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Showing Original Post only (View all)How many people here will automatically defend whatever deal Obama makes? [View all]
A lot of folks did just that with the Great Surrender of 2010. Is there any reason to assume that there won't be the same chorus of robo-support if CPI is chained for Social Security and the tax increases only involve 400k and up(in other words, to too trivially few to matter)?
Corollary question...does anyone here think it will be possible to get a big turnout in 2014 if SSI IS locked and only a handful of the rich pay higher taxes?
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I'll loudly defend anything he agrees to, including lost ground. All that matters is he's a "Democrat". | |
1 (14%) |
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I'll defend anything short of actual LOST ground. | |
0 (0%) |
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I won't defend anything but an actual victory. | |
5 (71%) |
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other | |
1 (14%) |
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no opinion | |
0 (0%) |
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0 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided. | |
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How many people here will automatically defend whatever deal Obama makes? [View all]
Ken Burch
Dec 2012
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the benefit exemption WAS trivial when you consider all that was lost to get it.
Ken Burch
Dec 2012
#16
how many automatic defenders will respond to your poll? but let me say that personally, it's
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#4
The only chance there will ever be to break out of those constraints is for our party to DEFY them.
Ken Burch
Dec 2012
#6
i can't see any scenario in which the party breaks out of those constraints except if someone's
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#7
Other-I'll accept whatever happens. Which is a whole lot different then defend whatever happens.
Kaleva
Dec 2012
#9
In answer to your question, Democrats win only when they act like Democrats.
forestpath
Dec 2012
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