Sheldon Whitehouse - Majority Leader?

[gab13by13]

Anyone else think that Sheldon Whitehouse would make a great majority leader - "some day?"

Just asking, no particular reason.

[FoxNewsSucks]

1. I'd be OK with that

[multireeds]

2. Yesterday?

[gab13by13]

7. That's what I was trying to say, thank you.

[elleng]

3. Like him a lot, and OK with it IF he wants the job AND if Schumer decides not to continue

(OR we think Schumer not doing the job we want.)

[StarfishSaver]

26. What we think is irrelevant

We have no say in who the Majority Leader is. That role is elected by the other senators.

[elleng]

27. OP asked:

Sheldon Whitehouse - Majority Leader? [View all]
Anyone else think that Sheldon Whitehouse would make a great majority leader - "some day?"

Just asking, no particular reason.

[TomDaisy]

4. YES PLEASE

[tritsofme]

5. He made an unsuccessful bid for the Judiciary chair earlier this year.

I just don’t see him as the type of senator that enters leadership.

[gab13by13]

9. Why do you think he didn't get it?

Seniority?

[babylonsister]

6. For no reason, how about Sherrod Brown?

When the time comes, we have good people.

[PatSeg]

15. Yes, we have a lot of excellent people

Being Senate majority leader takes certain skills and someone can be an outstanding senator, but not be good at being majority leader.

I agree about Sherrod Brown, he is amazing.

[StarfishSaver]

24. Has he indicated any interest in serving in Senate leadership?

[babylonsister]

29. Not that I know of. nt

[GP6971]

8. I'm OK with that. n/t

[wendyb-NC]

10. Yes, he'd be good

[SCantiGOP]

11. Yes, I like him

[wnylib]

12. I'm fine with Schumer. But, after him,

I'd go with Sherrod Brown.

[electric_blue68]

13. Anyone remember when Schumer actually got more vocally sharp, and people...

got upset?
I think it was last year? Or mid-late 2019.

He's always been rather low key. I was surprised.

Low key doesn't mean ineffective. As my Senator I've always wanted him to be vocally sharper more often.

[Kahuna]

18. I consider him to come across as namby pamby. nt

[electric_blue68]

21. Hmmm...(thinking)...

when I said vocally sharp, I think I mean it in terms of tone (presentation), sometimes in positions (more progressive, though I think he's mostly liberal).

If there was a third point it's lost in my current extra tiredness for now.

I'd be very happy to have a more progressive NY Senator, but there's a lot more purple in parts of central, northern, western NYS. (I'm a born & bred nyc'r 😁 )
And he very much knows the ropes which also count for a lot especially these days!

It maybe his hope for a kind of congeniality, or at least courtesy even in the midst of strong disagreement that he experienced in the Senate for a good portion of his tenure there - as many of his Republican colleagues now show their rabid colors, along with the kind of cruelty in their voting that has sometimes to often been there.




Oh, and I like Sheldon W

[Lotus54]

14. Yes, yes, please....

We need a Leader who is brave, bold, and a fighter. A Leader who is passionate enough to care for our rights and our democracy. We are practically at war with respect to our voting rights, and our democracy versus republican corruption, lies, and autocracy. We, Democrats, are at a crossroads in this day and age. We cannot fight with a stick while our opponents are holding guns.

Don't you think our Congressional Leaders and Reps should start kicking a## as opposed to BS??

[Progressive Jones]

16. Yes to all... nt

[StarfishSaver]

25. You think Nancy Pelosis doesn't kick ass but just BSs

[Lotus54]

28. Heck, I love and respect Speaker Nancy Pelosi

She is the epitome of a Leader. Unequivocally, she's a total Bad Ass.
She has control of her Caucus, and she doesn't take bullshit from anyone.

If the Senate fails to pass Jan 6 BipartisanCommission, I believe she will invoke and create a Select Committee with her caucus to Investigate the January Resurrection. It takes a Lady and a fighter and you will see her totally shine as a Leader of the House!!


The Senate is another story!

[StarfishSaver]

32. You accused "our Congressional Leaders and Reps" which includes Pelosi

of not "kicking a## as opposed to BS," so I wondered.

[Kahuna]

17. He'd be fine. I also like Amy Klobuchar. nt

[NewEnglandAutumn]

19. I like him

I live in his district and really like him.

[Snackshack]

20. I think

Amy Klobuchar would be good...now.

Schumer is not getting it done. I keep seeing tweets from him about how today would be a good day for President Biden to cancel student debt...but that’s it. Nothing on anyway to deal with the Manchin issue which has effectively made Mitch the defacto leader since he is still obstructing the Dems while Manchin is in his pocket & still calling the shots.

[DFW]

22. I'd be OK with Whitehouse

I‘d be thrilled with Klobuchar

[Crunchy Frog]

23. I just want someone who's tough, Machiavellian, and ruthless.

[brooklynite]

30. Doesn't stand out in the crows to me...

What in his background supports the ability to build consensus and manage votes?

[denbot]

31. I'd be fine with it.

Not dissatisfied with our current leadership, but yeah.

[BComplex]

33. He's one of my favorite senators. He's also a brilliant legal mind. Democrats would do well to have

Sheldon Whitehouse at the head of the Senate.

[Hortensis]

34. Shrug. Choice of his fellow senators, who know each other well.

He's chair of the subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights of the Senate Judiciary Committee and chair of the Caucus on International Narcotics Control.

Fwiw, govtrack.us shows him middle of the pack for leadership and ideology, close to where Schumer and Pelosi also are shown. But the leadership skills a majority leader should have go well beyond what's represented by their legislative-success metrics.

https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/sheldon_whitehouse/412247