“I think that the Democratic Party has to make a fundamental decision,” says the independent Senator from Vermont, “and I’m not sure that they will make the right decision.”

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    4 days ago

    I hate Republicans but uh the continued rolling over to show their soft underbelly belly. Cooool 25 hour speech after voting the red spending bill. At least if the Fed was shut down those USAID employees would technically be employed.

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      But doesn’t the executive retain more power during a shutdown? I’m not sure it’s the pill that everyone thought it was but I’m happy to have my mind changed.

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        Yeah. Those guys were openly salivating at the prospect and wishing people like us who hated Schumer well. It was one of those catch 22 situations where the deeper problem is that the GOP and its constituents are culturally aligned, and the Democratic party leaders very much are not aligned with us. While that continues, the left in general can’t help but score own goals and get nowhere.