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yallerdawg

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Tue Dec 13, 2016, 05:33 PM

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Why didn't Democrats do anything to stop Republican voter suppression in the eight years Obama was [View all] yurbud Dec 2016 OP

Thanks Obama. JTFrog Dec 2016 #1

+1 uponit7771 Dec 2016 #6

Thank you.... I've wondered that as well. EOM sfwriter Dec 2016 #2

the party's fundamental failing. mopinko Dec 2016 #3

Elections are a states level issue ... the president can't federalize elections except for the laws uponit7771 Dec 2016 #4

bully pulpit, especially during State of the Union or something. Bring up some black grandma GOP yurbud Dec 2016 #14

Come on people, we went over the Bully Pulpit bullshit already... it means nothing to people who ... uponit7771 Dec 2016 #17

You get practical laws by getting people in red or at least purple states to see the problem yurbud Dec 2016 #41

Bully Pulpit doesn't sway RepubliCon and Tea-partiers who are capturing state governments. haele Dec 2016 #24

excellent analysis. Now we have to get Democrats to fight it and not just wait for Jim Crow loving yurbud Dec 2016 #42

Oh FFS mcar Dec 2016 #32

Why didn't Democrats do anything to stop me from eating cold pizza for breakfast? betsuni Dec 2016 #5

Why didn't The Democrats cure the common cold? ismnotwasm Dec 2016 #25

They had to win (and in fact did) individual court cases against Crosscheck - some of these were so bettyellen Dec 2016 #7

They tried. onenote Dec 2016 #8

good to know. A bill like that should have been waiting on Obama's desk on day 1. yurbud Dec 2016 #16

List of voting rights bills introduced in Obama's first year in office onenote Dec 2016 #18

You know what's weird, is when politicians do the right thing, it is often hard to hear about yurbud Dec 2016 #44

That's right. yallerdawg Dec 2016 #9

Yep! JHan Dec 2016 #21

You mean besides all the lawsuits? gratuitous Dec 2016 #10

The DOJ has sued repeatedly to block voter suppression efforts Gothmog Dec 2016 #11

to fight the repugs from adding ballots RegexReader Dec 2016 #12

Does no one remember AG Holder's and DOJ'S TheDebbieDee Dec 2016 #13

I agree...that ruling was the enabler of a lot of voter suppression. Deuce Dec 2016 #20

No, you're not alone BeyondGeography Dec 2016 #27

thanks for the reminder yurbud Dec 2016 #43

THAT is what I would like to know.. nt Raine Dec 2016 #15

He doesn't have a magic wand!!! QC Dec 2016 #19

I know. ananda Dec 2016 #22

yep; there absolutely needs to be all paper ballots, all hand-counted. nt TheFrenchRazor Dec 2016 #34

Solid information in many of the replies. Nt NCTraveler Dec 2016 #23

Because these happened in STATES controlled by the Republicans KatyBR Dec 2016 #26

Does anyone remember during the Bush years bermudat Dec 2016 #28

yep, and the fraud machines just keep on counting... nt TheFrenchRazor Dec 2016 #35

I remember that it was a HUGE issue for dems before they took wiggs Dec 2016 #38

They tried. And in that effort the Voting Rights Act was effectively repealed. Tiggeroshii Dec 2016 #29

They tried. It was one of Eric Holder's biggest efforts. LisaM Dec 2016 #30

Why.........? suston96 Dec 2016 #31

Because Democrats only vote in Presidential elections doc03 Dec 2016 #33

well yes, repugs have a lot more statehouses, for whatever reason. nt TheFrenchRazor Dec 2016 #36

"Not a dime's worth of difference" mathematic Dec 2016 #37

Because these things happen in state legislatures. mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2016 #39

because the states stillcool Dec 2016 #40