Reply #60: Do you think the position is a fucking popularity contest?

[Pepperbelly]

The only votes that matter are those within the Democratic caucus in the United States Senate. I got my BA in poli sci and frankly, with as much attention as was paid to the legislative process in the distant past, I still could not catalog all of the things that the Leader must do.

But none of them have anything to do with moral leadership. It has to do with knowledge of procedure, a sense of what is possible with the votes available, a knowledge of the arcane Senate rules. The Democratic Senators selected someone who they think stands the best chance of accomplishing what can be accomplished with the votes that we have. Frankly, I do not think that anyone here has a sufficient knowledge base to criticize the selection with anything approaching substance or judgement.