Bipartisanship implies two parties willing to compromise to come up with a balanced result.

Not one side weakly going along with the other out of fear that the other will do something even worse, if they don't. The magats will automatically do the worst possible thing regardless of what Democrats do or don't do. The thing that IMHO is the priority is to make it 100 percent clear that all the crap the Magats pull is owned by them alone with not even one Democrat in agreement.

The limp noodle party goes along with everything.

Ooooooor since trump already doged is all up. Lets just shut it all the fuck down and point out one side already destroyed everything, and did it with the help of Putin.

Illigitimate president. Illigitimate government. Shut it the fuck down. Then we march on washington

Millions of us show up, and run him back to russia. The national guard wont be there to do shit when they havent been paid in 6 months.

Koombaya, my lord. They cant do that! The wheels of justice grind slowly was a cute one too.

The magapubs will pass whatever Krasnov tells them to.

Make them to do it without our party electeds.

Krasnov is just going to withhold the money and put it into some pet project to take our eyes off of the Epstein Files.

Case in point - FEMA money give to HSI and ICE.

At this point - it's just ceremonial.

is collaboration.

Not gonna give even one shiny penny to any candidate that does not promise to prosecute the traitors.

Do you mean impeach?

When we take back our government and prosecute them for their obvious crimes. The constitution will need ammending. This wont end without violence. People are delusional if they dont get that. He already had people killed. He wont give it up without killing a lot of us in the process.

Democrats vote for what Republicans want and Republicans vote for whatever Trump wants.

That is what democrats have done the past 40 years. Get shit on, wash rinse repeat.

regarding safeguarding democracy, equal rights and economic equity, bipartisanship is dead. At this point, we don't have a lot left to lose and far more to gain by taking a hard line. I'm 100% in support of Murphy's position. I hope other Dem Congressionals speak up and second him.

Why the need to add commentary that gives the impression of Democrats "fighting"? Rhetorical.
"Connecticut senator is picking a battle that puts him at odds with his Democratic colleagues."

Then, they, Politico, discount the honest effort by Senator Murphy to protest the dishonesty perpetrated
by Republicans in regards to the budget bill by giving the impression that his motives are purely selfish.
"stoking speculation about his own presidential ambitions."

Politico's efforts and so much of the Press are very insidious.

Because there actually ARE some and I am going to call her out - Senator Patty Murray. And before we lost the Senate, she was the President pro tempore of the Senate.

(August 8, 2024)

But I would say that it's not so much his being at odds so much as it is her problem. I think she is in the minority on this one, for some reason. This administration has made it necessary for Democrats to become strategists that sometimes are not apparent in their strategy which can make it difficult to get support and create a cohesive organized plan.

Was my last statement filled with redundancy? It made sense when I was typing it.

and is referencing and I expect his spat is with her. THAT is the big Committee that would forward the funding packages.

There are other "moderate" Senators who are also on that bandwagon - e.g., Tim Kaine & Mark Warner - Warner & Kaine Applaud Senate Passage of Three Funding Bills

Catherine Cortez Masto & Amy Klobuchar had a dust-up with Cory Booker recently - Democrats spar on Senate floor: Booker goes up against Cortez Masto, Klobuchar over police bills

So there are a bunch of them who have been consistently this way. And what others are saying is that the world is different now. The rules have changed. We either adapt or got steamrolled.

telling them how to run the Senate. They don't have to worry about free thought or freedom of expression. Just do as your told.

As for the Democrats, I keep hearing commentary about how the Democrats lost in November because our agenda leaned too far to the left. The problem with these opinions is they're coming from the conservatives like Michael Steele and a few other never Trumpers. I welcome them and their input, especially when they're anti Felon but they have their own agenda. Our party is not going to fix itself by solely, listening to them.

The Senators you mention are and have been moderates but since our two right wing Democrats are no longer in the Senate, they look to be farther to the right when having disagreements with the likes of Sen. Booker or Murphy or Warren. I think it's incumbent upon party leadership to corral the parties involved and remind them that we're on the same team and the only public disagreements should be saved for the opposing party.

I also think some Democrats have an agenda to "look tough and liberal after voting to pass the Crypto bill. I think they took a bigger hit for that than originally thought. Or so I would hope, at least in appearance. We're 15 months out from taking back some control. All oars need to be in the water paddling in unison. Don't give the press any negative stories with an ounce of truth to be turned into a pound of b.s., is my point.

is that the term is 6 years (vs 2 years for House members) so it really does become more of a "status quo" institution. And we are really seeing how "institutionalized" it is. The terms allow members to establish deeper relationships (including "social" ) with other members that don't necessarily happen to that degree in the House and disrupting those relationships is difficult.

Example being Amy Klobuchar who has had a long-time kinship with now-retired Roy Blunt (R-MO) -



Blunt started as an annoying Republican and then moved to the typical RW sycophant. They both participate in discussions that occur in summits hosted by the Bipartisan Policy Center (where even in retirement, he is still doing panel discussions for that group).

So it will be difficult to pry some of the Democrats away from these "relationships", whereas other than people like "concerned" Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowsky, the GOP continues to easily ditch their "relationships" when it comes time for the rubber to meet the road.

It's too bad the Democrats don't see how Republicans have used that leverage to their advantage. Republicans are willing to toss aside thoughts of friendship if it means getting what they want. Such as S.C. Justices, Cabinet nominees or tax breaks for the billionaire class. Even amongst their own. Just look at Lindsey Graham in failing to defend his friends honor when the Felon criticized John McCain.

More often than not, you’ll get bitten.

I know saying Trump and the GOP are bullies is soft selling what they are doing but the reality is dictators always are bullies. The way you deal with a bully is you bunch back, you mock them, you show them for the sad little cowards they are. If you don't do this they win.

stop being complicit in the destruction of our democracy and stop enabling trump, Democrats should deem bipartisanship dead. And furthermore, those Dems who do subsequently work with republicans should be kicked out on their asses