Steve Israel: “I can tell you, Long Islanders, they will tolerate disagreement with their Member of Congress. They will not tolerate…”

If you don't pass both of these bills, the midterm is over, you're back in the minority.

The reality is out there that we all need to guard against this authoritarian effort, that is yes, born out of the Republican Party, unfortunately, but it is.

Both of these races will test this proposition, do Democratic voters want purity and ideology on the left? Or do they want pragmatism and winnability near the center?

Most people knew that when reconciliation was pronounced dead that the obituary was premature.