Gorsuch warning Liberals to Senate Democrats: Reject Trump's Supreme Court pick or else

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65. I disagree.

Part of the reason Democrats get no respect is because many of them are not willing to stand up for the principles of the Democratic Party. There's always room for compromise on many issues, but they must put a line in the sand somewhere or nobody is going to respect them. We all saw them fold on Thomas and know what a disaster that was. Even if you can't stop it at least we stood for something. Besides which I don't think we can win national elections without support from the "far left". Traditionally the Democratic Party has had some support from leftist parties. I know they are not huge in number, but they are very active. Hillary got zip from them this time around. I've watched them leave in droves. The assumption that non party members are in the middle is complete BS.When my friends ask me why I don't leave the party I tell the story of the miner who lost his paycheck in a poker game every Friday night. When one of his friends told him the game was crooked, his response was "I know that, but it's the only game in town." There just is no way for a third party to work except as a spoiler, so the only bargaining chip you have is to take a promise in turn for support. Other than that it's an ego trip.