34. "my favorite of such had this today:" In response to In response to 22
"Two metrics ideology and savvy. Corey Booker mostly has trash politics but its great to see him being ruthless and savvy in these hearings. If centrists can at least get good at political combat again, it will help in situations like this"
basically, the difference between these two and say, Chuck Schumer... is that they understand what the GOP is, and act accordingly, even if their politics are booty. Harry Reid was like that as well.
it was possibly the weakest aspect of President Obama. The second "regular" Democrats realize that there's a war going on outside and the GOP will lie, cheat, and steal their way into power, the better we'll be.