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1. Makes sense

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Thu May 5, 2016, 08:32 AM

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The GOP purge starts. [View all] kpete May 2016 OP

Makes sense Renew Deal May 2016 #1

Remember the Reagan Democrats of the 1980s? safeinOhio May 2016 #2

More likely they'll park themselves at the No Labels clubhouse... JHB May 2016 #20

Jon Huntsman... not so much. Chellee May 2016 #29

Fair enough. They should leave en masse if they have any self-respect. Nitram May 2016 #3

Sadly none of them have any self respect. redwitch May 2016 #4

You're probably right. Nitram May 2016 #5

They are there for the benefits, not us. redwitch May 2016 #34

And look for a real job? Turbineguy May 2016 #26

Sorry. If they had any self-respect Hayduke Bomgarte May 2016 #10

What's going to be amusing is watching them try to appoint a woman to any real position of power. Hugin May 2016 #6

ReThugs will almost all fall into line and NoMoreRepugs May 2016 #7

Rachel was interviewing a Repuke woman who LibDemAlways May 2016 #8

There husbands decide who they should vote for. Soxfan58 May 2016 #9

Most Republican women will vote for Trump NewJeffCT May 2016 #13

My friend whose family have been Repug pols for generations in GA, lark May 2016 #33

I will say NewJeffCT May 2016 #35

I hear you. lark May 2016 #36

My belief is that a small but significant percentage will vote for Hillary.... Hekate May 2016 #31

If Texas swings blue in the wake of all this, then the GOP is dead. Orrex May 2016 #11

The last Texas poll I saw NewJeffCT May 2016 #14

Trump has pissed off both women and hispanics and that might put Texas into play. Botany May 2016 #17

Yeah, that's how I've been thinking about it. Orrex May 2016 #18

Republicans cheat but you can't rig a landslide. Botany May 2016 #19

Only if they vote elljay May 2016 #28

This year is very different. Latinos will show up enmasse AgadorSparticus May 2016 #38

I hope it will be different but it has difficult to get Hispanics to vote for years. Jim Beard May 2016 #39

Yes it had. But no one has ever threatened to round then up and deport them. AgadorSparticus May 2016 #40

How is that different from what we're going to see right here? /nt Marr May 2016 #12

Will the last sane Republican to leave the party bullsnarfle May 2016 #15

I guess the light will remain on. nt Lucky Luciano May 2016 #16

Do the adults finally get to take back the GOP? PeoViejo May 2016 #21

Which ones? The ones in diapers, or the ones molesting the pages? n/t Hydra May 2016 #37

The idiot male Drumpf supporter I know is full on Drumpf ffr May 2016 #22

*sad trombone* Fast Walker 52 May 2016 #23

Sounds like a Hillary supporter on DU telling Bernie supporters to go away. n/t Dawgs May 2016 #24

Debbie Wasserman's crew should get the same message. JustABozoOnThisBus May 2016 #25

I'll bet a lot of GOP staffers will keep their jobs until they land another job vlyons May 2016 #27

The Only Person I Know SDJay May 2016 #30

That's what happens when your litter consists entirely of runts rocktivity May 2016 #32