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Kid Berwyn

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2. "If you want to get along, go along." -- Speaker Sam Rayburn
Wed Jan 8, 2025, 04:14 PM
Jan 8

The formula for success in Wall-Street-on-the-Potomac. Not so much for democracy.

Thank you for the heads-up, Celerity! Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse would hold the bastards' feet to the fire.

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Do you all suppose Durbin has local and/or state relationships with Republicans, which renders him too compromised Baitball Blogger Jan 8 #1
Yes! onecaliberal Jan 8 #10
The older generation Dems need to move over. They are destroying the future for our children. Baitball Blogger Jan 8 #22
So true. Nt Mark.b Jan 8 #27
They don't seem to care. It's really pissing me off. onecaliberal Jan 8 #28
They are living in the 70s MadameButterfly Jan 9 #30
I'll never forget when, in 2005, after Durbin alluded to the fact La Coliniere Jan 8 #15
Yes ✔️ live love laugh Jan 8 #19
yes. there r the chgo counties, and the rest of the state is red. mopinko Jan 8 #29
"If you want to get along, go along." -- Speaker Sam Rayburn Kid Berwyn Jan 8 #2
Yes! Sen Whitehouse SHOULD be the lead Dem on Judiciary. Dock_Yard Jan 8 #9
Clarence Thomas does not approve. Kid Berwyn Jan 8 #13
I would enlist. yellow dahlia Jan 8 #24
Long time right wing columnist more of a Hassler Jan 8 #3
Rubin won me over long ago, and I am VERY selective in my appreciations of ex Republicans. Celerity Jan 8 #12
Fuck all these bipartisan loving centrists that hold back progress and enable Republicans. ZonkerHarris Jan 8 #4
And have for 4+ decades. The record and the long KPN Jan 8 #18
Totally agreed. Evolve Dammit Jan 8 #5
old statesmanship has sailed et tu Jan 8 #6
A quote by Lincoln DENVERPOPS Jan 8 #7
sad and true for the most part nt et tu Jan 8 #8
They are so fucking tone deaf. This is not making people happy at all. onecaliberal Jan 8 #11
Circle the wagons and.... AltairIV Jan 8 #14
Remember when Jen was all if you are not a consevative republican... czarjak Jan 8 #16
It's part of the greater problem. Passages Jan 8 #17
The whole problem here is that bipartisanship is actually one-sided. dchill Jan 8 #20
Hate to say it, but Durbin....and a few others...need to be sent to the glue factory. paleotn Jan 8 #21
dinosaurs ZonkerHarris Jan 8 #25
I've been saying that for quite a while now. Deuxcents Jan 8 #26
Sheldon Whitehouse is the obvious best choice. yellow dahlia Jan 8 #23
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