@marick @inthehands No. Since the 1970s, Republicans have invested in branding Democrats as weak, unmanly etc. and Republicans as tough and decisive. This is not reality, it's marketing and many people who consider themselves liberal/left have internalized it. In this case a independent NOT DEMOCRAT does something stupid that helps cultlike Republicans and people are screaming at Democrats. As for Durbin, he managed to get a lot of federal judges confirmed over 4 years with 0 margin.