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2016 Postmortem

bigwillq

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1. Obama got the change he could get.

Reply to Cassiopeia (Original post)

Tue Jan 12, 2016, 11:36 PM

Jan 2016

I don't think real change happens unless you fix the system. And I don't see it happening under Bernie or Hillary or Martin or Donald or Marco or Jeb. That change is bigger than all of them. The system is broken---the government is broken. Not sure if anything can be done.

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I dared to hope for change in 2008 [View all] Cassiopeia Jan 2016 OP

Obama got the change he could get. bigwillq Jan 2016 #1

Some extra cross-over appeal + coattails = eliminate the GOP's ability to frustrate legislation. Betty Karlson Jan 2016 #6

Debbie's gonna have her hands full. Cassiopeia Jan 2016 #9

Saw the SOTU RobertEarl Jan 2016 #2

As am I. Cassiopeia Jan 2016 #3

Truth be told RobertEarl Jan 2016 #4

Bernie has his own way of speaking. Cassiopeia Jan 2016 #5

They say the mind has the infinite capacity to rationalize. Skwmom Jan 2016 #7

The last 7 years wasn't all bad. Cassiopeia Jan 2016 #8