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In reply to the discussion: Nate Silver: Senate may tip for GOP in 2014 [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)25. Do it, then. Call them out on it. You don't need my permission.
And FWIW, e-mail is the way to go, but it is best to coordinate with a staffer to get the sense of your complaint in front of them. The principal will probably never see the thing but the staffer will relay the best parts. If you know the email address of a senior staffer that can expedite matters.
I do understand the concept of compromise. I don't like it when my ox gets gored, but I don't throw the baby out with the bathwater, either (to mix metaphors roundly).
We'll have no one to complain to who gives a shit if we are represented by a Republican Senate. I hope Nate Silver is wrong on this one, but he hasn't been so far--we need to turn this ship around, and get our act together.
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And if that happens, "WE"--and by "WE" I also mean the people who spend their days here saying how
MADem
Jul 2013
#2
I find it curious that you fancy yourself the gatekeeper of where people "need" to go on DU.
MADem
Jul 2013
#68
Do the politicians who go back on promises and the Democratic platform share none of the blame?
last1standing
Jul 2013
#8
So you can "cry to me" that it's the fault of those who complain about these politicians...
last1standing
Jul 2013
#14
There is only ONE problem here, in the short term--and that is 2014, the OP topic.
MADem
Jul 2013
#19
I wasn't asking your permission, I was responding to your post denouncing complainers.
last1standing
Jul 2013
#31
I have the same feeling. Those who relentlessly denigrate the only viable opposition to total GOP
freshwest
Jul 2013
#73
question is do dems really have a distinct brand that is effectively promoted by leadership>
msongs
Jul 2013
#4
Sure, if you consider gun control, reproduction rights, civil rights, pay equity... a distinct brand
apples and oranges
Jul 2013
#7
Don't forget Equality....but hey, the gripers will INSIST that there's no difference.
MADem
Jul 2013
#12
Do you ever wonder why people think that throwing insults at you will cause you to overlook events?
AnotherMcIntosh
Jul 2013
#41
As long as "Democrats" embrace negativity and don't GOTV, they are certain to lose.
MADem
Jul 2013
#17
Well he is not liked in the state so the dems could win. Dems do win state wide offices, as the dem
hrmjustin
Jul 2013
#35
Isn't there some shot at North Carolina since the Gop crackdown seems to be backfiring?
trublu992
Jul 2013
#36
yeah(maybe)but it's too late to do anything about it, thx to GOP Congresses and judiciary.
librechik
Jul 2013
#85
The Tea Party nutjob wing of the GOP will likely save us again. All it will take...
stevenleser
Jul 2013
#79
Silver is saying at this time (summer 2013) the GOP has a 50/50 chance to win the Senate.
Dawson Leery
Jul 2013
#82