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Renew Deal

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26. Yes

Tue Aug 1, 2017, 12:37 PM

Aug 2017

"there are districts where the bench is so thin that we can't find a candidate who would be progressive."

There are also districts where said progressive wouldn't be tolerable. A Democrat isn't winning easily in some places. Look at what just happened in GA or MT.

I'd prefer to have 435 Adam Schiff's or Maxine Waters. That's just not reality.

The most important vote most house members make is for Speaker. The speaker controls the agenda. So if an anti-Choice Dem votes for Pelosi, there will not be any anti-choice legislation.

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DCCC: a gentle reminder about what progressive women do when their rights are in the crosshairs [View all] ehrnst Aug 2017 OP

K & R!!! 50 Shades Of Blue Aug 2017 #1

i never give to the dtrip, anyway. mopinko Aug 2017 #2

HRC's PAC is getting my $$$ ehrnst Aug 2017 #3

Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2017 #8

Thank You Me. Aug 2017 #4

+++ agree iluvtennis Aug 2017 #5

Yeah. Not gonna happen. No shutting up here. BadgerMom Aug 2017 #6

Yup shenmue Aug 2017 #7

NEVER FORGET THIS: There really are forces out there pushing against calimary Aug 2017 #10

Simple Things Women Couldn't Do 50 Years Ago In The US Me. Aug 2017 #22

+ Wear Pants to School CozyMystery Aug 2017 #77

Welcome to DU, CozyMystery! calimary Aug 2017 #92

Would you prefer an anti-choice Democrat that supports Medicare for all or a Renew Deal Aug 2017 #9

Would you rather see the Democratic base take their checkbooks and walk away? ehrnst Aug 2017 #11

I'm over the threats Renew Deal Aug 2017 #12

So are Democratic women. ehrnst Aug 2017 #13

++++Plus infinity ismnotwasm Aug 2017 #14

That proves my point. Renew Deal Aug 2017 #24

You apparently didn't read the whole thread that refutes that.... ehrnst Aug 2017 #29

It doesn't refute it. It's wrong. Renew Deal Aug 2017 #37

"False purity" interesting how sticking to one's guns gets called that if it ehrnst Aug 2017 #39

Fine, be over them BainsBane Aug 2017 #33

You understand that eventually primaries end right? Renew Deal Aug 2017 #46

Of course BainsBane Aug 2017 #61

Your purity has lead to the outcomes you fear. Renew Deal Aug 2017 #71

Oh dude shut the fuck up elehhhhna Aug 2017 #78

Many Dem women in my district vote for the prolife candidate. Kaleva Aug 2017 #18

What? BainsBane Aug 2017 #34

Upper Michigan Kaleva Aug 2017 #41

Here's what I would prefer: Act_of_Reparation Aug 2017 #17

Life is about choices Renew Deal Aug 2017 #25

A party that abandons its base will weaken from the inside out. (nt) ehrnst Aug 2017 #27

Wrong. Life is about surviving. Act_of_Reparation Aug 2017 #40

How many Anti-Choice bills did Pelosi put on the agenda when she was Speaker? Renew Deal Aug 2017 #58

So, the House only votes when Nancy Pelosi is speaker? Act_of_Reparation Aug 2017 #84

Who controls the house agenda? Renew Deal Aug 2017 #85

What does "irrelevant" mean? Act_of_Reparation Aug 2017 #86

Paul Ryan BainsBane Aug 2017 #93

You wouldn't know that to hear the angst about who voted no on an amendment concerning ehrnst Aug 2017 #74

The primary isn't really the point of this entire argument. Renew Deal Aug 2017 #82

That wasn't the point of my post, either. ehrnst Aug 2017 #87

That sounds like a straw man argument. charliea Aug 2017 #20

Yes Renew Deal Aug 2017 #26

Yes - the existence of unicorns as the argument for spending money on unicorn feed instead of ehrnst Aug 2017 #32

Would you prefer a candidate who supports reducing white men BainsBane Aug 2017 #21

Joe Manchin vs. Shelley Capito Renew Deal Aug 2017 #30

That isn't what this is about BainsBane Aug 2017 #44

This message was self-deleted by its author Renew Deal Aug 2017 #47

Your post is a runon sentence of fantasy. Renew Deal Aug 2017 #51

Oh, so this is about Bernie. ehrnst Aug 2017 #62

No? Renew Deal Aug 2017 #64

Why bring him into the discussion, then? ehrnst Aug 2017 #67

You obviously have no idea what the word data means. BainsBane Aug 2017 #90

I'm sick of being told that a vote on a single symbolic amendment concerning Canadian drugs ehrnst Aug 2017 #52

Let's cut to the chase here BainsBane Aug 2017 #75

Since when is the defense and protection musette_sf Aug 2017 #28

Since when is puritanism a winning strategy when controlling the House? Renew Deal Aug 2017 #31

"Puritanism?" ehrnst Aug 2017 #36

Mississippi #4 Renew Deal Aug 2017 #42

Ok, that's one. Any more? ehrnst Aug 2017 #43

218-217 Renew Deal Aug 2017 #48

Can you explain those numbers? (nt) ehrnst Aug 2017 #49

Majority of 435 house members Renew Deal Aug 2017 #50

OK, so what do the two numbers you gave represent? ehrnst Aug 2017 #53

The majority of 435 Renew Deal Aug 2017 #56

That would require far, far more than one district flipping ehrnst Aug 2017 #57

We're building a coalition. Renew Deal Aug 2017 #59

How does that answer the question about how many districts there are that would ehrnst Aug 2017 #66

That specific question is irrelevant. Renew Deal Aug 2017 #69

You know what turned the whole South Republican? BainsBane Aug 2017 #91

Thank goodness we have more than the two options you provide. LanternWaste Aug 2017 #38

And you know that's happening all over the country, and apparently that's the reason we have a GOP ehrnst Aug 2017 #45

You know this is how we gained the majority in 2006 right? Renew Deal Aug 2017 #54

What all should we give up? Gun-control? Gay rights? elehhhhna Aug 2017 #80

If there is really danger that they will take over committees loyalsister Aug 2017 #89

Well, my Congresswoman is Marcy Kaptur, and she is "pro-life" . . FairWinds Aug 2017 #15

This issue is if funds from the national party should go to her or other candidates who ehrnst Aug 2017 #19

In the primary, no. In the general election, yes. Renew Deal Aug 2017 #60

I am in a solid blue area so I have good choices--I get that ismnotwasm Aug 2017 #23

Marcy Kaptur has a 95% rating from NARAL MineralMan Aug 2017 #88

Guess my info differs . . FairWinds Aug 2017 #94

My line is a woman's right to choose, that's just the way I roll ebbie15644 Aug 2017 #16

This is why I don't give money to the DCCC or DSCC wryter2000 Aug 2017 #35

People have made this argument for years Renew Deal Aug 2017 #63

Apparently their funding anti-choice candidates has the power to ehrnst Aug 2017 #76

Yes Renew Deal Aug 2017 #81

This actually is a debate that is way overdue within the party, and it doesn't still_one Aug 2017 #55

Dean is the same Democrat that said that we shouldn't make the perfect the enemy of the good. Renew Deal Aug 2017 #65

This isn't about perfect - it's about refusing to make women's health the enemy of ehrnst Aug 2017 #68

Yes Renew Deal Aug 2017 #70

And if there was actually a significant number of districts that would go blue but for ehrnst Aug 2017 #73

You are absolutely right, and that was the premise of his 50 state strategy, but still_one Aug 2017 #83

I will never vote against my rights again. MuseRider Aug 2017 #72

Thank you, ehrnst! R B Garr Aug 2017 #79