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Cosmocat

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Fri Aug 10, 2012, 03:17 PM

Aug 2012

I HOPE I see the day we outlast them ...

I don't think I will.

I THOUGHT they were in real trouble after 06 and 08, I thought demographics were going to get them.

Then the country, for some reason I can't even begin to comprehend, decided to elect 50+ complete lunatic fringe reps and senators.

They have so many states caged. Pa has a million more registered Ds than Rs, has gone D in the presidential for a couple decades now, but somehow the Rs have a mortal lock majority in the state senate and a strong majority in the state house.

Ohio, they LITERALLY are implementing early voting for republican districts ALONE - democratic districts can not early vote.

They pretty much can do whatever they want. They are mean, the media enables them completely ...

It takes someone with Barrack Obama's brilliance to get the better of them ... And, sadly, the Ds just are too fricken soft to battle the Rs at their level of intensity.

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Politico: Obama to include Republicans in hard-hitting convention [View all] Adenoid_Hynkel Aug 2012 OP

By Golly, I think the Democrats have learned how to play politics brooklynite Aug 2012 #1

Sure feels good lillypaddle Aug 2012 #3

Now if they'd only govern that way catbyte Aug 2012 #27

If democrats would "govern that way" they wouldn't need republcans up on the stage because the Citizen Worker Aug 2012 #79

I know that a popular narrative ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2012 #102

It's Obama, he is the difference, I've been waiting all my life for this. bemildred Aug 2012 #56

Wow. If they could get John Warner to speak - that'd be huge. Drunken Irishman Aug 2012 #2

Or get five or six shots of Cuervo down John McCain Ken Burch Aug 2012 #6

i'd pay to see that barbtries Aug 2012 #20

So would I, but I'd pay even more money if McCain was asked about Palin and her crazy family. n/t amandabeech Aug 2012 #110

and Palin unapatriciated Aug 2012 #24

You'd want to make sure she wasn't packing before you brought in the Cuervo, though. Ken Burch Aug 2012 #95

100% agree Inuca Aug 2012 #10

No, "huge" would be if they dig up ronnies moldy stinking corpse Autumn Aug 2012 #86

Can you still FIND "Centrist Republican Leaders"? Ken Burch Aug 2012 #4

they are easy to find 2pooped2pop Aug 2012 #13

Yes, but they're much more welcome at the Democratic National Convention alcibiades_mystery Aug 2012 #40

Yes ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2012 #104

More likely in..... sendero Aug 2012 #47

Oh, yes. They're parked by the window at the nursing home. sofa king Aug 2012 #52

Blue Dog Dems harun Aug 2012 #91

Collins or Snowe Maine-ah Aug 2012 #98

I wonder if it's possible to get Snow to either endorse Obama Ken Burch Aug 2012 #99

Snowe is retiring but Collins remains in the Senate for the time being. amandabeech Aug 2012 #109

Democrats look to Snowe in search for GOP moderate to speak at national convention Maine-ah Aug 2012 #114

Maybe this time she'll actually come through unlike her almost-support of ACA. amandabeech Aug 2012 #115

Centrist is a relative concept. hay rick Aug 2012 #105

Kick & R n/t Dalai_1 Aug 2012 #5

If the President can embrace progressive Republicans shouldn't the rest of us do that. too? marble falls Aug 2012 #7

Yes, we should! jamesatemple Aug 2012 #8

yes 2pooped2pop Aug 2012 #11

No. There is no reason for a "progressive" to be an R bread_and_roses Aug 2012 #12

http://www.progressiverepublicans.org/progressive.html There's more to it than you may think .... marble falls Aug 2012 #15

Women. Freddie Aug 2012 #31

Add #2, #9 and #10 To That List DallasNE Aug 2012 #32

Why waste your energy and just join the Democratic Party? olegramps Aug 2012 #33

OMFG look at #5 bread_and_roses Aug 2012 #39

So do you dig #5? Bluenorthwest Aug 2012 #57

5 is dead wrong. Racism is real and it has certainly reared its ugly head this year. ..... marble falls Aug 2012 #111

sure...but barbtries Aug 2012 #21

How To Find Progressive Republicans Vogon_Glory Aug 2012 #30

Selectively, very selectively primavera Aug 2012 #61

Could you name a "Progressive" Republican? Bandit Aug 2012 #74

It is hard enough finding "Progressive" Dems harun Aug 2012 #92

I'll pass on that Autumn Aug 2012 #76

How far right has the Democratic party gone? fasttense Aug 2012 #9

in what way does President Obama ignore the 99%? Whisp Aug 2012 #16

It's very clear to me what the battle will be in one to two years. randome Aug 2012 #17

Except in reality, the actual fact is that there is NO 'Tea Party' it is just a caucuss of the Bluenorthwest Aug 2012 #60

Just because they don't 'list' themselves as 'Tea Party' doesn't mean they aren't a separate entity. randome Aug 2012 #72

Really! And this gives cover for moving the Democratic party even farther to the Right. RC Aug 2012 #25

Go so far that they rumor Broderick Aug 2012 #63

"Progressive Republican" riverwalker Aug 2012 #14

Last one was Robert LaFollette Ken Burch Aug 2012 #101

Brilliant. Heh, I wonder if Reid's source is one of them. berni_mccoy Aug 2012 #18

Let's see, Bohunk68 Aug 2012 #19

There is a long game being played here. randome Aug 2012 #23

This is just stuffing more Conservatives into the Democrat's "Big Tent". RC Aug 2012 #29

The working classed screwed their selves. olegramps Aug 2012 #43

We cannont gain ground with an implacable enemy. randome Aug 2012 #44

The Rs are a lost cause, what reaching out to the Rs does is ... Cosmocat Aug 2012 #34

The convention must show the CHOICE in this election, & yes, this is about swaying the swing voters. RBInMaine Aug 2012 #36

How do you explain Republicans acknowledging their party is bullshit these days? randome Aug 2012 #42

Ah so you see what they say about the President to be equaled by what Democrats say? Bluenorthwest Aug 2012 #62

Four years is not long enough to win a 3 decade battle. randome Aug 2012 #71

Who, WHAT? Cosmocat Aug 2012 #64

Sorry, I skimmed your post too quickly. My apologies. randome Aug 2012 #69

Man Cosmocat Aug 2012 #93

Agreed Freddie Aug 2012 #38

In large groups, many subgroups of voters can be easily misled. randome Aug 2012 #45

How many cross over votes in the first term of constant reach around or across? Two? Bluenorthwest Aug 2012 #46

I think a situation is building in Congress where we will get more votes from Republicans. randome Aug 2012 #49

Hey, no one suggested anything like a 'magic wand' you were simply asked for facts to support Bluenorthwest Aug 2012 #55

I'm saying that 4 years is not long enough to see those votes. randome Aug 2012 #58

Those Republicans are not disavowing they are just being lightly critical. Bluenorthwest Aug 2012 #66

The Tea Party is ousting Republican incumbents. randome Aug 2012 #68

Again, there is no Tea Party. Incumbent Republicans are losing Primary elections to other Bluenorthwest Aug 2012 #78

I think the plan is to reach independent voters rather than crossover legislators. LanternWaste Aug 2012 #70

2010 we got crushed in a wave election thanks to trying so hard to accommodate the GOP MessiahRp Aug 2012 #106

Huntsman? Thrill Aug 2012 #22

Right now the Romney Camp is scurrying around trying to find a Democrat that they can use. grantcart Aug 2012 #26

I hear Zell Miller is still alive n2doc Aug 2012 #50

They don't have to scurry around.. raindaddy Aug 2012 #54

Richard Lugar, John Danforth And Chuck Hagel Would Be Good Choices DallasNE Aug 2012 #28

I currently and always have liked Chuck Hagel alcibiades_mystery Aug 2012 #41

Good ! More more more ! Democrats need to learn how to FIGHT again ! Like FDR, HST, and JFK !! RBInMaine Aug 2012 #35

Can anyone name a 'centrist Republican' at all, much less a 'centrist Republican leader'? Bluenorthwest Aug 2012 #37

Third Way Manny UnrepentantLiberal Aug 2012 #48

How much more could Romney "devastate the middle class" Beacool Aug 2012 #51

Hey Beacool. good to see you Autumn Aug 2012 #81

Exactly!!! Beacool Aug 2012 #83

Since when do "independents" care about political conventions? high density Aug 2012 #53

Totally agree Broderick Aug 2012 #65

This isn't "embracing" Republicans or their ideology; it's a smart political tactic NYC Liberal Aug 2012 #59

Can you share examples of when this happened before and what the results were? Bluenorthwest Aug 2012 #67

Here's the thing -- NYC Liberal Aug 2012 #73

Not to be rude, but I was asking for the actual examples. You said this had worked before Bluenorthwest Aug 2012 #80

As long as they don't re-enforce Repuke ideas and.. mvd Aug 2012 #82

2004 when the Republicans had Zell Miller and Ed Koch. NYC Liberal Aug 2012 #89

The return of the Blue Dogs SansACause Aug 2012 #75

About time Hula Popper Aug 2012 #77

This is absolutely necessary to sustain the propaganda we are steeped in from birth, woo me with science Aug 2012 #84

+1 harun Aug 2012 #94

Helps reinforce the reality that the GOP has gone stark raving mad. JoePhilly Aug 2012 #85

I think some repuke heads will explode over this. freshwest Aug 2012 #100

That tells me which direction Obama wants to go in a second term DJ13 Aug 2012 #87

I'll raise you one Autumn Aug 2012 #88

Good, EC Aug 2012 #90

Who they got? Zell Miller and Joe LIEberman? Liberal_Stalwart71 Aug 2012 #96

I think even Lieberman knows to stay away from the Willard trainwreck Adenoid_Hynkel Aug 2012 #97

This is a brilliant move by the Obama campaign staff. Equate Aug 2012 #103

I'm okay with this IF there is a primetime slot for a hardcore progressive one of the nights as well MessiahRp Aug 2012 #107

Lieberman, really? tomm2thumbs Aug 2012 #108

That's it. I'm out. alarimer Aug 2012 #112

I'm with you. eilen Aug 2012 #113