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12. Why not consider what would motivate DEMOCRATIC voters & non-voters

Sun Sep 2, 2018, 02:27 PM

Sep 2018

to go to the polls and vote for Democrats?

Centrists seem to be playing a defensive game at best, which leads to marginal victories at best, then they take incremental action that non-policy wonks can't always appreciate, giving the GOP an opening to retake power.

When Reaganomics was ascendant, this made a sort of sense even if I didn't agree with it, but now, the GOP tax, budget, and deregulation policies have been proven to be epic failures--yet too many Democrats fail to say this clearly, forcefully, and propose policies that Republican ones with some of the cruelty and racism left out.

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GRAPHICS: Trump impeachment poll numbers vs. other impeachees [View all] yurbud Aug 2018 OP

The difference between Nixon and Bush/Trump is huge. Drunken Irishman Aug 2018 #1

It's odd for Democrats to make the Clinton analogy because the public never bought it yurbud Aug 2018 #3

so you think the only difference between Trump, Nixon, & Clinton is viability of removal? yurbud Sep 2018 #4

When half the country still opposes impeachment, you have a battle... Drunken Irishman Sep 2018 #5

centrist Democrats don't understand optics at all yurbud Sep 2018 #6

Not really. There's clearly not enough to push impeachment. Drunken Irishman Sep 2018 #8

how is worrying about suppressing enthusiasm of your opponent's base a winning strategy? yurbud Sep 2018 #9

It wouldnt Suppress the opponents fallout87 Sep 2018 #11

Why not consider what would motivate DEMOCRATIC voters & non-voters yurbud Sep 2018 #12

Thank you empedocles Aug 2018 #2

and Trump's numbers are like that even before the Mueller report has come out renate Sep 2018 #7

and Nixon was a smart, competent president on some issues yurbud Sep 2018 #10