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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsQuote of the Day
April 6, 2021 at 10:14 am EDT By Taegan Goddard
They just completely reinvented a coalition and their messaging overnight has gone from an Episcopalian, Presbyterian, white party to rural and non-college. They dont want to talk about free trade or anything like that. And Biden is not this polarizing figure. I mean, you cant gin it up. I mean Obama, for obvious reasons, he could get them all ginned up. They try to get a charge out of Biden, but it just doesnt work that well.
James Carville, quoted by the Daily Beast, on why Republicans have had a difficult time opposing President Bidens agenda.
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DonViejo
Apr 2021
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albacore
(2,747 posts)1. "...for obvious reasons..."...
Yup... he is black... and that gins up the racists/Republicans. Even now.
getagrip_already
(17,802 posts)2. and kamala is a black woman....
they are salivating waiting for her to emerge. It will be like a spark in a gas can.
llashram
(6,269 posts)3. this
crickets
(26,168 posts)4. "for obvious reasons" - yep. Too bad, racists.
Republicans are so invested in that one issue, when the time comes for strategy they have little else these days.