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Demsrule86

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26. I get it now...you feel Bernie supporters don't have a place in the big tent...I have not seen that.

Wed Jun 27, 2018, 09:16 AM

Jun 2018

If you would like to explain the circumstances, I could understand better...where I volunteer...all you need is to be breathing and follow the few rules concerning voter contact.

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The Democratic Party is the "big tent" Party. [View all] kentuck Jun 2018 OP

why we need to see the moderate republicans flock to democrats both as voters and candidates beachbum bob Jun 2018 #1

This is how WE The People win. The only way WE win. Hortensis Jun 2018 #11

+1000 Demsrule86 Jun 2018 #33

K&R nt NCTraveler Jun 2018 #2

The republicans are a tent... N_E_1 for Tennis Jun 2018 #3

Except this is the reason we're getting criticized for not coming up with a clear message. Baitball Blogger Jun 2018 #4

Life is not as simple as Republicans want it to be. kentuck Jun 2018 #5

Is it compromise? Or has the party historically thrown some of its supporters under the bus? Baitball Blogger Jun 2018 #6

Hopefully we have learned from the past... kentuck Jun 2018 #7

My vote will always be Democratic, but, we need to talk truths, since we Baitball Blogger Jun 2018 #8

I think that is the job of leadership. kentuck Jun 2018 #9

This win from Alexandria Octavia-Cortez opened my eyes. Baitball Blogger Jun 2018 #10

She will not advance her agenda in the Congress in my opinion. Demsrule86 Jun 2018 #31

We have let them frame issues since I remember awesomerwb1 Jun 2018 #34

They can reach their voters with just two words. Baitball Blogger Jun 2018 #37

Not true...there is no one message but health care minimum wage...social security etc. all Demsrule86 Jun 2018 #15

As good as those objectives are, they are helping the right see us as the Baitball Blogger Jun 2018 #18

Isn't it time to say? kentuck Jun 2018 #27

If they join the Democratic Party absolutely...but if they choose the independent route than no. Demsrule86 Jun 2018 #30

Healthcare is why we are winning and the tea party held signs that said 'get your Demsrule86 Jun 2018 #36

Messaging. Baitball Blogger Jun 2018 #38

The platform will not work in red states. Thus we need to tailor or message...this year, we are Demsrule86 Jun 2018 #41

+1 Baitball Blogger Jun 2018 #47

People don't know what socialism is. Public funding is not synonymous with socialism. Garrett78 Jun 2018 #43

Democrats have "A Better Deal" NewJeffCT Jun 2018 #20

You know, NJCT, I think the reason why the right is more successful with this is that Baitball Blogger Jun 2018 #22

In my opinion, they have been more successful because of the loyalty of their voters. Demsrule86 Jun 2018 #29

Their party has been able to dehumanize us, so they stopped listening. Baitball Blogger Jun 2018 #35

The eminent domain issue NewJeffCT Jun 2018 #39

I doubt any of them do. Demsrule86 Jun 2018 #42

Messaging has always been a problem for Democrats. octoberlib Jun 2018 #40

But I am not ONLY anti-republican... Ferrets are Cool Jun 2018 #25

We just need to shine a light on where our pro-human being platform Baitball Blogger Jun 2018 #32

And GOP holds kidnapped babies in tent cities in the desert. lagomorph777 Jun 2018 #12

And that is why we will win this time world wide wally Jun 2018 #13

we babble big tent, not sure of the reality dembotoz Jun 2018 #14

Look at the Senate...tell me how you get a majority without moderates to conservatives. It is not Demsrule86 Jun 2018 #16

i continue to find folks who find no home in this party dembotoz Jun 2018 #19

What has that to do with the Senate...and the Bernie folks vs the party meme...is divisive. Either Demsrule86 Jun 2018 #23

I get it now...you feel Bernie supporters don't have a place in the big tent...I have not seen that. Demsrule86 Jun 2018 #26

i sure as hell have. most recently ganging up and putting down more lefty views then theirs dembotoz Jun 2018 #45

Is this your local party? I have never seen any left views put down...and I live in Ohio...I did Demsrule86 Jun 2018 #46

next county over...was at an event and saw it with my own peepers dembotoz Jun 2018 #48

I'm not sure we're babbling about it anymore Blue_Adept Jun 2018 #24

Yep octoberlib Jun 2018 #17

Well said. PatrickforO Jun 2018 #21

I am also...and have done so for years. Demsrule86 Jun 2018 #28

We need to win the independents and non-affiliateds over FakeNoose Jun 2018 #44