Centrist Democrats: We can work with President Trump

[Cheese Sandwich]

This relates to the Democratic primaries. Establishment centrist Democrats have kicked Bernie Sanders to the curb, red-baited him, distorted his record, and slandered his supporters.

But this trend of Democrats opening the door for Trump really shows their true colors that they would be better prepared to work with a corporate fascist than with a democratic socialist.

Getting ready for Trump wins in their home states may just be good politics for moderate senators.

"If Donald Trump is elected president there will be a great opportunity to sit down and have a conversation about what that agenda looks like,” says Sen. Heidi Heitkamp.

As Democrats portray Donald Trump as a dangerous leader for his party, most of them barely acknowledge he could be president. But some centrist Democrats say they’re ready and willing to work with the business mogul should he defeat their party’s nominee.

“The people will have a chance to vote. If Donald Trump is elected president there will be a great opportunity to sit down and have a conversation about what that agenda looks like,” explained Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.), who has long backed Hillary Clinton. “If he’s president, we’re going to have disagreement. But we’d better all figure out how to come up with an agenda for the American people.”

Getting ready for a potential Trump presidency in their home states may just be good politics for moderate senators such as Heitkamp, Jon Tester of Montana and West Virginia’s Joe Manchin. They’ll be top targets for Republicans in 2018, a midterm year that could favor the GOP if recent trends of lower turnouts in nonpresidential elections continue. And it’s a good bet that they’ll need Trump voters to keep their jobs.
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For Democrats in those states, ignoring Trump’s political success, and by extension his supporters, would be a risky move. So some Democrats say they can see some opportunities for working together during a hypothetical Trump presidency, given that the Republican front-runner has based his campaign on being a deal maker — unlike any other prominent GOP candidate this cycle.
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http://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/donald-trump-moderate-democrats-223168

[Kelvin Mace]

1. The Vichy Democrats strike again

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

8. The perfect way to describe them.

[Cheese Sandwich]

10. they earned that

definitely so

[Ferd Berfel]

2. They think its pragmatic

...as the triangle turns

[arcane1]

3. Further proof that the "D" doesn't mean jack shit.

I'm sure some "pragmatists" will be along shortly to tell us this is a Good Thing, right?

[Hiraeth]

4. I can't tell this from The Onion.

omg. Is this for real.

[Trust Buster]

6. Your candidate still lost. Get over it already.

[vi5]

7. And yet our leading Dems will campaign for these idiots....

...and we wonder why the party has no energy and can't capitalize on even the most obvious of fortunes.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

9. ...

Sounds like the sensible thing to do.