Even if you are quite to the left and think J. Gorsuch should be filibustered, it is self defeating to target red state Dem Senators /1
It's not Manchin or Heitcamp who hold decisive votes that could actually stop Gorsuch. Same with McCaskill and Donnelly /2
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I can see pressuring and punishing them if their votes were decisive. But they are not. Dems should hold pressure for vote that matter /3
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and pressuring them otherwise, or threatening to primary them from the left in these red states is self defeating /4
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With Dem Senators standing to lose more seats in 2018 unless there's a big wave, Dems NEED those red state Senators to survive /5
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and if Dems do worse in 2018, there's a chance Rs could get 60 votes, and then no LEGISLATION can be filibustered /6
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So be outraged at our political situation and pressure where it matters. But be smart, and not just running on outrage 7/7
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i think that’s setting the bar pretty low. sanders’ message can work in red states. people respond. not the time to be timid.
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Sanders's message can attract attention in red states, but neither he nor his message can win elections there.
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This. If they know they have 41 why not let the red staters do what they need to?
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There's ample other reasons to get rid of Manchin, if possible, but agree this is not one.
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