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procon

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12. The House will stay stuffed with Republicans until 2020.

Tue May 12, 2015, 12:22 AM

May 2015

As long as they control so many states the GOP will continue to use gerrymandering to pack the House. Those election districts won't change until after the next census in 2020. They've rigged the vote so even if more Dems vote, because of how the districts are drawn, Republicans still win so its not very likely to produce any sort of wave in the House.

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What would a President Sanders accomplish [View all] redstateblues May 2015 OP

I can guarantee you that he would appoint at least 2 maybe 3 liberal Supreme Court judges notadmblnd May 2015 #1

He would have to get them confirmed after appointing, so we need 60 Democrats in the Senate. Thinkingabout May 2015 #4

HRC would also have to get 60 votes as would any Republian President appointing conservative judges notadmblnd May 2015 #5

Exactly, this is how the process works, it is more than the president nominating the judge. Thinkingabout May 2015 #7

He would stick to his morals and promises marym625 May 2015 #2

Fight Nite Owl May 2015 #3

Get real. procon May 2015 #10

The president has the bully pulpit AgingAmerican May 2015 #14

Yes, he has the bully pulpit procon May 2015 #21

Defeatism: an attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat AgingAmerican May 2015 #24

Faith and name-calling are very poor substitutes for evidence. Donald Ian Rankin May 2015 #27

Strawman AgingAmerican May 2015 #28

That is not a strawman. That person in no way misconstrued your argument. stevenleser May 2015 #55

It's a strawman AgingAmerican May 2015 #56

Only if you don't know what a strawman means. That person got your argument exactly right. nt stevenleser May 2015 #57

A straw man is a common form of argument and is a fallacy based on false representation of AgingAmerican May 2015 #58

And they did not falsely represent your position at all. Your position involved faith & namecalling. stevenleser May 2015 #59

Defeatism isn't a 'name' AgingAmerican May 2015 #60

You are saying it is defeatism right? So folks saying it are, by implication, being defeatist. stevenleser May 2015 #61

So you refuse to watch it AgingAmerican May 2015 #62

Watch what? nt stevenleser May 2015 #63

This message was self-deleted by its author AgingAmerican May 2015 #23

Exactly Nite Owl May 2015 #31

Meh, pretty words. nt Bobbie Jo May 2015 #64

Unless he compromised, nothing. He would accomplish nothing. n/t Lil Missy May 2015 #6

Psychopaths don't compromise AgingAmerican May 2015 #18

WTF? nt. NCTraveler May 2015 #39

List the compromises we got from the GOP psychopaths AgingAmerican May 2015 #42

No thanks Dr. Frist. Nt NCTraveler May 2015 #44

Gallup Poll Finds Democrats More Compassionate; Republicans More Psychopathic AgingAmerican May 2015 #46

You are very poorly educated on terms. Very poorly. nt. NCTraveler May 2015 #50

Don't take my word for it AgingAmerican May 2015 #65

God, this forum has jumped the shark. nt sufrommich May 2015 #40

Be nice. NCTraveler May 2015 #41

List the compromises the GOP gave AgingAmerican May 2015 #43

Exactly, so why bother caring about it? Fumesucker May 2015 #8

For him to even win the nomination it's going to have to be a huge popular uprising Cheese Sandwich May 2015 #9

The House will stay stuffed with Republicans until 2020. procon May 2015 #12

I still think voting has an impact on the US House races. Cheese Sandwich May 2015 #16

That'd not how gerrymandering works. procon May 2015 #22

There are still alot of districts where the margin of victory is under 10%. Cheese Sandwich May 2015 #37

He sure as hell would not shame TM99 May 2015 #11

+1 and he'd never use Social Security as a bargaining chip. CharlotteVale May 2015 #19

Yes! TM99 May 2015 #25

At least keep the crooks out of his own administration, cease dragnet surveillance, stop TheKentuckian May 2015 #13

Let's find out. Marr May 2015 #15

+1 CharlotteVale May 2015 #20

THIS. +1 LWolf May 2015 #45

Defeatism AgingAmerican May 2015 #17

But how can Bernie do anything against that Republican Senate? MelungeonWoman May 2015 #48

It's called the 'Bully Pulpit". AgingAmerican May 2015 #49

The entirety of the rationale behind support for Hillary is defeatism. Maedhros May 2015 #51

It isn't a very good way to win people over AgingAmerican May 2015 #53

How to Solve America's Biggest Problems with Bernie Sanders! AgingAmerican May 2015 #26

He will irritate Republicans to total irrationality. gordianot May 2015 #29

So - why care if he is president, if no Democratic president could get anything done? djean111 May 2015 #30

They are defeatists AgingAmerican May 2015 #32

Actually they are just (subtly, they think :-)) trying to discourage Bernie's supporters. djean111 May 2015 #33

They have used defeatism to excuse Obama's failings AgingAmerican May 2015 #34

Yes, defeatism is just the excuse. You are right, there. djean111 May 2015 #35

So basically we're screwed with Sanders or Clinton or Chafee or whoever enters the race? ScreamingMeemie May 2015 #36

Would it matter? sufrommich May 2015 #38

Tax the rich and their corporations... Octafish May 2015 #47

RedStateBlues is correct JustAnotherGen May 2015 #52

He would achieve in proportion to his salesmanship... Orsino May 2015 #54