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Right.

Saying "vote" might be essentially worthless in these situations, but the one thing that is definitely even more worthless is screaming "DO SOMETHING!" into the void.

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Democrats in Washington are literally doing everything *useful* that they can. Give them 51 reliable Senate votes, and gun control happens immediately.

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This would be a remarkable break from the Democratic Party MO over literally my entire life.

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IтАЩm not sure that тАЬweтАЩve tried nothing and weтАЩre all out of ideasтАЭ is the savvy political position that Dems have convinced their voters it is.

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That's true. But until we can find a way to transition our election system into one that doesn't basically force two parties, you have to worry about the bigger threat before the lesser ones. And right now the bigger threat is the extremism continuing to take over the Republican Party. Crush that, and then worry about whether Chuck Schumer is a wuss.

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