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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Only Eight Years of President Hillary Can Take the Supreme Court Away From Conservatives [View all]BlueDemKev
(3,003 posts)49. Keep in mind where Manchin is from...
West Virginia is a very backwards state where religion is kind and coal is queen. At least he has opposed the repeal of the Affordable Care Act and proposed some sensible gun regulations, so he's not an entire "DINO" like many of the old southern Dixiecrats were. Joe Manchin is the best you can hope for from West Virginia at this time.
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DonViejo
Jul 2014
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This is why so many of us were angry about 2010. Forget Obama. So much progress
Liberal_Stalwart71
Jul 2014
#18
Hillary Clinton is a Bilderberger AND she is the MAIN architect of the TPP! She will
Welibs
Jul 2014
#5
No silly. We are to just assume that vague terms are valid reasons to not vote for Hillary
LynneSin
Jul 2014
#8
I don't see Mrs Clintons name anywhere in either TTIP or TPP works, where is it?
Sunlei
Jul 2014
#28
To be honest that is the same that could be said for just about any Democrat out there
LynneSin
Jul 2014
#7
I don't think he would, not as long as there are enough moderates and liberals in
Liberal_Stalwart71
Jul 2014
#15
I can't see a conservative Democrat (from Joe Manchin's cloth) getting the party's nomination.
BlueDemKev
Jul 2014
#46
You mean surveillance state, education deform, free trade loving, jail the whistleblowers, give
TheKentuckian
Jul 2014
#42
I'd think his wife would be better, if you feel the need for an Obama.
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Jul 2014
#54
Hillary Clinton or ANY Democrat in White House. I don't care who it is. As long as he/she
Liberal_Stalwart71
Jul 2014
#12
If Hillary or any dem is elected in 2016, Scalia and Kennedy will turn 84 during the last year of
MillennialDem
Jul 2014
#24
There is a relatively high chance (probably close to 50/50) that one of the two will die in the next
MillennialDem
Jul 2014
#36
I'll somewhat buy the argument that they get better healthcare than us plebs, but the math says
MillennialDem
Jul 2014
#39
a subway line in NYC from back in the day when I lived there...I think it stood for Brooklyn
CTyankee
Jul 2014
#33
The price of public transportation has gone up on Portland have gone up quite a bit
davidpdx
Jul 2014
#34
We aren't going to get equally liberal to Ginsberg. We didn't get equal to Stephens or even Souter
TheKentuckian
Jul 2014
#43
Hillary will be a bigger capitulator than her husband, Hillary is pure corporate conservative.
Todays_Illusion
Jul 2014
#47