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Celerity

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19. If he tries to run for US Senate in the future, he will be crushed in the Democratic primary. This is far from his only
Thu May 21, 2026, 09:12 AM
May 21

bad choice. He also was a centrist No Labels Problem Solvers Caucus member in the US House. Being a member of that bi-partisan group is always a huge red flag for me.

That group (No Labels was led for years by woeful Joe Lieberman) is far too often a force for bad outcomes/votes/stances/blockage against the vast majority of other Democrats, whether they are in the House or, in some cases, have moved on to higher office, like Polis or Sinema (ex US Senate) or now, far too often, Jacky Rosen (NV US Senator who has had multiple bad bad votes), etc.

Manchin and Sinema from the Senate worked/coordinated with the Problem Solvers (led for years by the oh-so-problematic Josh Gottheimer in the House) to block all but $987 billion out of $6.1 trillion of new spend in President Biden's 2 giant infrastructure bill frameworks during the first 2 years of Biden's first term. An 84 per cent destructive reduction in new spend.

So many vital programmes were either completely torn out or massively gutted. The already profoundly reduced human infrastructure BBB bill was then completely destroyed by Manchin in the Senate (the IRA that passed later was a pale imitation). Those wrecker/slash-and-burn actions played a major role in us losing the POTUS election in 2024.

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He's been a terrible disappointment JBTaurus83 May 21 #1
What else has he done FHRRK1 May 21 #28
Fantastic! TurboDem May 21 #2
As much as I love and admire Michelle... GiqueCee May 21 #4
When she said that, I was in Malaysia. I just yelled out "we just lost." AZLD4Candidate May 21 #8
100 % agree. TurboDem May 21 #9
She has explained it over and over again newdeal2 May 21 #11
Really? AZ8theist May 21 #30
Her husband said, "Look forward, not backwards" in regards to Cheney/Bush war crimes and corruption. displacedvermoter May 21 #12
I, too... GiqueCee May 21 #18
I love Obama but that was a big mistake MustLoveBeagles May 21 #20
As I recall Pelosi was saying that in 06 n/t FHRRK1 May 21 #27
She wasn't President taking over from what was, at the time, the most evil Administration in our history... displacedvermoter May 21 #29
When the Speaker of the House comes out against it two years before taking office .... FHRRK1 May 21 #32
The Buck Stops Wherever... displacedvermoter May 21 #33
that is lame FHRRK1 May 21 #35
I'll personally not support going to far as the risks are far to high. cstanleytech May 21 #13
Polis is hereby banned from speaking or being honored at party events. Cha May 21 #3
I don't know why he didn't hold the line MustLoveBeagles May 21 #21
It is important to remember this was not some minor transgression of youth. Bluetus May 21 #36
TY for Pointing All That OUT!.. Exactly. Cha Friday #37
And after all of this, there are still people here attacking me Bluetus Friday #38
Not me... Fascist magas will do Anything to Cha Friday #40
That's a good start CDP. Buddyzbuddy May 21 #5
Imagine Deathsentence or Abbott doing this for a Dem. House of Roberts May 21 #6
Good. Humiliate him. Indyfan53 May 21 #7
So now what? Maybe he quits the party? FakeNoose May 21 #10
I wonder if he'll lose any future support for running for any office in the future from them as well. cstanleytech May 21 #14
If he tries to run for US Senate in the future, he will be crushed in the Democratic primary. This is far from his only Celerity May 21 #19
GOOD! spanone May 21 #15
I can't even begin to tell you how pissed off I was when he did that. diverdownjt May 21 #16
Good riddance to a bootlicking coward. dalton99a May 21 #17
Yeah but Dump got his way Clouds Passing May 21 #22
He's a Libertarian Aepps22 May 21 #23
I'm impressed by CO Dems fujiyamasan May 21 #24
It's a problem we never seem to solve JBTaurus83 May 21 #25
Super proud of our Secretary of State! colorado_ufo May 21 #31
MaddowBlog-Colorado's Polis faces bipartisan pushback after commuting Tina Peters' sentence LetMyPeopleVote May 21 #26
Mealy-mouthed and spineless wolfie001 May 21 #34
Good! Any credibility he once had has now completely flown out the window. Initech Friday #39
bump......... Peters is attacking Democrats again Takket Saturday #41
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