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Demsrule86

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14. It wasn't moderates that lost us elections...when we lost them...we lost the majority for 10

Reply to liskddksil (Reply #2)

Fri Mar 5, 2021, 07:48 PM

Mar 2021

years in the House and six years in the Senate. Face it...it is a center left country...probably more center than left.

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Centrist Democrats fcking the Democratic Party [View all] Hoochie Coochie Man Mar 2021 OP

Totally agree budkin Mar 2021 #1

They'd rather be in the minority it seems. They do a great job at losing elections liskddksil Mar 2021 #2

Who are they? BlueLucy Mar 2021 #4

The Democratic party apparatuses and a good amount of the Congress nt liskddksil Mar 2021 #6

It's just not true BlueLucy Mar 2021 #10

It wasn't moderates that lost us elections...when we lost them...we lost the majority for 10 Demsrule86 Mar 2021 #14

It's only ONE or TWO BlueLucy Mar 2021 #3

Its not just Manchin and Sinema. Numerous others had a hand in reducing the thresholds liskddksil Mar 2021 #5

The rest would have been fine with a little push. BlueLucy Mar 2021 #7

They led the way. PA_jen Mar 2021 #21

agreed NewHendoLib Mar 2021 #8

They had agreed to the bill before Johnny2X2X Mar 2021 #9

Moderates gave us the House and Senate and we will get nothing without them. Better to get a Demsrule86 Mar 2021 #11

Good luck with that. TwilightZone Mar 2021 #13

I have seen a number of posts gone...so at their own peril... Demsrule86 Mar 2021 #31

+1 LongtimeAZDem Mar 2021 #15

The promise of $2,000 checks gave us the Senate wellst0nev0ter Mar 2021 #19

And will take it away. Watch for it. nt Doremus Mar 2021 #25

Shh! We're not supposed to mention that wellst0nev0ter Mar 2021 #28

lol TwilightZone Mar 2021 #33

Both Dem candidates were behind the goops in the general wellst0nev0ter Mar 2021 #39

And the checks will go out before unemployment ends I might add. Had we held out for the Demsrule86 Mar 2021 #35

Mitch McConnell's in charge? Doremus Mar 2021 #23

"If Democrats wonder how we ended up with Trump, THIS IS IT." Yavin4 Mar 2021 #12

By base I assume you mean some progressives-not all- you ignore the fact our base did not give us Demsrule86 Mar 2021 #17

It's a bit more than that RainCaster Mar 2021 #18

Democrats got Trump because 'but her email' people from our party voted for Stein, stayed home Demsrule86 Mar 2021 #26

We have the house and senate by the thinnest margins. Centerist Dems make the party viable Amishman Mar 2021 #16

Thank you. And even though I wish they had just passed the original bill- sorry folks but without Demsrule86 Mar 2021 #20

I have never heard this from the Republican Party RainCaster Mar 2021 #22

Republican voters are loyal, based on 10,14 and 16...we can't say the same about our party. Demsrule86 Mar 2021 #29

+1 DashOneBravo Mar 2021 #34

We need more seats. gldstwmn Mar 2021 #24

That is it...but the seats we get will likely be from Centrist or even red states so we do what we Demsrule86 Mar 2021 #27

I can't believe anyone in West Virginia wants gldstwmn Mar 2021 #32

He is probably playing to the donors who support his campaign. But many in WVA are on the dole... Demsrule86 Mar 2021 #36

Then we need to elect more Democrats from purple states, Blue_true Mar 2021 #30

What purple states do you have in mind? Demsrule86 Mar 2021 #37

Pennsylvania. Keep the senior seat in Georgia and the Junior seat in Arizona. Blue_true Mar 2021 #38