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2016 Postmortem

starroute

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10. Because it would confirm the GOP message that government can't solve problems?

Reply to Jamaal510 (Reply #5)

Sat Feb 16, 2013, 05:55 PM

Feb 2013

It seems to be a heads-I-win-tails-you-lose situation. Whether the GOP flourishes or sinks, it still confirms the fundamental GOP talking points. And it leaves the Democrats having to argue that government can solve the country's problems, but only if they get to run it.

That's a tough position to be in.

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