Please stop with the cult of personality.

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99. Al is great and I wish he had decided to stick it out, but

some of the reactions to his decision to resign have been way over the top. Reminiscent of the reactions I saw from some here during the primaries in terms of threatening to abandon the party, stop giving money, etc etc.

Al is not the only Democrat who mattered. He is not the only Democrat to stand up to the Trump administration. In terms of votes, for example, there have been nearly 40 votes in the Senate this year in which between 1 and 12 Democrats stood apart in opposition to whatever was being voted on -- appointments, amendments, cloture motions, etc. And of those 40 or so instances in which a tiny number of Democrats stood alone in opposition -- none of them were instances where Al joined in.

I can remember folks wanting to throw Al under the bus for some of his votes on Trump's appointments. I thought those folks were being foolish.

And I think those that now want to throw under the bus Gillibrand and/or any of the other Senators that called on Al to resign also are being foolish.

Move on. Elect Democrats.