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In reply to the discussion: Post removed [View all]Exultant Democracy
(6,594 posts)28. Because with him and Ben Ray Lujan leading the party we can win?
I voted for and knocked doors for Bernie and I was in Keith's corner, but this is also a win for our party.
Trump is building a wall of hate and we have to principled progressives with deep roots in the Latino and Hispanic communities leading our party. Even moving that dial from 66% to 82% in those voting blocks wins us about 15 of the swing districts we need on the left coast and mountain west. Add the districts that Clinton won in the rust belt that also voted in Republicans into the house and that's a majority.
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Progressives need to get wins and seats in chairs in our legislature if they want more power
bravenak
Feb 2017
#1
Thanks for the pic Cha - exactly...see the first reply I got for extended (unintended) shade on KE
pkdu
Feb 2017
#19
Yes, they met last week for lunch. I believe that they came to agreement about what
seaglass
Feb 2017
#32
As a Sanders supporter (go ahead, report me all you want), I would be careful not to equate Perez...
regnaD kciN
Feb 2017
#4
Didn't Tom Perez work as a sanitation worker less ceremoniously called a garbage man?
DemocratSinceBirth
Feb 2017
#8
He's not the guy Bernie endorsed, so he's establishment and part of the conspiracy to
EffieBlack
Feb 2017
#10