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boston bean

(36,224 posts)
Sun Feb 26, 2017, 10:39 AM Feb 2017

You want a 50 state strategy or you want a purist party of dems [View all]

who vote lockstep 100% of the time with no differences allowed.

You can't have both and have a majority that weilds power.

Choose.


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There's more to it than that.... vi5 Feb 2017 #1
Well... that is what you are going to get. You can't change that. You will have a majority for 2-4 boston bean Feb 2017 #3
So there are no blue state Republicans? vi5 Feb 2017 #4
Susan Collins and there are others who do not vote lockstep. boston bean Feb 2017 #6
Collins and Snow are the only ones I can think of... vi5 Feb 2017 #9
many times. I think you just aren't paying attention. boston bean Feb 2017 #12
Again....I get all of that.... vi5 Feb 2017 #20
That message doesn't work in red states. You may want to believe it with all your might, but it boston bean Feb 2017 #22
It appears to me that you are the one brer cat Feb 2017 #29
Snow retired a few years ago....nt 2naSalit Feb 2017 #34
Poliics is constant compromise. Even when we are abolutely, positively correct in what we believe... TreasonousBastard Feb 2017 #2
"Now that their right wing has taken over there are fewer moderates with a voice" vi5 Feb 2017 #5
Gerrymandering plays into this. boston bean Feb 2017 #7
Fine, if it's not "give them more" then I'm o.k. with it... vi5 Feb 2017 #11
As I said, party discipline is important, but... TreasonousBastard Feb 2017 #25
I see this shit about Joe Minchin and how he should be stripped of his leadership seat. Stinky The Clown Feb 2017 #8
It is the Manchin thing.. I do not like that man.. however, primary him.. oust him... NOPE! boston bean Feb 2017 #15
You're Cha Feb 2017 #10
Hi Cha!!!!!!! boston bean Feb 2017 #13
Hey Cha Feb 2017 #19
A look at the 1948 election map might offer some perspective on what is... NNadir Feb 2017 #14
I want politicians who represent their constituents and caucus with us. X_Digger Feb 2017 #16
I think Texas is ripe for the picking Horse with no Name Feb 2017 #26
I always vote for most electable liberal in the primary. aikoaiko Feb 2017 #17
That is what a party does. If they chose people you want, there would be others who aren't happy. boston bean Feb 2017 #18
This message was self-deleted by its author aikoaiko Feb 2017 #21
I wasn't clear, I meant to write local party leaders decide aikoaiko Feb 2017 #23
letting them run un-opposed needs to stop. mopinko Feb 2017 #28
This is the rare binary choice that reflects reality. KittyWampus Feb 2017 #24
I want fewer batty polls. nt procon Feb 2017 #27
I reject the premise that those are the only options TDale313 Feb 2017 #30
Reality doesn't care what you reject. nt stevenleser Feb 2017 #32
I agree with your perspective... Talk Is Cheap Feb 2017 #33
Yeah, but otherwise.... vi5 Feb 2017 #35
Perez did a great job at the DOJ and the voting rights section Gothmog Feb 2017 #31
You identify a paradigm quaker bill Feb 2017 #36
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