Funny, That

It turns out that Schumer's concession to Republicans on the continuing resolution to fund the government, the one where he got to have 4 amendments considered, and the 'Phants predictably shot them all down in short order has resulted in Democratic Party’s favorability rating hitting a record low/.

This level of naked fecklessness, cowardice, and craven careerism does not sit well with the American Public.

The numbers are 54% unfavorable, 29% favorable, and 16% no opinion, a record low.

The numbers are driven by a drop in favorability by Democrats and Democratic leaners.

A reasonable conclusion is the Democratic faithful have lost patience with the Democratic Party establishment (There is no Democratic Party establishment)

It also does not appear to sit well with House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jefferies, who has pointedly refused to support Schumer's continuing as the Senate Democratic leader.

Year after year, in shutdown fight after shutdown fight, in debt-limit standoff after debt-limit standoff, you could count on this: While Republicans would be bickering and taking potshots at each other, Democratic leaders would stay in lockstep — giving their members a united front to rally behind.

That all exploded in dramatic fashion this week, culminating Friday at a news conference unlike any I have seen in my career covering Congress, where the No. 1 House Democrat repeatedly dodged questions about whether the No. 1 Senate Democrat was fit to lead.

Should Senate Democrats ditch Chuck Schumer? House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, as the kids say, chose violence: “Next question.”

Jeffries did not dodge the question, he said that Schumer was unfit to lead as directly and forcefully as he could given the constraints of his position.

Rather unsurprisingly, Pelosi, through anonymous quotes from current and former staffers, is condemning Jeffries, because one geriatric leader past their sell by date supports another geriatric leader past their sell by date.

I get why Schumer and Pelosi did what they did, they are incapable of understanding that things have changed, much like Franz von Papen, they are as wrong, or perhaps as grasping and malicious, as von Papen was.