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2016 Postmortem

procon

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18. So... you're counting on House Republicans to capitulate

Reply to Ron Green (Reply #17)

Mon Mar 7, 2016, 01:20 AM

Mar 2016

just because some Democrats speak up at town hall meetings?

It's a lovely flight of imagination, but the hard truth is the tea party voters had a huge bargaining chip over their elected Reps because they were the constituents who could vote them out of office if they didn't toe the line. On the other hand, Democrats can assert themselves until they're blue in the face, but here's coup de grâce, they don't vote for Republicans so they have no leverage to force them to comply and go against their own party.

It's still about the numbers, and until the math changes, your plans are simply unattainable.

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I know this won't convince anyone to change their mind, but... [View all] Fast Walker 52 Mar 2016 OP

....and he is likable HRC isnot prgrsv Mar 2016 #1

Absolutely. Bernie is almost immune from political games, because of his basic intergrity and Ron Green Mar 2016 #2

"he doesn't lie to me" HRC isnot prgrsv Mar 2016 #4

Exactly. Not to mention, I wonder how much support she will have from African Americans Fast Walker 52 Mar 2016 #13

that's always been my main concern about Hillary renate Mar 2016 #3

Gerrymandering will keep the GOP in control of the House until the next census. procon Mar 2016 #5

Control of the House is one thing; Ron Green Mar 2016 #6

As long as a Republican majority holds the House procon Mar 2016 #7

I suggest you're operating within an old paradigm, Ron Green Mar 2016 #9

The Constitution stands in the way of your assertion that the procon Mar 2016 #10

Look what the "tea party" did in 2010 Ron Green Mar 2016 #17

So... you're counting on House Republicans to capitulate procon Mar 2016 #18

Again, your frame of reference is from the past. Ron Green Mar 2016 #19

If we spent as much time getting out the down ticket votes as we do claiming we have already lost Jitter65 Mar 2016 #8

The pathway to getting out the down ticket votes is not nominating the most hated candidate in Attorney in Texas Mar 2016 #12

it is a shame how much attention the POTUS gets when congress is so critical Fast Walker 52 Mar 2016 #14

Hillary is down-ballot poison. Nominating her will result in veto-proof Republican super-majorities. Attorney in Texas Mar 2016 #11

This is the huge elephant in the room for her candidacy. Lizzie Poppet Mar 2016 #15

Her personal ambition overrides this catastrophe in her own mind. Attorney in Texas Mar 2016 #16