November 13, 2026

"Why would you fire the manager when you just won the World Series?"

Said Angus King, the independent Senator from Maine, who caucuses with the Democrats, quoted in "Van Hollen Says He Will Challenge Schumer for Senate Majority Leader/Senator Chris Van Hollen of Maryland has emerged as a favorite of Democrats seeking an alternative to Senator Chuck Schumer, who says he has the votes to win" (NYT).
“Chuck has outlined an aggressive plan for the new Democratic majority, which is directly responsive to the message we heard from the voters, and he has the experience and unique mastery of the Senate process to make it happen,” Mr. King said.

Aggressive, but maybe not aggressive enough. I'm sure many Republicans are standing back, watching, hoping Democrats will overplay their hand. I know I've mixed up the metaphor now, but give me credit for not trying to stretch this out into a euchre/Uecker joke.

2 comments:

Not an oldster. said...

Despite Schumer, dems won.

You old folk arent so sharp anymore.
Younger people want to see you go... now.

We are serious and you want to keep selling us out.
Nope. Usa> 🇮🇱

Peachy+2 said...

Van Hollen(D) - talk about creepy.
Isn't that the guy who had cocktails with an illegal immigrant criminal, while the illegal immigrant criminal held his gang- tatted arms under the table?

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