sounds depressingly correct

remember when people that institutional experience counts for something that this apparently completely eluded the wizened Dick Durbin's attention

SERENITY seppuku scene for sure

likewise, couldn't agree more with your observations

remembering now that I actually blogged it back in April, which seems like years ago

newrepublic.com/post/194369/...

Marylanders obvs know him well and like him a lot.

I think he's been walking the walk all year and would make a good wartime minority leader; it's funny because he's been in Congress since 2002 and for a long time I didn't really feel any kind of way about him but these days he's been in "finest hour" territory

there do always seem to be some Dem idiots sitting around, sigh

yeah if you're expecting to be in a tight Senate race for re-election, or have a decent shot at flipping a Senate seat, you're not gonna make it without promising to throw Schumer under the bus

(I guess this puts Janet Mills, who has the best shot at unseating Collins, in an awkward spot)