Reid Endorsed Schumer for Senate Dem Leader: Good News for Hillary?

[Progressive]

Does this make senators more likely to fall in line with Hillary in 2016?

[Ebsy]

I think the Senate is already in line; 27 of the 44 Democratic Senators have endorsed her.

[Beet]

Hillary should hold off on accepting primary endorsements if she's at all worried about it. In 2007 she wracked up throngs of endorsers only for it to get her practically nothing because it was all old news by the time the battle was joined the following spring. In contrast, Obama was rolling out endorsements like Kerry, McCaskill and Edwards timed to have maximum impact on the news cycle.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

Does this make senators more likely to fall in line with Hillary in 2016?

Actually Schumer has never been on good terms with Hillary and was one of the first Senators to encourage him to run and save the party from Hillary in 2008.

[King]

This is good news for progressives. Again, an FYI to liberals on how the American political system works: Congress passes the policy and the President enforces them.

Obama's Presidency has been more moderate than people who voted for him in 2008 primaries wanted because he spent 2 years with Harry Reid being too limpwristed to pass any agenda items with 59 Senate seats (59 Senate seats), and then 6 years under Republican rule in one or both chambers.

If the left wing of the Democrat got enthusiastically behind supporting Hillary Clinton for President, did GOTV with Latinos for Hillary, defended Hillary against any drummed up scandals, she could win the popular vote by 10 points or more. She absolutely could. That's enough to flip even the gerrymandered House downballot AND the Senate with all the 2010 inductees up for re-election.

Then you have Nancy Pelosi back as Speaker of the House and Chuck Schumer as Senate majority leader, who would probably abolish the fillibuster.  The bills being passed through those chambers to get signed by Hillary or else from 2016-2018 would be so ridiculously left wing I would join the Tea Party.

But instead, you have these supposedly educated and intelligent liberals giddily hoping Hillary collapses without a defense so they can, at best, look forward to 4 years of Elizabeth Warren doing nothing (#NoThing) with a Republican Congress and, at worst, Scott Walker getting the same treatment from a Tea Party controlled House/Senate supermajority.

[IceSpear]

I think the Senate is already in line; 27 of the 44 Democratic Senators have endorsed her.

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

No.  Why would this matter?

[Gustaf]

More like terrible news for Ed Milliband.

[Frozen Sky Ever Why]

This is good news for progressives. Again, an FYI to liberals on how the American political system works: Congress passes the policy and the President enforces them.

Obama's Presidency has been more moderate than people who voted for him in 2008 primaries wanted because he spent 2 years with Harry Reid being too limpwristed to pass any agenda items with 59 Senate seats (59 Senate seats), and then 6 years under Republican rule in one or both chambers.

If the left wing of the Democrat got enthusiastically behind supporting Hillary Clinton for President, did GOTV with Latinos for Hillary, defended Hillary against any drummed up scandals, she could win the popular vote by 10 points or more. She absolutely could. That's enough to flip even the gerrymandered House downballot AND the Senate with all the 2010 inductees up for re-election.

Then you have Nancy Pelosi back as Speaker of the House and Chuck Schumer as Senate majority leader, who would probably abolish the fillibuster.  The bills being passed through those chambers to get signed by Hillary or else from 2016-2018 would be so ridiculously left wing I would join the Tea Party.

But instead, you have these supposedly educated and intelligent liberals giddily hoping Hillary collapses without a defense so they can, at best, look forward to 4 years of Elizabeth Warren doing nothing (#NoThing) with a Republican Congress and, at worst, Scott Walker getting the same treatment from a Tea Party controlled House/Senate supermajority.

Lay off the cocaine.