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In reply to the discussion: You want a 50 state strategy or you want a purist party of dems [View all]boston bean
(36,243 posts)3. Well... that is what you are going to get. You can't change that. You will have a majority for 2-4
years and that is all, if they can't vote how their constituents want.
This is a grown up world with grown up consequences. I don't have all the answers, but this is nothing new with the democratic party. People swing back and forth and I think we are harmed by the swings.
We need be happy with people who can get elected that vote with us 50-75% of the time. That is just how it is.
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Well... that is what you are going to get. You can't change that. You will have a majority for 2-4
boston bean
Feb 2017
#3
That message doesn't work in red states. You may want to believe it with all your might, but it
boston bean
Feb 2017
#22
Poliics is constant compromise. Even when we are abolutely, positively correct in what we believe...
TreasonousBastard
Feb 2017
#2
I see this shit about Joe Minchin and how he should be stripped of his leadership seat.
Stinky The Clown
Feb 2017
#8
It is the Manchin thing.. I do not like that man.. however, primary him.. oust him... NOPE!
boston bean
Feb 2017
#15
That is what a party does. If they chose people you want, there would be others who aren't happy.
boston bean
Feb 2017
#18