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Octafish

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40. Which is why 2009 and 2010 were so important.

Thu Feb 6, 2014, 03:54 PM

Feb 2014

We the Democrats controlled both houses of Congress and the White House. With a national mandate for change, that now period represents a squandered opportunity to get important legislation passed in Washington. From the looks of institutionalized gridlock in the form of GOP-gerrymandered states and a GOP-stacked Supreme Court and federal courts that equate money and limitless political spending with freedom of speech and democracy, it may have been a once in a generation opportunity that was lost.

Who won from the gridlock? Who always wins: the Have-Mores.

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The President is NOT the Only Person We Elect! [View all] MineralMan Feb 2014 OP

Damn straight! DU Rec! Tarheel_Dem Feb 2014 #1

Thank you! MineralMan Feb 2014 #2

Only sometimes? Tarheel_Dem Feb 2014 #3

That does occur on DU. MineralMan Feb 2014 #4

Thanks for reminding me ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2014 #6

I've noticed the same thing. Thanks for posting this. Just like the post today or yesterday about okaawhatever Feb 2014 #35

Well, if I were in TN, I'd sure vote against her. MineralMan Feb 2014 #36

hey! why you kickin at me?! that's it.. PUT EM UP!!!1!!1! dionysus Feb 2014 #13

Here. Kick this guy! Tarheel_Dem Feb 2014 #22

Activism Can Also Be Positive! MineralMan Feb 2014 #5

Yes, and s/he is the only one we ALL elect. elleng Feb 2014 #7

Yes, and that's why most Presidents MineralMan Feb 2014 #8

Quite rarely they are all on the same ballot Boom Sound 416 Feb 2014 #9

True, but there are always other elections on a MineralMan Feb 2014 #10

Exactly. HappyMe Feb 2014 #11

Agreed Boom Sound 416 Feb 2014 #14

Unless you live in Oregon, that is the only office we, you and I both, vote for. Bluenorthwest Feb 2014 #12

Yes, that's true. However, that's not why I brought this up. MineralMan Feb 2014 #15

BS. When people say they aren't voting Democratic it's because the party as a whole has moved right. Dawgs Feb 2014 #16

That varies from place to place. MineralMan Feb 2014 #17

Sounds like we are on the same page then. Dawgs Feb 2014 #18

I think we are. MineralMan Feb 2014 #21

I find it ironic that you claim it's not true that people only care jaysunb Feb 2014 #27

Why not? Can Obama run again in 2016? Dawgs Feb 2014 #32

The Party moving to the Right is the root of the problem. RC Feb 2014 #34

KnR! Hekate Feb 2014 #19

Thanks! MineralMan Feb 2014 #20

Note however: He and the VP are essentially the ONLY nationwide elected officials rock Feb 2014 #23

That's the point. It's all of those local elections that really matter. MineralMan Feb 2014 #25

But it's the President and VP that matter to everybody rock Feb 2014 #28

And that's why I wrote this post. MineralMan Feb 2014 #33

This is what it's like in my insanely blue area during a primary election... SMC22307 Feb 2014 #24

Yes. Thanks for what you do locally. MineralMan Feb 2014 #26

Voting: It's not just something you do every four years flpoljunkie Feb 2014 #29

K & R Iliyah Feb 2014 #30

Technically the electoral college elects him. Rex Feb 2014 #31

I was also going to bring that up ..... oldhippie Feb 2014 #45

Local elections are so important. One of the big issues we'll be facing in the next few years is the okaawhatever Feb 2014 #37

School board elections are generally non-partisan, so party MineralMan Feb 2014 #39

Agreed. gLibDem Feb 2014 #38

Which is why 2009 and 2010 were so important. Octafish Feb 2014 #40

Yes. We dropped the ball in 2010, especially. Since the state MineralMan Feb 2014 #42

KnR sheshe2 Feb 2014 #41

Thanks very much! MineralMan Feb 2014 #43

You are quite right about sadoldgirl Feb 2014 #44