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In reply to the discussion: 14 DINOs on TPA [View all]mvd
(65,869 posts)3. Cardin, Shaheen? Wonder why them
That is disappointing. Surprised my state's Senator Casey wasn't there. After all he supported the pipeline. As for Delaware, they are run by the banks way too much.
Murray probably bought into the bad deal because she is on the west coast. Still no thinking there,
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most likely, but they didn't list all the votes just those who bucked their party
magical thyme
May 2015
#4
Shaheen betrayed earlier in the week to, when she voted to end the debate.
magical thyme
May 2015
#5
Especially when support of it is part of the Democratic National Platform! eom
MohRokTah
May 2015
#10
That's like saying your not a sports fan if you don't support a coach doing point shaving!
cascadiance
May 2015
#56
The "majority of GOP and teapartiers are strongly in favor of it" is not true.
pampango
May 2015
#54
He's also the only Democrat that holds a statewide office in the state of Florida./NT
DemocratSinceBirth
May 2015
#29
Wyden is a DINO? I think this is kabuki. 60 were needed for cloture. There were 62.
merrily
May 2015
#14
YEP, and I will write in Peter Defazio in the 2016 primaries if I have to as an Oregon resident!
cascadiance
May 2015
#33
Yes, you can afford to lose him in the House. Odds are, another progressive will replace him in the
merrily
May 2015
#36
I think we need to pave the way for another newer progressive to get a house seat...
cascadiance
May 2015
#38
Wyden worked some kind of deal with Hatch and Ryan (chairs of Senate and House committees)
hedda_foil
May 2015
#50
I think the last thing John Boehner called a no-brainer was the Iraq invasion.
Enthusiast
May 2015
#17
I emailed my anger and disappointment to him, but I have heard he is not going to run again.
djean111
May 2015
#26
The real tell is they call themselves "the new DEMOCRAT coalition" just as Republicans would.
Dragonfli
May 2015
#41
For the right price ($$$$$$$$$$$$), all Democrats can be DINOs. It is the sickness of money.
NRaleighLiberal
May 2015
#22
I think we're seeing how now Citizen's United and McCutcheon SCOTUS decisions are making it worse!
cascadiance
May 2015
#55
I looked at the Democratic Platform. Bunch of platitudes, is all it is, at this point. IMO, etc.
djean111
May 2015
#27
If DU had been paying attention people would have already been contacting most of them....
Bluenorthwest
May 2015
#35
I did... I called Wyden's office and mentioned I might support DeFazio in a primary...
cascadiance
May 2015
#40
I know I've written to my GOP senator, Susan Collins, as well as my indie Angus King
magical thyme
May 2015
#52
