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lovemydog

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25. While I'd love for that to be true, I think

Reply to FSogol (Reply #21)

Thu Apr 2, 2015, 03:34 PM

Apr 2015

it's on the optimistic side. The republican party currently controls both Houses of Congress. It doesn't appear to me to be in decline.

If the nation is about to swing left - and I hope it does! - we need candidates who strongly distinguish themselves from republicans. Who clearly articulate and publicize how they differ from republicans and what they offer to potential voters.

We need people voting for them out of enthusiasm for their policies. The democratic party needs voters at every level, in all elections.

I don't look at it as all up to the voters or all up to the candidates. I think it's a little of both. And I think that's a real challenge for the democratic party going forward, as it needs voter enthusiasm and large voter turnout for its candidates to get elected.

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Conservatives spend 25 hours a day looking for "work-arounds" [View all] SoCalDem Apr 2015 OP

They're way overdue for the tar pits! Lars39 Apr 2015 #1

No, their problem is, they DON'T know why they are failing. DetlefK Apr 2015 #2

Lol on the 'cut taxes' crap. lovemydog Apr 2015 #4

Yep Cosmocat Apr 2015 #7

They don't care about the social issues as long as their sucker GOP voter base can be tricked into GoneFishin Apr 2015 #15

"Cut taxes" sounds good to people, generally mindwalker_i Apr 2015 #22

What scares me is that while we talk about their demise and they should be malaise Apr 2015 #3

I know malaise, that bugs me so much as well. lovemydog Apr 2015 #6

We are digging in sand Cosmocat Apr 2015 #9

What is the basis for you opinion that 'The democratic party is dead, almost literally. lovemydog Apr 2015 #11

It might help if more of our progressive candidates ran like Bernie Saunders. They seem to be jwirr Apr 2015 #18

I agree. Distinguish themselves from lovemydog Apr 2015 #23

The basis of my opinion is reality Cosmocat Apr 2015 #28

That's a lot of my reality too. lovemydog Apr 2015 #29

The other thing is Cosmocat Apr 2015 #33

Cosmocat, you need to take a deep breath... Nitram Apr 2015 #14

Seriously. The nation is about to swing left. The noise that is distrubing you FSogol Apr 2015 #21

While I'd love for that to be true, I think lovemydog Apr 2015 #25

WTF are you talking about? Cosmocat Apr 2015 #27

It really started back in the 1960's. guillaumeb Apr 2015 #26

Yeah Cosmocat Apr 2015 #34

They spend all this time on a work-around without lovemydog Apr 2015 #5

there is a very easy work around - copy the federal law word for word. jwirr Apr 2015 #19

Agreed. Republicans don't want to do that because they want to discriminate lovemydog Apr 2015 #30

"They don't even want gay people to have cake" Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2015 #8

They're just lucky to have an enabling 'partern'.... daleanime Apr 2015 #10

well said rurallib Apr 2015 #12

Willful ignorance maindawg Apr 2015 #13

time to turn off the mic olddots Apr 2015 #16

The religious right has convinced their followers that Christianity LeftinOH Apr 2015 #17

It's a sign of how powerless they are becoming, you are right on the mark. randome Apr 2015 #20

Jeb Bush wants 'consensus-oriented approach' moondust Apr 2015 #24

Fuck Jeb Bush. Fuck that discriminatory law. lovemydog Apr 2015 #31

yes, and that leads to application of "It's not illegal" defenses HereSince1628 Apr 2015 #32