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madokie

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34. I'm not 100 percent sure

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Sun Dec 7, 2014, 11:40 AM

Dec 2014

that we don't have a vote recording/counting problem here in America today

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A question for knowledgeable DUers...? [View all] kentuck Dec 2014 OP

No matter the region, skin color, religion, politics people can feel what happens liberal_at_heart Dec 2014 #1

Excellent post! This notion that good Dems 'can't win' in certain states is nonsense. Dems sabrina 1 Dec 2014 #19

I would caution against drawing broad conclusions from this. CBHagman Dec 2014 #2

Resume Howard Dean's 50 state strategy, elleng Dec 2014 #3

Just because something works well, it doesn't mean it shouldn't MannyGoldstein Dec 2014 #4

'Better things' don't lead to failure. elleng Dec 2014 #5

I think the 50-State strategy was a good thing... truebluegreen Dec 2014 #30

After Dems won everything in 2008 people were hopeful for real change. But then people were told sabrina 1 Dec 2014 #6

so why did Andrew Cuomo get re-elected in New York ? JI7 Dec 2014 #7

Same reason Landrieu won before Dem voters had had enough. sabrina 1 Dec 2014 #9

there are a lot more democrats in ny , if dems don't support how could he not only win the election JI7 Dec 2014 #10

Upstate NY is not Democratic, neither is Nassau Co. The perception that NY is liberal is sabrina 1 Dec 2014 #11

but governors are elected by the entire state, and the other guy got like 80 percent of republican JI7 Dec 2014 #12

Excuse me, I think I already said that Republicans support him. Are you saying that we Dems sabrina 1 Dec 2014 #13

no, i said the Republican got 80 percent of Republican support, so you are wrong in claiming JI7 Dec 2014 #14

Cuomo won because the other guy was so bad the people were left with no choice. sabrina 1 Dec 2014 #23

if democrats didn't want cuomo JI7 Dec 2014 #24

Do you like to see Dems losing, both Congress and now the Senate? sabrina 1 Dec 2014 #25

cuomo wasn't running for congress JI7 Dec 2014 #26

We lost due to Third Way policies, period. Now it's time to return to the Party's sabrina 1 Dec 2014 #27

cuomo did not lose the elEction JI7 Dec 2014 #29

Cuomo played dirty. He wouldn't debate Teachout. He said it wavesofeuphoria Dec 2014 #31

he still got most democratic support JI7 Dec 2014 #32

if their interest is hating black people they are voting their interest by electing teabaggers JI7 Dec 2014 #8

I love your post sabrina. I think you are spot on. liberal_at_heart Dec 2014 #16

Another excellent post from one of DU's finest members. Thanks sabrina 1. Scuba Dec 2014 #21

No Dems at all left in the South moderate or otherwise Man from Pickens Dec 2014 #15

well, there is still hfojvt Dec 2014 #17

Well there's still Tester Recursion Dec 2014 #18

Do you ever feel that you are throwing meringues into a black hole? N.T. Donald Ian Rankin Dec 2014 #20

Where is your list of progressive candidates for those states? JoePhilly Dec 2014 #22

Where is the party's list of progressives ANYWHERE? Do they have one? How about NJ? sabrina 1 Dec 2014 #28

Of course they should not 'give up' on states. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Dec 2014 #33

I'm not 100 percent sure madokie Dec 2014 #34