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nashville_brook

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1. best example of this was folding on immigration -- this was a fight we needed to have

Reply to Bjorn Against (Original post)

Wed Nov 5, 2014, 10:15 PM

Nov 2014

we didn't win any old white men b/c of taking it off the table temporarily -- and it likely lost many latino votes. i know it took the wind out of the sails of folks who'd been working on it for years.

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We don't need to reach out to the "center", we need to reach out to the common people [View all] Bjorn Against Nov 2014 OP

best example of this was folding on immigration -- this was a fight we needed to have nashville_brook Nov 2014 #1

As Kos said. Obama shit on Latinos and Asians. FogerRox Nov 2014 #21

Could not agree more. zeemike Nov 2014 #2

and life gets tougher every day for the common people. mopinko Nov 2014 #3

K and R. K and R. K and R. K and R. bigwillq Nov 2014 #4

HellYES, Bjorn... MrMickeysMom Nov 2014 #5

Agree 100x. Thanks. appalachiablue Nov 2014 #6

There is no "center". Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2014 #7

I pretty much agree with that Bjorn Against Nov 2014 #10

"Third Way" Dems are indistinguishable from classic Wall Street Republicans. Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2014 #11

I think many of them are Wall Street Republicans Bjorn Against Nov 2014 #13

Part of this dates WAY back... Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2014 #14

Newest Oxfam Report: The richest make $500,000-per-minute jtuck004 Nov 2014 #8

There is no center AgingAmerican Nov 2014 #9

Just common sense RobertEarl Nov 2014 #12

I lived in Wichita, KS for 9/11 and a couple of years after... Last_Stand Nov 2014 #15

I would begin the quest TBF Nov 2014 #16

What is wrong with common people? Bjorn Against Nov 2014 #17

Why the label? TBF Nov 2014 #19

As you say "we are the common people" Bjorn Against Nov 2014 #20

Then be prepared to deal with icky religious people and Southerners. Dreamer Tatum Nov 2014 #18