Buy or Sell - The worst Blue Dog is better than the best Deplorable

[wildeyed]

11. Shuler was the difference between holding the majority and being the minority in the House once,

if I recall. People who would rather be pure than hold the majority don't really understand how our system of government works, IMO. You control so much as the majority party. The 70% voting record does not do justice to what Shuler ACTUALLY contributed to the party. That was just icing.

Same with Sanders when his seat was the razor-thin difference between control of the Senate and not. I wasn't a big fan, even then, but I was glad that Indy guy from VT caucused with the Dems.

It's a coalition, not an actual political party. As such, there is no 'apostate' to me. Only those who caucus with the group and those who don't. And you are right, between facing the Deplorable Trump and controlling zero branches of government, I don't feel like we can be super-picky about our friends right now.