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In reply to the discussion: The Democratic Party is walking on thin ice.... [View all]bluestate10
(10,942 posts)188. You are exactly right. I see a coming 10 year battle to get everything Progressives want.
But we won't get those things in one big chunk. We need to settle for 3/4, show that republicans were wrong, then take 4/5 the next time we have them against the wall, which will come after the 2014 mid-terms if we play our cards right. If we are disciplined, by 2024, we would have implemented all the change we need and the nation will be far better off because of us winning the long fight.
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"managing liberalism to the point where it does not threaten the powers that be"
RepublicansRZombies
Nov 2012
#159
Agree -- I've contacted my reps, too, just saying WE call the shots, now, don't back down!
gateley
Nov 2012
#137
Yeah, I don't share his negativity and I think the President knows what to do.
xtraxritical
Nov 2012
#122
And you are free to ignore what has gone before and pretend that it won't again.
Egalitarian Thug
Nov 2012
#145
And not enough of us were out there still campaigning for our core values. Yes you would think our
Overseas
Nov 2012
#204
I think people are pissed off at the language and the actions of many Democrats...
kentuck
Nov 2012
#7
Obama said "elections have consequences and I won" to a bunch of republicans
Sekhmets Daughter
Nov 2012
#28
It's been SEVEN FREAKING DAYS and Congress isn't even in session yet! WHAT do you want???
George II
Nov 2012
#52
I don't really know what you're talking about, they're just talking generalities, did you hear...
George II
Nov 2012
#141
I think YOU are pissed off, but not many other "people" are pissed off...you're projecting
George II
Nov 2012
#149
I wonder how these people who want to tread lightly will feel when Republicans,...
Spitfire of ATJ
Nov 2012
#78
Have you written to your congressman or senator? Or just posting on DU will get it done?
George II
Nov 2012
#155
I care because people are talking as if Obama won by a larger margin this time when he did not!!!
underoath
Nov 2012
#174
because people dont realize that there is less of a mandate now than there was before.
underoath
Nov 2012
#173
exactly. So like I said, President Obama had more of a mandate in 2008 than he does today.
underoath
Nov 2012
#207
What mandate? Because bush said he had one so now we must make sure everyone knows
underoath
Nov 2012
#206
I agree. O shows an inclination to throw it all away on Compromises and Syria-Iran.
leveymg
Nov 2012
#12
We all projected our own hopes for change onto him. This has happened twice, already.
leveymg
Nov 2012
#18
The lame duck session of all three branches of government is going to be hard to watch until January
Cleita
Nov 2012
#20
You are mistaken. Americans are not interested in the process. They are interested in outcomes.
yardwork
Nov 2012
#70
Yes "balanced approach", like cutting defense spending and taxing the wealthy. NOT REDUCE SS AND
rhett o rick
Nov 2012
#71
Don't say that. We're supposed to ignore the Republicans and just shit on Democrats.
NYC Liberal
Nov 2012
#82
No, we've won for the next 12 - 16 months at best. Failing to press that advantage to good purpose
Egalitarian Thug
Nov 2012
#109
It is the eternal need of some for perfect purity. Like voting for Nader in Florida 2000.
bluestate10
Nov 2012
#184
the Republicans never hesitate to claim a mandate - no matter what and move aggressively. Democrats
Douglas Carpenter
Nov 2012
#45
The OP is proposing that we get ready to sit on our asses in 2014 and give republicans
bluestate10
Nov 2012
#186
Nothing has happened. Other than the pre-emptive frothing that happens on occasion on DU. nt
bluestate10
Nov 2012
#187
The Right Wing wants you to fear them. The only authority they have is what you give them.
Spitfire of ATJ
Nov 2012
#75
If not now, when? Will we get action or the usual "compromises" and excuses?
Tierra_y_Libertad
Nov 2012
#89
What's a PUMA? All I get from the urban dictionary is a pre-menopausal woman?
Egalitarian Thug
Nov 2012
#113
Here's the thing. A major motivator behind the independant vote was they saw Obama
Ed Suspicious
Nov 2012
#123
You are exactly right. I see a coming 10 year battle to get everything Progressives want.
bluestate10
Nov 2012
#188
Fancy saying, but also an empty one. Moderate and Independent voters gave the President his
bluestate10
Nov 2012
#189
with you on this. too many true believers star-gazing with happy smiles, for comfort.
marasinghe
Nov 2012
#152
Almost nothing they do for the next 6-10 months matters very much toward the next election.
hughee99
Nov 2012
#180
I have no illusions. I voted for the Supreme Court which is significant. I also am not as clear as
still_one
Nov 2012
#181
There you go again. What democrats need is for us to give them unchallenged control of the
bluestate10
Nov 2012
#183
Yup, I'm afraid that their caving in is by design rather than by ineptness
Lydia Leftcoast
Nov 2012
#201