re: #179 subsailor68

Not sure I’m buying this, but I’d sure like to:

Democrats’ Senate Supermajority Not as Strong as Advertised

They’re trying to downplay it for the inevitable failure to get what the far left wants done. It’s called managing expectations, and it’s also dealing with the reality that some of the oldest members of the Senate are in ill health and are hardly likely to be around all the time to thwart a filibuster. It doesn’t mean that the Democrats can’t ram through enough of their policy prescriptions. It just means that they have to try that much harder to get one or two GOPers to play along (aka buy ‘em off with pork and perks).