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Jim Lane

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16. I share your concern about checks and balances, but I'm not sure voters do

Reply to Honeycombe8 (Reply #13)

Thu Dec 6, 2018, 04:18 PM

Dec 2018

You write, "There is no evidence that Obamacare played any significant part" in the blue wave. The evidence is that Democratic candidates paid a lot more attention to health care than to checks and balances (see the information I posted in #14). As between "James Madison would have disapproved of Trump" and "The Republicans are trying to push Granny off the cliff," the latter is more likely to be a winning message with most people.

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Did 33 Republicans Who Voted to Repeal Obamacare Lose Their Congressional Seats? [View all] ffr Dec 2018 OP

KnR! Hekate Dec 2018 #1

How many kept their seats? onenote Dec 2018 #2

Yes - that's the obvious question. Let's have all the counts/percentages. erronis Dec 2018 #5

All the Senate, except McCain, voted to repeal, right? They were re-elected. Honeycombe8 Dec 2018 #6

Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins were also no votes progree Dec 2018 #9

Thx. nt Honeycombe8 Dec 2018 #10

McCain voted multiple times, at different parts of processes, WeekiWater Dec 2018 #17

For the mid-terms....the last votes...almost all Senators voted to repeal. Honeycombe8 Dec 2018 #18

Good n/t malaise Dec 2018 #3

Karma is a bitch Laura PourMeADrink Dec 2018 #4

Pretty sure that means that the 200 who DID vote to repeal Obamacare were re-elected. Honeycombe8 Dec 2018 #7

most of those are in solid red areas JI7 Dec 2018 #12

You see how the two things are unrelated, then? 30 Repubs with blue eyes were NOT re-elected! Honeycombe8 Dec 2018 #13

the ones who lost faced opponents who ran on health care. Demsrule86 Dec 2018 #15

I share your concern about checks and balances, but I'm not sure voters do Jim Lane Dec 2018 #16

Snakes need to crawl back under their rocks. oasis Dec 2018 #8

Gosh! Sure would be a shame if they couldn't afford GreenPartyVoter Dec 2018 #11

Health care was definitely a big reason Jim Lane Dec 2018 #14