• Asafum@lemmy.world
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      There will always be another Manchin unfortunately. The democratic party wouldn’t be the democratic party without their spoiler preventing any meaningful change.

  • Absurdly Stupid @lemmy.world
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    If this pisses you off, do not look at what Harris attended during her election campaign, you’ll lose your mind.

    (for those not from USA, Harris was a Democratic candidate for President, and she for some reason decided to do an unprecedented amount of outreach to Republicans. She lost)

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      outreach to Republicans voters

      FTFY.

      Obviously was not a winning strategy, but you need voters in order to win an election.

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    If Dems only get to 51 senate seats in the midterms, Fetterman will 100% switch to Republican. I’d bet all my bitcoins on that.

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      There’s no shortage of Dems in the US Senate who fully agree with Fetterman’s politics, but do a better job of keeping their cards to the chest.

      If he flipped Republican, he’d be the same cantankerous fuck voting the same way on every issue. He’d just be their problem instead of Schumer’s.

      That said… it’s truly crazy how much territory Republicans are forced to defend this year. They were supposed to have, at best, two flippable states this year, with a bunch of difficult Dem holds.

      Now you’ve got NC as a Lean D, five R toss-ups, and three more traditionally safe Rs in Kansas, S.Carolina, and Nebraska all polling near the margin of error?

      Could be a 2008 wipeout if they’re not careful.

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    I remember he was recently threatening to leave the Democrat party, and then I see shit like this, and I’m forced to sincerely ask what fucking difference that would make. He is actively voting with Rs against Ds all the time, and he’s constantly caught rubbing elbows with R handlers. What do the Ds have to lose by him changing parties? What do he and/or the Rs stand to gain from that? He is truly the epitome of what a DINO is. Why is he threatening to leave the party instead of the party expelling him, cutting any association with his bullshit and cutting all funding? Am I missing something? Am I dumb?

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      Why is he threatening to leave the party instead of the party expelling him

      Because he’s a close friend of Schumer’s, they agree on a great deal of his voting record, and he gives other Democrats cover to hide behind when a GOP bill passes with Dem votes.

      Dude’s a lightning rod. You’ll never hear about Sen. Jeanne Shaheen or John Hickenlooper or Elissa Slotkin, periodically breaking to support Trump policy so long as that lumbering ogre is center stage.

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      Potential Senate majority. Him switching parties would be huge if it’s the difference between who controls the Senate.