I think it is all very fair, but at the end of the day this is one Nation, so setting minimum standards, making sure our people are protected, whether they are in my State or a State adjacent where the pollution from my State may actually go to another State, I have an obligation, even if it is in my State.
Boxer emphasizes the need for federal standards to protect public health across states.
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The point -- but I do think there`s an important point to this poll. And that is, we Democrats, we do have a very good and diverse coalition. It truly is diverse, everywhere you look at it. But in terms of leadership in Congress, it is…
The way the Senate works, as you know, it’s a supermajority to get anything done. It has nothing to do with age.
This is a sad moment, we always had two parties, one was to the right of center, one was to the left of center, and we never had a party, so extreme and so willing to become the party of grievance and anger and division.
It's up to his colleagues to determine if they want such a coward, such a liar, to be their leader, and or maybe even speaker.
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