You make clear, without saying so outright, that the most important priority for the next 17 months (actually 16 1/2) is to extend the Democratic majority in the Senate. While it is also ver important to reduce the number of states in which Republicans hold legislative majorities, and to re-elect and extend the Democratic majority in the House, the Senate must be No. 1. Given the map, it will be very hard to add more than 1 or 2 Democrats in the Senate, but the behavior of Sens. Manchin and Synema (as examples) show that we must try our damndest to do so. You have brought me around on expanding the Supreme Court, but that is mere talking unless and until Democrats have at least 53 votes in the Senate, and preferably more. And there are other vital matters at stake as well--voting rights, for a start.
Thank you so very much for caring and being concerned and voicing all of it in such a thoughtful, well-researched manner everyday. So many of my friends and I rely upon your focus and straight talk.
The list is a great idea! Thanks!!
You make clear, without saying so outright, that the most important priority for the next 17 months (actually 16 1/2) is to extend the Democratic majority in the Senate. While it is also ver important to reduce the number of states in which Republicans hold legislative majorities, and to re-elect and extend the Democratic majority in the House, the Senate must be No. 1. Given the map, it will be very hard to add more than 1 or 2 Democrats in the Senate, but the behavior of Sens. Manchin and Synema (as examples) show that we must try our damndest to do so. You have brought me around on expanding the Supreme Court, but that is mere talking unless and until Democrats have at least 53 votes in the Senate, and preferably more. And there are other vital matters at stake as well--voting rights, for a start.
Thank you so very much for caring and being concerned and voicing all of it in such a thoughtful, well-researched manner everyday. So many of my friends and I rely upon your focus and straight talk.