAbLuEsTaTe Aug 2018 #15

The resistance just got Mark Pearce reappointed to the NLRB Recursion Aug 2018 #23

Chris Coons was on one of the MSNBC shows DeminPennswoods Aug 2018 #18

Don't interrupt their fit of outrage with things like facts. GulfCoast66 Aug 2018 #19

Maddow and O'Donnell DeminPennswoods Aug 2018 #28

Not good at all Angry Dragon Aug 2018 #20

It was part of a deal that got Mark Pearce a third term on the NLRB Recursion Aug 2018 #22

Please stop with your pesky facts. GoCubsGo Aug 2018 #27

One term , for 7 life time appointments , what a deal. bahrbearian Aug 2018 #30

Yeah, it's actually a really good deal. We had zero real leverage Recursion Aug 2018 #31

Is "zero real leverage" the same as "zero resistance" bahrbearian Aug 2018 #32

Having zero leverage means we can't resist Recursion Aug 2018 #33

#facknews ! stonecutter357 Aug 2018 #26

They have to win the elections treestar Aug 2018 #29

Its headlines like this marlakay Aug 2018 #34