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Tom Rinaldo

(22,912 posts)
9. It's the Republican Budget and "Health Care" proposals, not Russia, that can trigger a 2018 tsunami
Thu May 25, 2017, 09:00 AM
May 2017

We need back to back huge wave elections to undo the damage the Right, and the oligarchs, have caused. Not just victories. We need a veto proof Senate to restore justice to our tax codes for example, or there will never be the money needed to address our nation's real problems. That means we need to win over some of the Trump voters from among all those now being betrayed by his Administration and Republicans in Congress. With the amount of pain their announced plans will cause, this is now doable. People are seldom as wide awake as when their fear and pain is most acute.

We DON'T need most Trump voters. Just 5 to 10% percent of them, coupled with better Democratic turnout, and we can totally remake this nation. An opportunity like this rarely comes along, but we can realign America politics if we get our messaging right. No retreat on "social issues", but press our advantage on economic ones.

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