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Orrex

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5. Of course it does, and I've been saying so for months (along with many others)

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Fri Oct 20, 2017, 10:14 PM

Oct 2017

This is why they're not acting against Trump: they have no fear of him threatening their majority because they've already secured their victory in 2018 and 2020.

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Extreme Redistricting Sets the Stage for a Huge Republican Stranglehold Victory in the House in 201 [View all] riversedge Oct 2017 OP

This isn't just 2018 it's in perpetuity. Gerrymandering via modern technology is forever. AJT Oct 2017 #1

That Russ Feingold lost to Johnson does not signal a very Rosey picture of where still_one Oct 2017 #4

I don't have any illusions about 2018, and the reality that the country will be changed still_one Oct 2017 #2

That ought to tell you something about the label "Progressive" and the message.I still say Democrats coolsandy Oct 2017 #3

While you make an excellent point, I suspect suspect that 2016 was a watershed still_one Oct 2017 #7

Of course it does, and I've been saying so for months (along with many others) Orrex Oct 2017 #5

I tell you, I am not at all optimistic about 2018 or 2020. Initech Oct 2017 #6