2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: I know DU is Bernie Country, but in response to an earlier thread about Rachel's Interview of HRC [View all]politicaljunkie41910
(3,335 posts)sanity if we want to be taken seriously, and want to take back control of the House and Senate. But not to take back control just so we can give away a bunch of free stuff, and I'm going to keep on saying it whether people here like it or not. As for my comments regarding universal health care, I'm for it. We just can't get it through with the Congress with the current make up and there is no reason to believe that the Dems are going to take control of the House anytime soon. Bernie calling for universal health care when it's already been rejected, and is partially responsible for us losing the House in 2010 is unrealistic. It could cause us to possibly lose even more seats, as people think that the Dems can't be trusted with the purse strings, and I would agree.