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[–] 36 points 1 day ago (7 children)

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.

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  • [–] 44 points 1 day ago (4 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 16 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    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.

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