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SoCalDem

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3. There willl always be blue-dogs..but this is why the 60-vote things HAS to end

Reply to geek tragedy (Reply #2)

Wed Apr 17, 2013, 07:00 PM

Apr 2013

Long gone are the days when dems held a substantial majority.. For the foreseeable future we will have a razor thin edge (in either favor), and there are hardly any republicans who will stray our way, and there are always dems who will vote with republicans (see the Bush Era senate)

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JUST SENT MAX BAUCUS A FLAMING EMAIL [View all] montanacowboy Apr 2013 OP

The republican who replaces him (and tips the senate red) thanks you SoCalDem Apr 2013 #1

Joe Manchin represents the state that hates Obama more than any other. geek tragedy Apr 2013 #2

There willl always be blue-dogs..but this is why the 60-vote things HAS to end SoCalDem Apr 2013 #3

The filibuster killed the NRA's reciprocity amendment, which got 57 votes today. geek tragedy Apr 2013 #4

just in time for the republican monopoly in 2016 HiPointDem Apr 2013 #5

I'm "chaining" that one to Obama. n/t L0oniX Apr 2013 #9

"there are always dems who will vote with republicans" hell... L0oniX Apr 2013 #8

Politics is ugly, nasty, dirty, no matter who's in charge SoCalDem Apr 2013 #10

What's the difference anyway? WHAT'S THE FUCKING DIFFERENCE? hatrack Apr 2013 #11

That's the Problem ChangeUp106 Apr 2013 #12

Elimination of the 60 vote "rule" ends the nonsense too SoCalDem Apr 2013 #13

thank you, montanacowboy Cha Apr 2013 #6

This should be no surprise after Obama put him in charge of fucking over single payer health care. L0oniX Apr 2013 #7