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29. Does anyone doubt if Hillary stepped aside so Elizabeth cud lead the Democratic Party, it would make HUGE gains based on principled progressive ideas?

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The Democratic Party is in a deeper ditch than the Republican Party [View all] cali May 2015 OP

2020 is the next census and re districting... HooptieWagon May 2015 #1

Pretty horrifying. nt bananas May 2015 #2

it scares me yuiyoshida May 2015 #34

The Democratic party.. sendero May 2015 #3

+ a million!!! ^^^ RiverLover May 2015 #6

That pretty much sums it up Cosmocat May 2015 #25

Painful truth. daleanime May 2015 #27

Yup. bigwillq May 2015 #28

Who would have thought truebluegreen May 2015 #61

Bingo AgingAmerican May 2015 #62

BULLSHIT!!!! MohRokTah May 2015 #69

Blammo. hifiguy May 2015 #70

Yeah. No. Fuck Robert Draper. joshcryer May 2015 #4

what facts would you contest? cali May 2015 #5

It lacks any conception of a 50 state strategy. joshcryer May 2015 #7

Got a link for that assertion? n2doc May 2015 #8

OK. You're not contesting facts. Got it. cali May 2015 #9

WTF? Use a simple Google search. joshcryer May 2015 #11

have fun avoiding facts, josh cali May 2015 #13

You barely survived a jury apparently... Agschmid May 2015 #14

You know what I've noticed? joshcryer May 2015 #16

You'll get through it, it's an Internet board don't take it all that seriously. Agschmid May 2015 #17

Try it out, the script works. joshcryer May 2015 #18

It's not random vitriol; you have a demonstrated history of intellectual dishonesty Orrex May 2015 #35

No, it appears completely random to me. joshcryer May 2015 #42

It appears random because you deny responsbility for your posts Orrex May 2015 #48

It appears random because most people are kind. joshcryer May 2015 #51

Does your scrip also get rid of avatars? Fumesucker May 2015 #53

Yep. joshcryer May 2015 #55

If that were so more people would be happy Fumesucker May 2015 #57

For what it's worth... joshcryer May 2015 #58

Most people aren't intellectually dishonest, either. Orrex May 2015 #65

Yeah, because not backing up a claim... joshcryer May 2015 #67

Dammit. Orrex May 2015 #68

maybe your chiding would seem more sincere if cali May 2015 #32

I was just letting you know. Agschmid May 2015 #33

I said that about Robert Draper. joshcryer May 2015 #45

Here, let me Google that for you: joshcryer May 2015 #15

seriously, what is there to say about the 50 state strategy in relation cali May 2015 #20

Failure is acceptable. joshcryer May 2015 #21

Howard Dean's Fifty State Strategy brought in dozens of Blue Dog Democrats and "centrists"... DemocratSinceBirth May 2015 #37

So? joshcryer May 2015 #39

We had a Fifty State Strategy and many people on the left weren't happy with it.../NT DemocratSinceBirth May 2015 #41

That is irrelevant to the point. joshcryer May 2015 #44

My remarks aren't as much about the OP ... DemocratSinceBirth May 2015 #46

The OP is about whether the Democrats can win back congress. joshcryer May 2015 #47

We have a good shot with the next census... DemocratSinceBirth May 2015 #49

This message was self-deleted by its author joshcryer May 2015 #43

We're being routed on the state and local level davidn3600 May 2015 #10

ah but that's just shallow right wing crap- or so I'm told cali May 2015 #12

I don't remember the exact order of events, davidn3600 May 2015 #24

Because of the Fun Filibuster fredamae May 2015 #40

And because Harry Reid refused to simply 'Go Nuclear' from the very beginning. Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2015 #54

I understand fredamae May 2015 #56

Maybe we mean different things by the term. Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2015 #59

Ahhh, I see - Yes fredamae May 2015 #60

Obama had Congress for a mere 72 days. joshcryer May 2015 #50

I've laid this out countless times over the last 4 years here Cosmocat May 2015 #22

Exactly my point for needing to change the game..... daleanime May 2015 #30

We no longer have a message, and no longer serve the constituencies that made us the Doctor_J May 2015 #19

On this we agree Cosmocat May 2015 #23

A Result Of The DLC Third Way Policies - Common Folk No Longer Trust The Democrats To Fight For Them cantbeserious May 2015 #26

Does anyone doubt if Hillary stepped aside so Elizabeth cud lead the Democratic Party, it would make HUGE gains based on principled progressive ideas? InAbLuEsTaTe May 2015 #29

The party is also demoralizing the base by adopting right-wing economic policies. Or none at all. Scuba May 2015 #31

"Bending toward republican philosophies of governing" vi5 May 2015 #36

In many, many ways fredamae May 2015 #38

"Staunch defenders of the status quo"--at least on economic and foreign policy fronts. truebluegreen May 2015 #63

Absolutely...... n/t fredamae May 2015 #64

I understand the point, and I believe it has more to do with how we view the constitution.... dmosh42 May 2015 #52

hence, waking up to importance of supreme court and the inroads of the state. seabeyond May 2015 #66