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2016 Postmortem

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14. Hope and Change.

Reply to Scuba (Reply #11)

Tue Feb 18, 2014, 12:09 PM

Feb 2014

on second thought.

(just)
Hope.

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Imagine what the Rethugs could do if they took over the Senate and kept the House. [View all] pnwmom Feb 2014 OP

The Senate does not send the President judicial nominees, they can only vote to confim the kelly1mm Feb 2014 #1

Thanks! pnwmom Feb 2014 #2

Not officially, but... see this wiki article on Senatorial courtesy... Narraback Feb 2014 #3

That's not all. They can shutdown the government and default on the debt. You know they would. n/t freshwest Feb 2014 #4

My concern is if Ruth Bader Ginsburg doesn't retire and we lose the Senate. If something happened to okaawhatever Feb 2014 #5

If she retires too soon before the election, there won't be time for Obama to appoint someone. pnwmom Feb 2014 #6

She's not going to. Chan790 Feb 2014 #15

She's of the "I'm so special I'm irreplaceable" mindset, unfortunately. n/t pnwmom Feb 2014 #22

That is going to cost us very dearly... BlueDemKev Feb 2014 #25

The GOP is confident that they will win a majority this time. Kablooie Feb 2014 #7

They have good reason. We will be defending 7 seats in states that went to Romney. n/t pnwmom Feb 2014 #8

Personally ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2014 #23

I would love you to be right! pnwmom Feb 2014 #24

Keep in mind, though... BlueDemKev Feb 2014 #26

I cannot disagree ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2014 #31

Focus on the 2014 midterms right now. BlueDemKev Feb 2014 #36

So so true ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2014 #37

The Righties. BlueDemKev Feb 2014 #38

Yup ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2014 #39

KnR. It's depressing as hell that much of the MSM and DU are so focused on 2016 and.... Hekate Feb 2014 #9

Yea it might happen and yea it might be bad modrepub Feb 2014 #10

"If"? You mean "when". Scuba Feb 2014 #11

Not a Republican Proud Liberal Dem Feb 2014 #12

No, it shouldn't. If our only message is "they're awful" then we must be awful too. Scuba Feb 2014 #13

The thing is that it's NOT the only message Proud Liberal Dem Feb 2014 #18

Can you please list a few of these policies? I'd love to know what they are. Scuba Feb 2014 #19

Raising the minimum wage, extending unemployment insurance, ACA Proud Liberal Dem Feb 2014 #20

The ACA passed several years ago.... Scuba Feb 2014 #21

Dems still have to defend the ACA Proud Liberal Dem Feb 2014 #34

It seems if Dems want to win elections, we should have a platform that appeals to .... Scuba Feb 2014 #35

Immigration reform, alternative energy, bringing jobs back to America, preserving S.S. & Medicare... BlueDemKev Feb 2014 #27

Hope and Change. quadrature Feb 2014 #14

You do understand that there are parts of this country... Chan790 Feb 2014 #16

So you're winning every race in those districts? Great! Scuba Feb 2014 #17

Which is interesting, because the Republicans' entire message is: "We're not Obama." nt Common Sense Party Feb 2014 #29

If the public noticed, neither party could win an election. Scuba Feb 2014 #30

That's why we must get rid of the two-party system bigwillq Feb 2014 #33

That will be enough for most R voters (nt) bigwillq Feb 2014 #32

Yes. just imagine, elleng Feb 2014 #28