Those chaps are a symptom, this is the cause. Still get rid of them though - I'm not saying there are any babies in this bathwater.

After 2010 they gained 58 seats for about a month in session and used that time to pass Medicaid expansions which 70+ Million Americans rely upon for healthcare, as well as a publicly operated marketplace and tax credits for cheaper healthcare.

If they had 60 seats it would have been Public Option identical to Germany's healthcare, but we had a lone independent holdout Joe Lieberman.

Yep! 50 seats.*

*minus a couple of notable traitors

You're considering Independents as DNC members, a fatal mistake. Until the new congress enters the current one has 45 DNC.

Jeffries and Schumer pictured above aren't working for AIPAC, yet. They're minority speakers for the DNC House and Senate, respectively.