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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Sanders or Clinton: Who would be more effective with a Republican Congress? [View all]Turbineguy
(37,285 posts)1. I think the republicans in Congress will actively oppose both.
But with the need to manufacture fake scandals to make Hillary Clinton's life hell, they will be too busy to damage the country too much if she becomes President.
The GOP is there for one reason alone and that is to fuck America. The busier they are, the less they'll be able to fuck us up.
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Sanders or Clinton: Who would be more effective with a Republican Congress? [View all]
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2015
OP
I think that if compromise is needed then the one more willing to compromise will work better.
upaloopa
Nov 2015
#2
Hmm - and how do you answer your better question? Not meaning to snark but
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2015
#10
Not nasty to Obama, COMPLETE SHUTDOWN OF THE UNIVERSE more like it, it CANT get any worse
randys1
Nov 2015
#26
Teabaggers/GOP will only be more effective with INVESTIGATING CLINTON. They have a visceral hatred
in_cog_ni_to
Nov 2015
#11
If Hillary is anything like Bill (and so far she uses his policy stances quite a bit)...
berni_mccoy
Nov 2015
#17
+1. I've had pretty much all day to peruse O'Malleys site. He's done it
riderinthestorm
Nov 2015
#40
Based on record (and Republicans themselves), no doubt it's Bernie Sanders
Smart Brother
Nov 2015
#23
If Bernie is elected the political dynamic in Congress will be much positively affected
Uncle Joe
Nov 2015
#25
I think a a better question is: Which candidate will be better WORKING AGAINST the Republicans?
Maedhros
Nov 2015
#30
Correction: Obama tried to occupy the ground the Republicans were supposed to be standing on.
Smart Brother
Nov 2015
#51
Cllinton worked with both Republicans and Democrats in her time as a Senator, she has an agenda and
Thinkingabout
Nov 2015
#32
Agreed. These are dark days for the republic, but maybe not quite as dark as 1858-59. - nt
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2015
#63
I can't really say, but obviously Sanders hasn't been very effective with his Democratic peers...
George II
Nov 2015
#68
But since they're in Congress now (and there are roughly 130 Democratic Representatives...
George II
Nov 2015
#70
The bottom line is that roughly 150 current members of the House/Senate......
George II
Nov 2015
#74
They would just laugh their asses off if Bernie were to somehow get himself elected
moobu2
Nov 2015
#80
And what do you foresee from that pack of scalawags, charlatans and demagogues, should
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2015
#81