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JoePhilly

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Reply to Jackpine Radical (Reply #6)

Mon Mar 23, 2015, 09:32 PM

Mar 2015

... Dems try to make government work.

So they seek compromise because if they simply allow the GOP to shut everything down, the government ceases to function, which again, is the GOP goal.

The dems are stuck.

They can do nothing, which is what the GOP wants. Or, they can try to govern imperfectly, which pisses off the dem base.

To make the dem base happy, the dems have to do what the GOP wants most, nothing.

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So Here's A Weird Idea... 2016/2018... No Matter Who The 2016 Candidate Is... [View all] WillyT Mar 2015 OP

There is a psychological concept that I think is useful to think about Jackpine Radical Mar 2015 #1

Yet That's Always Been True... Sometimes More For Others... WillyT Mar 2015 #2

I think the apathy of the swing voters in 2010 Jackpine Radical Mar 2015 #4

You just explained the GOP plan to make government not work. JoePhilly Mar 2015 #3

Well, yeah, but the Dems haven't done much to counter it. At least not Jackpine Radical Mar 2015 #6

Try to follow me here ... JoePhilly Mar 2015 #7

This - "Or, they can try to govern imperfectly, which pisses off the dem base." Not to mention that djean111 Mar 2015 #8

If you expect perfect legislation, you aren't going to get it. JoePhilly Mar 2015 #9

I have not expected perfect legislation. That's a common straw man put-down. Not buying it. djean111 Mar 2015 #10

And That's Why I Suggest Using The Momentum Of The Presidential Election, To Convince Voters... WillyT Mar 2015 #11

I think this is the Pew poll cited? Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #5