2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Pelosi says NO to GOP and White House. Please back her up! [View all]John2
(2,730 posts)the Deck is not stacked. It is just that media pundits are raising their voices louder and trying to influence Obama. I would take any Wall Street Poll and trash it, because it is from Wall Street. If your representative is in a Blue District, just tell them not to go alone period. President Obama might represent the Democratic Party but he doesn't own it. I also think that you can contact him and tell him what the consequences would be if he ties to go there, and be adamant about it. Take for example MS NBC having Blanche Lincoln on. The media pundits, pick and choose, people to come on, that supports their views. And we know what happened to her in her election. She loss by 21 percent, because Democrats abandoned her. She betrayed them. So I don't know why the pundits are giving her a voice? She represents no one except corporate interests.
They also had a Democratic congress woman, that actually has a vote, which called the idea of raising the age stupid, yet the pundits all criticized her, after she left. I can see right through their game. It is just a constant drumbeat, which people have to recognize. They are getting jittery, every time a day goes by, when Obama hasn't caved. It is like Russian Roulette we are playing. If the gun goes off, the Republicans lose. You see how everybody has stayed in town also. The clock is ticking on the Republicans. The first casualty for them will be all taxes go up, without any agreement. Then Congress should come back and the desired Tax cuts waiting to be signed. There will also be spending cuts in effect, that Congress can mend. All they need to do is fix, what they don't want to cut, including some trade off between military and the safety net.