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(94,692 posts) Wed Jun 27, 2018, 03:36 PM Jun 2018

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Oh FFS! elleng Jun 2018 #1

Indeed, the lesson Democrats should take from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is: Salviati Jun 2018 #2

You won't win and the GOP will use it to stop the blue wave. Demsrule86 Jun 2018 #10

She had votes and honestly...I don't even care about her being nominated anymore than if Crowley was Demsrule86 Jun 2018 #11

Fight even if you know you'll lose a battle. lagomorph777 Jun 2018 #23

Also, it helps to pay attention to your own Primary and not assume you have an easy win... brooklynite Jun 2018 #24

welcome to the dems good german club. nt msongs Jun 2018 #3

with more chapters than you think dembotoz Jun 2018 #6

"pick your battles" has become a self defeating strategy...in war, every battle counts. every one. CincyDem Jun 2018 #4

Since the filibuster is gone for nominations Jose Garcia Jun 2018 #5

first they need the will to delay or stop the nomination bigtree Jun 2018 #7

We don't need will. We need votes which we don't have. Demsrule86 Jun 2018 #9

politics isn't a static enterprise bigtree Jun 2018 #16

Fine but don't blame Democrats...you asking what is most likely impossible. Demsrule86 Jun 2018 #18

whatever you're telling me to do bigtree Jun 2018 #19

Blumenthal is now calling for a delay on SCOTUS vote until after the election emulatorloo Jun 2018 #27

They could attempt a "hold" BumRushDaShow Jun 2018 #14

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"Holding off" was a bullshit made-up obstructive move on his part. nt BumRushDaShow Jun 2018 #25

Seriously. You believe Democrats are as bad as Republicans?????????? marble falls Jun 2018 #29

Senators can refuse to answer their roll-call. appal_jack Jun 2018 #28

On a day that Gay rights is endangered as is Roe V Wade, I think that is the same argument that Demsrule86 Jun 2018 #8

We should be concentrating on Trumpism, rather than attacking Dems struggle4progress Jun 2018 #12

+1000 Demsrule86 Jun 2018 #13

just fine with you that he's seeking a centrist? bigtree Jun 2018 #15

"Centrist" has no fixed meaning: the political task in liberal democracy struggle4progress Jun 2018 #17

you must know that the political 'center' is a rhetorical invention bigtree Jun 2018 #20

We want winning coalitions. Such coalitions define "the center" -- it is not fixed struggle4progress Jun 2018 #21

you're calling a comment on a political discussion board, 'splintering?' bigtree Jun 2018 #31

Blumenthal is neither timid nor a centrist. femmedem Jun 2018 #30

I'm responding to HIS words bigtree Jun 2018 #33

Blumenthal has backtracked. Now calls for delay on SCOTUS until after the 2018 election emulatorloo Jun 2018 #26

ha! bigtree Jun 2018 #32