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In reply to the discussion: Just a heads-up:New polls show Trump expanding his general election lead [View all]Egnever
(21,506 posts)63. You seem to be living in some sort of fantasy land
where you decide what other people are thinking and then respond to them as if they said something resembling your though process.
Heres a little something to wrap your black and white mind around The only time the house has been controlled by the democrats in the last 20 years came thanks to blue dogs and Deans 50 state strategy.
That said, the patterns are suggestive. In the 20 states we looked at -- those that have voted solidly Republican in recent presidential races -- Democratic candidates chalked up modest successes, despite the difficult political terrain. Then, after the project stopped, Democratic success rates cratered.
If Truman said that well Dean did a pretty good job of showing what a bunch of crap it was.
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Just a heads-up:New polls show Trump expanding his general election lead [View all]
NewsCenter28
May 2016
OP
'General election polls before and during the primary are predictive of absolutely nothing.'
onehandle
May 2016
#1
Oh yes indeed. Since POC, students and old people no longer have the right to vote
Jackie Wilson Said
May 2016
#2
FACT: the azzholes on the right show up to vote, no matter who! Just like soldiers.
ViseGrip
May 2016
#5
Wrong...the only people who will throw this election, if they do, will be BoB
Jackie Wilson Said
May 2016
#18
So you discount the fact that all of those blue dogs were elected because they lost later elections
Egnever
May 2016
#38
You have taken quite a valiant hike up Blue Dog mountain by first defending them, but then
R. Daneel Olivaw
May 2016
#62
Oddly that is a completly different quote than you attributed to him in the first place
Egnever
May 2016
#71
Just wait unit a certain bit of news breaks - soon. Then we'll see the situation a certain...
ChisolmTrailDem
May 2016
#7
La la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la ... bla la la... bluh bluh la la la ....
ChisolmTrailDem
May 2016
#82
Yes. I can't wait for the 24/7 ads of Trump calling Latinos criminals and rapists.
brush
May 2016
#13
Yes. And I've seen the clips of Trump encouraging violence against AAs at his rallies.
brush
May 2016
#20
Interesting that Hillary's chances of getting the Dem nomination are higher than Trump's
yellowcanine
May 2016
#55
I need to see the strata/cohorts. It's likely they aren't accounting for Trumps vulnerabilities
stevenleser
May 2016
#88
Hillary is a weak candidate. She makes people throw up a little in their mouths.
Oneironaut
May 2016
#90