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cali

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6. I question whether it's what her constituents wanted- but that's irrelevant

Reply to libdem4life (Reply #5)

Sun May 17, 2015, 10:03 AM

May 2015

anyone who thinks that a Senator or Rep is sent to Congress just to vote for what the majority of their constituents want, is wrong. The IWR vote is about the strongest example of a vote that should have been made based on the facts, who was in the WH and the cost and ramifications, and not on what constituents wanted.

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President Obama doesn't have another election to win. Joaquin Castro does [View all] cali May 2015 OP

I like him but I would rather see the U.S. exert some leverage over questionable labor policies Autumn May 2015 #1

IOW, he's a Real Democrat. His background is from the Liberal Left...you know, for the people. libdem4life May 2015 #2

yes, but political exigencies have put him in a tough spot cali May 2015 #3

I don't think it matters what positions Joaquin holds. joshcryer May 2015 #4

Did you mean Julian? Joaquin has to decide between serving his constituents or libdem4life May 2015 #8

That is so true. Been a Castro x2 fan for a long time. This is a clear example of someone like libdem4life May 2015 #5

I question whether it's what her constituents wanted- but that's irrelevant cali May 2015 #6

People were pretty clear. New Yorkers wanted to get those who slammed into the Towers. libdem4life May 2015 #9

Cuba has a one party system, so it's not as if that's going to be hard Major Nikon May 2015 #7

The Castros are Tejanos...Rubio is the Cubano. Huge difference. libdem4life May 2015 #10

What does Cuba have to do with this? MineralMan May 2015 #11

It's that last sentence/paragraph that wonders why we're being sold, excuse the pun, libdem4life May 2015 #12