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2016 Postmortem

cui bono

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11. The Tea Party was getting in batshit crazy people who know nothing.

Reply to LisaM (Reply #5)

Tue May 10, 2016, 03:33 AM

May 2016

Bernie Democrats are smart and progressive. We should be so lucky to have all our elected Dem congress consist of them. The people could rest assured they would be being represented properly and not being sold out to the highest/most influential bidder.

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Bernie Sanders’ Staffers Want To Replace Congress By 2018 [View all] CentralCoaster May 2016 OP

Yeah, except for the whole gerrymandering thing. COLGATE4 May 2016 #1

Gerrymandering is a problem. Even so, HereSince1628 May 2016 #13

I'm afraid that this is an exercise in wishful thinking. Not only, as you correctly COLGATE4 May 2016 #16

Of course working for change requires being hopeful which is technically HereSince1628 May 2016 #17

Let's hope it happens in those Districts. COLGATE4 May 2016 #18

should do wonders for Bernie's dream about flipping superdelegates Fresh_Start May 2016 #2

Robert Browning merrily May 2016 #3

Good to see Sanders people looking ahead to 2018 mid-term elections...now. sueh May 2016 #4

This is exactly what the Tea Party did LisaM May 2016 #5

"Brand New" does not mean replace every member. CentralCoaster May 2016 #6

"Plenty of good people"? Hydra May 2016 #7

The Tea Party was getting in batshit crazy people who know nothing. cui bono May 2016 #11

I am down with this Matariki May 2016 #8

Years ago, when I was active in United We Stand, I had a meeting with my mikehiggins May 2016 #9

Sounds great to me. Betty Karlson May 2016 #10

brandnewcongress.org pat_k May 2016 #12

K&R WhaTHellsgoingonhere May 2016 #14

That's not how it works. That's not how ANY of this works! :-P NurseJackie May 2016 #15