re: #303 Belafon

If we could only get Schumer to agree:

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Though I suspect that would cause Manchin to flip parties.

What do I think?
BAD idea.
If fortune runs in favor of The Light Side this fall, the (D)s, in the next Congress, are going to have control of the Senate with - AT BEST - a 2-3 seat Majority (if that). And given the GOP’s well-honed and fatally efficient obstruction skills, pretty much an absolute caucus unity is going to be needed to accomplish anything - whether “progressive” legislation, or mere routine operational appropriation.
The last thing the Senate Democrats need is to get bogged down in a leadership fight