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Nuclear Unicorn

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12. Why would they kill it if they can use it as a cudgel against the Dems?

Reply to strawberries (Reply #11)

Tue Nov 4, 2014, 11:48 AM

Nov 2014

And the longer it stays on the books and the Dems fight to keep it that way the longer the Des can't fight for SP.

So the GOP gets a weapon to hand its troops and the Dems get stuck defending something that only demoralizes their own troops. The GOP would be stupid to kill it at this point.

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It means -- Nuclear Unicorn Nov 2014 #5

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Why would they kill it if they can use it as a cudgel against the Dems? Nuclear Unicorn Nov 2014 #12

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