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Wed May 18, 2016, 08:57 AM May 2016

sounds like what Barack Obama faced when he was taking office

...and republicans vowed to fight his presidency.

You're still arguing with the campaign rhetoric you Sanders fans invented for this primary. I don't know what you expect to get out of all of that. Sounds like you will be indistinguishable from the rest of the opposition to a Clinton presidency. I won't be bullied by a faction of the party which thinks losing an election entitles them to consideration above all of those who supported Hillary, and neither will the Democratic party. You want to advance your agenda, you'll need to get busy coalition-building. You have zero new legislators carrying the Sanders agenda into office, because he didn't lift a finger to support and enable any. You have but a handful who supported him in this race.

I can see you don't fully comprehend what it means to lose the election. It should be a sobering experience for those who insisted all along there was some massive uprising that would sweep Hillary aside and install their hapless leader. Good luck with your impending irrelevancy.

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