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Schumer reelected US Senate leader after Democrats expand majority

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Posted by trailing wife 2022-12-09 01:12|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Disgusting, but evidently this is the type of representation and leadership the voters desire.

Posted by Besoeker 2022-12-09 02:28|| 2022-12-09 02:28|| Front Page Top

#2 Unconfirmed: Tired of partisanship senator Kyrsten sinema abandons dems goes Independent.

Posted by Airandee 2022-12-09 07:06|| 2022-12-09 07:06|| Front Page Top

#3 Don't worry. Mittens Romney is there to pick up the slack for the Dems.

Posted by DooDahMan 2022-12-09 07:17|| 2022-12-09 07:17|| Front Page Top

#4 Did he include a big thank you to Mitch?

Posted by Procopius2k 2022-12-09 07:35|| 2022-12-09 07:35|| Front Page Top

#5 Maybe it is time to adjust voting.
1 seat for the Metro's
1 Seat for Non-DC plantation Rural areas

Posted by NN2N1 2022-12-09 08:29|| 2022-12-09 08:29|| Front Page Top

#6 Unconfirmed: Tired of partisanship senator Kyrsten sinema abandons dems goes Independent.

That was just on the news Airandee, so mostly confirmed.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2022-12-09 08:50|| 2022-12-09 08:50|| Front Page Top

#7 #5 The intent was that the Senate represent the States of which 13 sovereign ones banned together to create the Constitution. It was not intended to represent the 'people', that is what the House is for.
Senators should be elected by States not metropolitan areas. Senators should be chosen by an electoral process similar to Presidents. Each political subdivision, be it county or parish, gets one electoral vote. Within those subdivision the choosing of the elector can be 'democratic' as in majority or plurality selection. That way the State is represented not a major urban area.

Posted by Procopius2k 2022-12-09 08:57|| 2022-12-09 08:57|| Front Page Top

#8 Originally, (pre 17th Amendment) senators were elected by the state legislature. Whichever party ran the legislature decided which party the senators of that state would be.

Currently, how many states have a (R) legislative majority but 1 or both senators are (D).

PeeAye comes to mind.

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-12-09 09:17|| 2022-12-09 09:17|| Front Page Top

#9 In my opinion Schumer is in worse health than Biden. My opinion is he will not last much longer. More than just trichotillomania.

Posted by Dale 2022-12-09 09:54|| 2022-12-09 09:54|| Front Page Top

#10 Reluctantly and unhappily agree with #1.

Posted by Tom 2022-12-09 11:19|| 2022-12-09 11:19|| Front Page Top

#11 I'd call Schumer a reptile but Besoeker told me to stop insulting reptiles...even if I do believe they have certain characteristics in common.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2022-12-09 11:52|| 2022-12-09 11:52|| Front Page Top

#12 Schumer has a checked past. His resiliency with regard to Dem leadership can either be attributed to his strategic brilliance or to the fact that he is a compromised puppet of someone else. Any tertiary inspection of his statements on any topic yields sufficient evidence to reject the null hypothesis that he is brilliant.

Posted by Super Hose 2022-12-09 12:08|| 2022-12-09 12:08|| Front Page Top

#13 ^ I'd tend to believe he is the one who has kompromat on enough of his colleagues to maintain his grip on power.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2022-12-09 12:33|| 2022-12-09 12:33|| Front Page Top

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