Chuck, Pelosi, Biden, Obama, Clinton (both of em), et.al have no choice now but to acquiesce to Trump on the CR. They will all be remembered as the faces of The Corruption Era. Corruption is ubiquitous, throughout our ENTIRE BODY POLITIC, like it or not. The donors will not abide dramatic instability in the markets. Maintaining market value is the prime objective and shutting things down would likely propel the Dow Jones into a hissy fit. So, Chuck lays down his wooden sword. They are meat puppets and were not selected for their ability to defend their constituents and challenge power. They were selected for their willingness to comply. The party has become unviable. We must get all new leadership and they cannot have funding ties to corporate interests.
He could have objected to it over SSI and Medicare; he said if those remain untouched, they can sign off on it. A majority of voters would have supported that. Instead, he followed Carville’s advice (“play possum”), which is not much of a strategy…
Oh the donors love a down economy that devalues assets like residential homes, for fucking instance. So, guys like Crypt Keeper Carville, Schumer, all of them are insulated from the economy in a way that makes them comfortable with the idea. They can afford to weather the storm thats coming. Their calculus is pretty simple really. Let the Republicans have their way on all of it, knowing it will plunge the country in chaos. Then come midterms they do what? Trot out all new corporate robots and start in with the same blah blah blah. Democracy is at stake, at least were not crazy, we suck and we are corrupt but we believe in climate science? Nah, fuck em all. Time for a house cleaning…