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47. As usual, 'the powers that be' act like an ostrich hiding its head in a hole when it comes to

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Cheri Bustos (DCCC): "Something went wrong" [View all] brooklynite Nov 2020 OP

they need to shake up their marketing TheRealNorth Nov 2020 #1

Who or what is she furious at? The political world? BeyondGeography Nov 2020 #2

UPDATE: Abigail Spanburger (VA-7) lays blame... brooklynite Nov 2020 #3

Bingo. Sogo Nov 2020 #10

And yet, Pelosi and the moderates will be blamed StarfishSaver Nov 2020 #36

Spanberger is right. Blue_true Nov 2020 #16

Yes, yes, and yes! StarryNite Nov 2020 #18

defund the police stopdiggin Nov 2020 #28

Defund the Police kept us from picking up House seats here in TX JCMach1 Nov 2020 #31

AOC, are you listening? W_HAMILTON Nov 2020 #29

Best reply to that tweet here Autumn Nov 2020 #43

yes, the Rethugs have been screaming COMMIE! Socialist!! since FDR days Celerity Nov 2020 #48

Excellent post DeminPennswoods Nov 2020 #56

Fantastic post Cel. Thank you for that. That really explains a lot. Autumn Nov 2020 #58

Yep. Music Man Nov 2020 #44

We don't say socialism treestar Nov 2020 #53

Its obvious angrychair Nov 2020 #4

We could start by not trying to sell re-defined "socialism". brooklynite Nov 2020 #5

this nt Kahuna Nov 2020 #19

The great "red scare" angrychair Nov 2020 #21

Red scare works. Blue_true Nov 2020 #30

yeah. all of that, and STOP w/ the "socialism" stopdiggin Nov 2020 #40

We need to be less "intellectual" BGBD Nov 2020 #41

+1 uponit7771 Nov 2020 #49

I would call it a stupid, futile attempt to redefine the word socialism itself when all they are Celerity Nov 2020 #50

But it's not us who says it! EllieBC Nov 2020 #8

Well, some Dems come close Poiuyt Nov 2020 #23

I believe use of the term "left wing progressive" Blue_true Nov 2020 #33

The day wikipedia, yeah that wikipedia removes both... ahoysrcsm Nov 2020 #60

Not so. We have people that throw out numbers and make no effort to Blue_true Nov 2020 #32

Defund the police didn't help... orwell Nov 2020 #14

I have never been a fan of street protests. Blue_true Nov 2020 #34

Yes. It seems like democratic office seekers have NEVER heard the fact that Blue_true Nov 2020 #24

+1000000 crickets Nov 2020 #38

This message was self-deleted by its author diva77 Nov 2020 #45

Tampering with the mails. Widespread voter disenfranchisement. struggle4progress Nov 2020 #6

In which case how did we win the Presidency? brooklynite Nov 2020 #9

Barely... Wounded Bear Nov 2020 #12

Biden's ahead by about 3 million votes. It's only barely because of EC Kaleva Nov 2020 #26

Members aren't running nationwide. They're running in heavily gerrymandered districts StarfishSaver Nov 2020 #42

...which we were able to win in 2018. brooklynite Nov 2020 #51

2018 was very different than 2020 StarfishSaver Nov 2020 #54

By actually having landslide support struggle4progress Nov 2020 #13

we had to have a MASSIVE landslide just to achieve a close call. diva77 Nov 2020 #46

There are a lot of problems to clean up MoonlitKnight Nov 2020 #7

SO DOES THIS MEAN JOE IS NOT GOING TO WIN?? a kennedy Nov 2020 #11

No it doesn't mean that MissB Nov 2020 #17

and thank you.....sorry for yelling, my nerves are shot, I'm yelling at my husband, a kennedy Nov 2020 #22

I thoroughly understand MissB Nov 2020 #25

no, but defund police and socialism attacks hurt him also JI7 Nov 2020 #20

He was wise enough to point out over and over that he never used the term Blue_true Nov 2020 #35

there is a need for long range planning and strategy stopdiggin Nov 2020 #15

If someone would factor in the possibility of the voting machines not counting all votes as cast, diva77 Nov 2020 #27

Thank you! nt crickets Nov 2020 #39

As usual, 'the powers that be' act like an ostrich hiding its head in a hole when it comes to diva77 Nov 2020 #47

Trump Is Their Obama Aepps22 Nov 2020 #37

T H I S x 1,000,000 Cosmocat Nov 2020 #52

That's a good comparison imho DeminPennswoods Nov 2020 #57

How about we play up the FASCISM arising on the right in coming elections? Mr. Ected Nov 2020 #55

What went wrong: A lot more Trump voters came out than in 2018 andym Nov 2020 #59