I was torn before because you do want someone in there that knows how to get the votes and handle getting things done, but he has proven that he’s for himself first. We’ll figure it out with a new person.
Pretty much this. He is a good politician when we strictly measure his ability to negotiate and secure votes. However, that doesn’t matter when he’s negotiating and securing those votes from a place of bad faith, because it is abundantly clear that his focus is on Israel first.
And I suspect his lauded ability to ‘secure votes’ is deeply connected to AIPAC’s lobbying. When he needs to secure a vote, he just calls up his Israeli buddies and has them apply pressure.
By what metric are you judging his ability to get votes? Seems to me Democrats have struggled to get any kind of legislation through the Senate for years which I think indicates that he’s not very good at getting votes.
I was torn before because you do want someone in there that knows how to get the votes and handle getting things done, but he has proven that he’s for himself first. We’ll figure it out with a new person.
Van Hollen isn’t exactly a noob.
Pretty much this. He is a good politician when we strictly measure his ability to negotiate and secure votes. However, that doesn’t matter when he’s negotiating and securing those votes from a place of bad faith, because it is abundantly clear that his focus is on Israel first.
And I suspect his lauded ability to ‘secure votes’ is deeply connected to AIPAC’s lobbying. When he needs to secure a vote, he just calls up his Israeli buddies and has them apply pressure.
Schumer is Israel first, Baileys second
By what metric are you judging his ability to get votes? Seems to me Democrats have struggled to get any kind of legislation through the Senate for years which I think indicates that he’s not very good at getting votes.
Exactly. The only votes Schumer is good at getting is getting moderate dems to vote with the republicans.
Van Hollen isn’t new, he’s been in the Senate for 10 years and has served as chair of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. He knows what’s up