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Meldread

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3. That would be idiotic. You would just throw the election to the House....

Reply to oh08dem (Reply #2)

Wed Mar 2, 2016, 02:11 AM

Mar 2016

....who would ultimately vote in favor of the Republican, and give us whatever they put forward.

Granted, it's more complicated than that, but it's not a chance worth taking, considering the fact Republicans would be dividing their party in half more or less giving the Democratic nominee the election on a silver platter. Not to mention the Supreme Court and likely the Senate as well.

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