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Wellstone ruled

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50. Everything you posted is
Tue Jun 16, 2015, 12:32 AM
Jun 2015

exactly what I have been pushing for years. Tried to move our local Dems to get their butts in gear in the 2014 cycle. If you do not talk to the voters instead of talking at the voters you loose. Nevada Dems lost the State Legislature by not talking to the Base which is mostly Hispanic,African American and Midwestern mover iners. Yes we got out spent,but our message was do not run on our successes and instead run on false equivalency set up by the TeaBillies. Of course Harry Reid was AWOL and now he is hanging up his seat. No loss in my opinion. Nevada in 52 % Hispanic and they sure as hell aren't all illegals and many own small businesses and they are exploited by the Caucasian minority which is in turned influenced by the Monied Casino thieves. With the resurgence of housing,our Dem base has more players and the 2016 cycle should flip the Legislature as well as a couple of house seats and a safe Senate Seat. Out side of the Teabilly want to be's,the populace is very cankerous and looking for leadership and not this third way crap.

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The exposure of Micheal Fromm as Wellstone ruled Jun 2015 #1
Their biggest mistake has been ignoring the growing anger and opposition to the neocon/third way sabrina 1 Jun 2015 #49
Everything you posted is Wellstone ruled Jun 2015 #50
The incident of Jeb’s security team.. busterbrown Jun 2015 #71
What a beautifully concise overview of decades Betty Karlson Jun 2015 #57
Show me the money. Octafish Jun 2015 #2
+1 appalachiablue Jun 2015 #46
K&R. Snotcicles Jun 2015 #3
Read the whole thing it is really great and gives me real hope. jwirr Jun 2015 #4
Good post. Thanks Populist_Prole Jun 2015 #5
You Are Quite Welcome !!! WillyT Jun 2015 #32
K/R Jack Rabbit Jun 2015 #6
Anytime, Jack Rabbit... Anytime... WillyT Jun 2015 #33
greider is far more optimistic than I Doctor_J Jun 2015 #7
From Molly Ball at The Atlantic, commenting on Hillary's carefully worded speech. Ikonoklast Jun 2015 #12
I agree, and I don't understand passiveporcupine Jun 2015 #17
There are those who cannot step back, listen to what is actually said, and compare those words Ikonoklast Jun 2015 #18
You are correct passiveporcupine Jun 2015 #19
because they benefit from the status quo or have not been harmed by it (yet). nt antigop Jun 2015 #42
I don't understand either. coyote Jun 2015 #68
"everybody will have a better time.” PeoViejo Jun 2015 #29
Hillary will do nothing to upset her hedge fund and investment banker friends. Ikonoklast Jun 2015 #30
Couldn't have said it better. InAbLuEsTaTe Jun 2015 #51
You are absolutely correct. This is true no matter what she says. n/t Enthusiast Jun 2015 #60
But, "first woman president" seems to be all that matters to many. 7962 Jun 2015 #58
I'm already disappointed. That's why I support Bernie. Enthusiast Jun 2015 #59
You may be right but what I see happening is that should HRC win the nomination rhett o rick Jun 2015 #25
she will get a LOT of votes because of her gender, and a lot of crossover votes Doctor_J Jun 2015 #28
Why would the big shots have a particular preference for Clinton? Art_from_Ark Jun 2015 #44
sanity Doctor_J Jun 2015 #45
I don't know Art_from_Ark Jun 2015 #47
Yeah. They got war and stuff. They will vote for the party that promises them free stuff. Enthusiast Jun 2015 #61
I disagree. She will get part of the base of the Dem party, period. And the party's base has shrunk sabrina 1 Jun 2015 #55
"The country is starving for something other than the old status quo." Enthusiast Jun 2015 #62
I would not count on that. TM99 Jun 2015 #56
K & R Feel the Bern. L0oniX Jun 2015 #8
Good article. Really readable. JDPriestly Jun 2015 #9
Well at least our "divide" (Dems) is about bringing back some control SoapBox Jun 2015 #10
Must Read! Must Read! Must Read! SoapBox Jun 2015 #11
Great post! marym625 Jun 2015 #13
:) WillyT Jun 2015 #34
ummm... "The President Does the Job Badly, Let's Devolve Power Back to Congress..." TygrBright Jun 2015 #14
You raise an awfully good point here, TygrBright! calimary Jun 2015 #20
Inspiring. Thanks. closeupready Jun 2015 #15
Also, part of what is driving this is that even though we are still growing, growth is seen as not Gregorian Jun 2015 #16
I'm going with a mix of ignorance and arrogance zipplewrath Jun 2015 #21
What you describe in the former is competitiveness that many successful people thrive on, appalachiablue Jun 2015 #48
Huge +1! Enthusiast Jun 2015 #63
k and r. Greider helps us see the truth. bbgrunt Jun 2015 #22
I see... CanSocDem Jun 2015 #23
"they chose not him" curious but fitting Babel_17 Jun 2015 #24
Anytime... WillyT Jun 2015 #35
We nominate, and elect, very bright, and energetic, people Babel_17 Jun 2015 #26
I wouldn't say we on the left are winning. BillZBubb Jun 2015 #27
How About... Because Of OWS, Elizabeth Warren, And Bernie Sanders... We've Changed The Conversation WillyT Jun 2015 #43
That's good. Enthusiast Jun 2015 #65
That's one way of looking at it. Another way is calling this move reverse triangulation. craigmatic Jun 2015 #31
This is the perfect time for the workers to..... Hotler Jun 2015 #36
+ 1,000,000,000... What You Said !!! WillyT Jun 2015 #52
What exactly are we winning? kelliekat44 Jun 2015 #37
"A different sort of political leader might swallow pride..." MannyGoldstein Jun 2015 #38
K & R Thespian2 Jun 2015 #39
Thank you Bernie! AgingAmerican Jun 2015 #40
I actually don't think... ensemble Jun 2015 #41
Great article, thanks for posting. InAbLuEsTaTe Jun 2015 #53
You Are Quite Welcome !!! WillyT Jun 2015 #54
What did we win? n/t Orsino Jun 2015 #64
Man, I hope so. Still, winning. Doesn't sound quite right. raouldukelives Jun 2015 #66
K&R! This post should have hundreds of recommendations! Enthusiast Jun 2015 #67
K&R me b zola Jun 2015 #69
We are not the left, we are the center; we are the majority. grahamhgreen Jun 2015 #70
From the looks of it we are Charlie Sheen winning d_legendary1 Jun 2015 #72
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