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htuttle

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2. Possibly a more pertinent question: What would the upside be?

Reply to choie (Original post)

Tue Oct 15, 2019, 06:55 PM

Oct 2019

There's no reason to take up challenges demanded by the opposition if you have no reason to.

There's no requirement for it. There's nothing to be gained from it.

Every vote spends political capital. Why spend it if you don't need to.

What they should be doing is flooding the airwaves with issue ads about Trump's lack of a foreign policy and enriching himself.

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does anybody know of any downside [View all] choie Oct 2019 OP

Maybe Timewas Oct 2019 #1

Possibly a more pertinent question: What would the upside be? htuttle Oct 2019 #2

Chill. we can do it Oct 2019 #3

Yes intrepidity Oct 2019 #4

Trump will consider it a win and only ask for more. spanone Oct 2019 #5

Yes Leith Oct 2019 #6

I think she's trying to protect D seats in moderate or red areas. NCLefty Oct 2019 #7

The GOP will just move the goalposts Retrograde Oct 2019 #8

Trump will just keep making up bullshit "rules" dalton99a Oct 2019 #9

Yes... lame54 Oct 2019 #10

Of course not. The tremendous plus is that the country Laura PourMeADrink Oct 2019 #11

I'm nearly certain that the IMMEDIATE response to such a vote... Silent3 Oct 2019 #12