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In the discussion thread: PPP: Hillary Could Carry Texas in 2016 [View all]

Thu Jan 31, 2013, 05:31 PM

NoOneMan (1,750 posts)

12. New people aren't guaranteed to bring new ideas

They come from the same schools. They are reinforced by the same cultural narratives and stories. You can't stand on top of men's shoulders to reach the podium if those people aren't willing to carry you there. So being a politician of any renown may disqualify you from being able to produce relevant solutions or see the world in a different manner.

Likely, I think if there are any solutions to what we face ahead in this century, they may not come out of politics (or at least establishment, national-level politics).

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64 replies	Author	Time	Post
PPP: Hillary Could Carry Texas in 2016 [View all]	DonViejo	Jan 2013	OP
I'm trying to avoid 2016 news.	ForgoTheConsequence	Jan 2013	#1
Rest up, Mme. Secretary	BeyondGeography	Jan 2013	#2
Texas voted for Jimmy Carter!!??!!??	Auntie Bush	Jan 2013	#3
well...	angel823	Jan 2013	#5
Carter carried many southern states...	DonViejo	Jan 2013	#6
Texas was actually the westernmost state to be carried by Carter. The electoral map has changed.	argyl	Jan 2013	#7
You ain't kiddin'!	Kennah	Feb 2013	#30
The wedge issues employed by the GOP had regional targets n/t	Gore1FL	Feb 2013	#46
Hawai'i was the Westernmost n/t	cosmicone	Feb 2013	#31
This message was self-deleted by its author	Daniel537	Feb 2013	#61
AND California was RED at the time!!	BigDemVoter	Feb 2013	#44
He did in '76, but lost it by 14 points in 1980.	Drunken Irishman	Jan 2013	#26
If she can carry Texas, she would likely carry 40 or more states.	LonePirate	Jan 2013	#4
Another stupid poll...no one has announced...the election is years away. Stupid. nt	antigop	Jan 2013	#8
She might win Texas but she won't win over me.	BlueStater	Jan 2013	#9
+1	dreamnightwind	Jan 2013	#11
watch it, dream... you'll be called a "hater" or something nt	antigop	Jan 2013	#15
The time for this debate is now	dreamnightwind	Feb 2013	#40
Thank you... 100% agree...great video in the video forum.....	antigop	Feb 2013	#42
New people aren't guaranteed to bring new ideas	NoOneMan	Jan 2013	#12
Exactly. I want the most electable Dem candidate--to keep Scalias off SCOTUS.	SunSeeker	Feb 2013	#45
Then feel free to vote for a Republican.	Beacool	Jan 2013	#14
So anyone who doesn't slobber over her like you do is apparently a Republican.	BlueStater	Jan 2013	#16
New Coke and Windows 8 attest to the veracity of that statement!	LanternWaste	Feb 2013	#41
This message was self-deleted by its author	Daniel537	Feb 2013	#62
follow the money....who's paying for the poll? nt	antigop	Jan 2013	#10
Coming to DU is like going to a RW site when it comes to articles on the Clintons.	Beacool	Jan 2013	#13
+1	grantcart	Jan 2013	#18
You even see right-wing nicknames being used here	NYC Liberal	Jan 2013	#20
I found that out in 2008.	Beacool	Jan 2013	#22
I hope she runs. I have a feeling that after some much needed (and deserved) time off,	NYC Liberal	Jan 2013	#23
Yes, I know her.	Beacool	Jan 2013	#24
She's been fighting the good fight for decades now.	NYC Liberal	Jan 2013	#25
Me too.	Beacool	Feb 2013	#29
Me three.	BooScout	Feb 2013	#57
Yeah, they still don't get it.	Beacool	Feb 2013	#60
No heads exploding, just a dedication to defeat her should that come to pass.	David__77	Feb 2013	#54
And you have a crystal ball?	Beacool	Feb 2013	#55
Ditto to that!	BooScout	Feb 2013	#58
Hi!!!	Beacool	Feb 2013	#59
Oh Yeah?	PuffedMica	Jan 2013	#17
young.	Evergreen Emerald	Jan 2013	#19
Just put them on an ice floe and be done with it...	deurbano	Jan 2013	#21
That is, perhaps, a jot optimistic	Ian Iam	Feb 2013	#27
It isn't actually that far off. Primaries start in 3 years.	BlueStreak	Feb 2013	#28
They went 57-41 for Romney	madville	Feb 2013	#32
It's Not Magic, It's Well-Documented Demographic Shifts. (nt)	Paladin	Feb 2013	#35
9 points in 4 years isn't all that realistic	RZM	Feb 2013	#39
You want to know the formula?	John2	Feb 2013	#36
one thing....	justabob	Feb 2013	#56
I'd like to see a poll in West Virginia...	McDiggy	Feb 2013	#33
She's already got MY vote!	hamsterjill	Feb 2013	#34
Opening up the South in general	cvsgracht	Feb 2013	#37
Welcome to DU, cvsgracht...!	ScreamingMeemie	Feb 2013	#51
I think Hillary would be a better assest as a Veep	maverickfox	Feb 2013	#38
She wouldn't take the VP slot. No way.	Faygo Kid	Feb 2013	#43
Hell, no!!!	Beacool	Feb 2013	#49
Two firsts would never work	Ter	Feb 2013	#63
Texas will support any warmonger...	windowpilot	Feb 2013	#47
Love the sound of that word, huh?	Beacool	Feb 2013	#50
Keep the good times rollin into 2016, elect Hillary and	ffr	Feb 2013	#48
In the (c)words of Nikki Finke(c)-Told ya so!!! .In the words of G4A-Hillary45/Biden2016	graham4anything	Feb 2013	#52
She has rightly said that she will not run.	David__77	Feb 2013	#53
STOP SUPPORTING A DUPED CANDIDATE...	windowpilot	Feb 2013	#64

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