New Senate Dem Leaders: A New Yorker, a Socialist, a Lesbian and a man from WV

[ApatheticAustrian]

Democratic alliance in a nutshell:


Chuck Schumer adds Sens. Bernie Sanders, Tammy Baldwin and Joe Manchin to his leadership team
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/democrats-settle-on-leadership-hierarchy-murray-named-assistant-leader-231481

[Beet]

They are still led by a man who is only there because his constituency is Wall Street.

[TDantuono]

They are still led by a man who is only there because his constituency is Wall Street.

I voted for Chuck this November and my income is less than 30k yearly.

[Mr. Reactionary]

They are still led by a man who is only there because his constituency is Wall Street.

And AIPAC

[Bojack Horseman]

A man who takes more money from Wall Street than any other Democratic politician names Bernie Sanders to his leadership team. That's the definition of irony.

[ApatheticAustrian]

A man who takes more money from Wall Street than any other Democratic politician names Bernie Sanders to his leadership team. That's the definition of irony.

that's the reason he is worth his money.

like his predecessor from that red state NV.

[Illiniwek]

I think this will be a strong group.

[100% pro-life no matter what]

There is a joke in there somewhere

[JA]

This leadership team essentially ticks all the boxes of the Democratic Party coalition, save racial minorities. I think it's a good team and it will benefit the Democratic Party immensely to have such a diversity of views and backgrounds represented.

[Frodo]

This leadership team essentially ticks all the boxes of the Democratic Party coalition, save racial minorities. I think it's a good team and it will benefit the Democratic Party immensely to have such a diversity of views and backgrounds represented.

This -and we better get moving on electing racial minorities to the Senate.  It's a travesty that the only African American and Latino senators in the chamber happen to be conservative Republicans.

[TDantuono]

The question is: Will these people be an effective opposition, or will they roll over and compromise as Ryan tries to rape Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid?

[Mehmentum]

This leadership team essentially ticks all the boxes of the Democratic Party coalition, save racial minorities. I think it's a good team and it will benefit the Democratic Party immensely to have such a diversity of views and backgrounds represented.

This -and we better get moving on electing racial minorities to the Senate.  It's a travesty that the only African American and Latino senators in the chamber happen to be conservative Republicans.

Corey Booker?

[Frodo]

This leadership team essentially ticks all the boxes of the Democratic Party coalition, save racial minorities. I think it's a good team and it will benefit the Democratic Party immensely to have such a diversity of views and backgrounds represented.

This -and we better get moving on electing racial minorities to the Senate.  It's a travesty that the only African American and Latino senators in the chamber happen to be conservative Republicans.

Corey Booker?

Forgot about him -he is so light skinned (like congressman George Butterfield) that I overlooked the fact that he's black.

[Warren 4 Secretary of Everything]

This leadership team essentially ticks all the boxes of the Democratic Party coalition, save racial minorities. I think it's a good team and it will benefit the Democratic Party immensely to have such a diversity of views and backgrounds represented.

This -and we better get moving on electing racial minorities to the Senate.  It's a travesty that the only African American and Latino senators in the chamber happen to be conservative Republicans.

Corey Booker?

Bob Menendez? And Catherine Cortez-Masto?

[Frodo]

This leadership team essentially ticks all the boxes of the Democratic Party coalition, save racial minorities. I think it's a good team and it will benefit the Democratic Party immensely to have such a diversity of views and backgrounds represented.

This -and we better get moving on electing racial minorities to the Senate.  It's a travesty that the only African American and Latino senators in the chamber happen to be conservative Republicans.

Corey Booker?

Bob Menendez? And Catherine Cortez-Masto?

It's a good start -let's get more so that our Senate caucus starts to look more like America.

[Person Man]

No more identity politics or tokenism. We are a party of ideas, whether they come from three black dudes, three blond haired evangelicals, or a jew, gay, and an evangelical.

[TDantuono]

No more identity politics or tokenism. We are a party of ideas, whether they come from three black dudes, three blond haired evangelicals, or a jew, gay, and an evangelical.

[ProgressiveCanadian]

They are still led by a man who is only there because his constituency is Wall Street.

I voted for Chuck this November and my income is less than 30k yearly.

I understand in that race there was basically no real choice, but I think I would of just skipped voting for Senate. Chuck will not increase that 30k that's for sure.

[Frodo]

No more identity politics or tokenism. We are a party of ideas, whether they come from three black dudes, three blond haired evangelicals, or a jew, gay, and an evangelical.

Why is it the only people who don't want our political life to be defined by 'identity politics' tend to be white males?  Has anyone ever wondered about that?

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

This sounds like the start of a bar joke.

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

They are still led by a man who is only there because his constituency is Wall Street.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-staff-idUSKBN13A2B8
"Longtime Donald Trump supporter and activist investor Carl Icahn confirmed on Tuesday that the president-elect is looking at Wall Street veteran Steven Mnuchin as his choice for treasury secretary and billionaire Wilbur Ross for commerce secretary."

Pussygrabber's cultists are going to be strongly motivated to hang on to their delusions. The cognitive dissonance of acknowledging reality would likely be fatal.

[ProgressiveCanadian]

No more identity politics or tokenism. We are a party of ideas, whether they come from three black dudes, three blond haired evangelicals, or a jew, gay, and an evangelical.

Why is it the only people who don't want our political life to be defined by 'identity politics' tend to be white males?  Has anyone ever wondered about that?

Admitting racism exists makes them,  uncomfortable.

[Mr. Smith]

This leadership team essentially ticks all the boxes of the Democratic Party coalition, save racial minorities. I think it's a good team and it will benefit the Democratic Party immensely to have such a diversity of views and backgrounds represented.

This -and we better get moving on electing racial minorities to the Senate.  It's a travesty that the only African American and Latino senators in the chamber happen to be conservative Republicans.

Harris and Masto-Cortez?

Harris might very well be the farthest left person in Congress right now.

[Person Man]

No more identity politics or tokenism. We are a party of ideas, whether they come from three black dudes, three blond haired evangelicals, or a jew, gay, and an evangelical.

Why is it the only people who don't want our political life to be defined by 'identity politics' tend to be white males?  Has anyone ever wondered about that?

Admitting racism exists makes them,  uncomfortable.

Identity politics is politics. We don't want tokenism, though.

[hopper]

This leadership team essentially ticks all the boxes of the Democratic Party coalition, save racial minorities. I think it's a good team and it will benefit the Democratic Party immensely to have such a diversity of views and backgrounds represented.

This -and we better get moving on electing racial minorities to the Senate.  It's a travesty that the only African American and Latino senators in the chamber happen to be conservative Republicans.

Corey Booker?

Forgot about him -he is so light skinned (like congressman George Butterfield) that I overlooked the fact that he's black.

He is that light-skinned in your opinion? There is no way Booker is as light-skinned as Butterfield.