Mark Kelly's early retirement

Mark Kelly must've opted to spend more time with his wife after the midterm elections. FYI- Kelly's wife is former AZ Congresswoman Gabby Giffords. But I digress.

Yesterday, Kelly voted to eliminate the Senate's filibuster. That alone isn't a career-ender by itself. Bernie Sanders isn't in trouble after joining Kelly in voting to eliminate the filibuster. Bernie's from Vermont so he's just fine. Kelly, though, is from purple Arizona.

Kelly isn't the only Democrat to walk the plank with their anti-filibuster vote yesterday. He's just the most vulnerable of the senators. Other vulnerable Democrats who voted to eliminate the filibuster who are up for re-election this year include Catherine Cortez-Masto of Nevada, Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire, Raphael Warnock of Georgia and, perhaps, Michael Bennet of Colorado.

It's easy to figure out why Sen. Schumer pushed this vote. He's worried that AOC will primary him if he didn't go full-scale crazy. This is sure to earn him enemies within his caucus because he made others cast difficult votes so he wouldn't get primaried.

Here's Mitch McConnell's victory lap speech from last night:

Last night's vote was a gift from Sen. Schumer to the Senate GOP. It isn't guaranteed but it isn't a stretch to think that this vote changes Election Night's outcome from Republicans +1 to Republicans +3-5 in the Senate.

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