2016 Postmortem

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12. Those are laudable goals. I doubt that Bernie, if by some

Tue Apr 12, 2016, 10:48 PM

Apr 2016

chance were actually to become President could deliver on them. He doesn't seem to have a whole lot of support among his colleagues and you and I both know that the composition of the Congress is very unlikely to significantly change in the short term. I think Bernie would face obstructionism and opposition by the Rethug majority in both houses that would make Obama's 8 years look like the New Deal reincarnated. I don't think he can get the job done, so all the laudable goals really don't really have a chance of becoming reality.

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