Bernie Sanders Appears to Give Chuck Schumer and Obama the Answers They Want

[jpak]

Source: New York Times

A day after Senator Chuck Schumer of New York announced his decision to vote against President Obama’s deal to curtail Iran’s nuclear program, he and the president each placed a call to Bernie Sanders.

And both seemed to hang up happy.

Mr. Sanders, the independent senator from Vermont who has become the progressive darling of the Democratic presidential primary, received a call Friday morning from Mr. Schumer, the most influential Jewish member of Congress, who was reaching out to a number of fellow senators explaining the rationale for his opposition.

The subtext of the calls, of course, was Mr. Schumer’s desire to smooth his ascent as leader of the Democratic caucus. Liberals have already begun criticizing Mr. Schumer for his stance on the Iran deal, suggesting that it should disqualify him from becoming the party’s leader in the Senate.

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Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/08/07/bernie-sanders-appears-to-give-schumer-obama-answers-they-want/

[geek tragedy]

1. I guess I'm glad he's supporting the Obama administration, but disappointed that

he apparently is going to continue to support Schumer for majority/minority leader (that's the subtext I got anyways)

[Ken Burch]

8. Is there a serious effort afoot to dump Schumer as leader? n/t.

[geek tragedy]

9. not yet, but there should be nt

[jomin41]

15. MoveOn.org

[bjobotts]

19. Note how dems like Bernie treat each other.Understanding and respect

[Stainless]

2. New York Times?

Sorry, but I have little use for that rag. It is populated by Koch whores who wouldn't give Bernie the time of day!

[George II]

3. The NY Times blog (not an "article") makes it seem like they spoke to ONLY Senator Sanders....

...but I'm sure they called each and every Democratic Senator along with the Independent and probably some Republican Senators, too.

Good to see them touch on the fact that the groundwork for the deal was laid by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

[Gregorian]

16. Thanks for that context.

Even if if they did only speak to Bernie, what I learned from your post was to think beyond the headline. Step away from the headline, now!

[msongs]

4. the article is an opinion piece nt

[arcane1]

5. Interesting spin. The article doesn't even claim Schumer asked a single question.

[KeepItReal]

6. What positive did Schumer draw if Sen Sanders opposes his view?

Did Sen Sanders agree to support him as Dem leader in the Senate? Where's the detail?

This article sucks.

[George II]

11. The "article" AND the headline both suck.

[Uncle Joe]

20. This is what stood out to me.

http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/08/07/bernie-sanders-appears-to-give-schumer-obama-answers-they-want/

Asked if he thought other Democratic senators would follow Mr. Schumer in breaking with the president on one of the most important foreign policy issues of his administration, Mr. Sanders said: “Yeah, I do. I think there is, on very, very difficult votes, votes of conscience.

“It’s hard,” he continued, saying that the current Democratic leader, Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, and the minority whip, Senator Richard J. Durbin of Illinois, “will do their best to get a party line vote — and they are often successful or 98 percent successful.”

“But there are votes – we are sent here by our constituents and you can’t go home and say, ‘Well I really thought this an enormously important vote, I should have voted yes, but the leadership told me to vote no, so I voted no’ — you can’t do that,” Mr. Sanders said.

He added: “Chuck is a very smart guy and a very good senator. He and I will probably end up disagreeing on this vote.”

[red dog 1]

7. "Bernie Sanders Appears to Give Chuck Schumer & Obama the Answers They Want"??

The title of the NYT article by Jason Hoeowitz is:
"Bernie Sanders, After Call From Obama, Announces Support For Iran Deal"

"And both seemed to hang up happy."?

How did Jason Horowitz know that "both seemed to hang up happy"?

Was he there with Schumer when he "hung up happy"?

Horowitz said Sanders "appears to give Schumer & Obama the answers they want."

This is pure speculation on Mr. Horowitz's part.

WHAT answer did Sanders give to Schumer that made him "hang up happy"?

Sanders is FOR the Iran deal, while Schumer is AGAINST the Iran deal.
Why would Schumer be happy about that?

According to the NYT article cited in the OP:
"Mr. Sanders, in an interview Friday afternoon, said the lengthy conversation he had with the President clinched his support for the administration's Iran deal."

[retrowire]

13. Yeah this is crazy spin.

http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/bernie-sanders-says-hell-support-iran-nuclear-deal

[GoneFishin]

10. Schumer is a traitor. n/t

[cosmicone]

12. "progressive darling of the democratic party"

Yellow journalism ... NYT is trying to prop Bernie when he is trailing Hillary in every poll.

NYT's policy is "anyone but Hillary"

[99th_Monkey]

18. It's a matter of perspective. I'm supporting Bernie, but

"progressive darling" of the Dems, ignores that Bernie's drawing from a wide
range of demographics, not all Progressive. and it tries to relegate him to
being "just another Howard Dean or Ralph Nader" flash-in-the-pan.

But I see your side too, sort of

[HereSince1628]

14. Well, I hope that a quid-ee answer came with a quo-ee promise for more debates.

[november3rd]

17. It Should

Why would we want a man who can't support the President on the most important issue of the year to lead the party?