Here are the advantages of having *any* Democrat as President

[CT_Progressive]

Someone asked me to repost this, so here it is.
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1. Congress no longer needs veto-proof support for bills. Squeaking by with a simple majority becomes just fine. And if we ever lose control of congress, we gain the power of the Veto.
2. Cabinet Secretaries & Appointments (DOD, DHS, Dept of State, etc.)
3. Judicial Branch Appointments, including SCOTUS and U.S. Judiciary. We know how important that is.
4. Regulatory Agency appointments (DEA, FCC, FEC, FEMA, FTC, FDA, SEC, etc)
5. Being in control of "Executive Privilege." Now, we get to wiretap them. (or, you know, stop breaking the law - either way, we win this one)
6. Set National Policy. We all know that its not just the President that sets policy. There is a lot of party politics that influences this.

And lets not forget the last one:
7. We stop Republicans from destroying our country and others.

You may not like the nominee we end up with, but to forego these solid advantages is simply foolish. My mom would call it "cutting off your nose to spite your face."

[Captain Angry]

1. That is a good list.

I hadn't thought about that. It makes it harder to take the moral high ground when you despise your presidential candidate.

But if that candidate picks cronies just like Bush did, then even this list doesn't help.

#1 alone is good enough for me though.

[Hippo_Tron]

4. Democrats are smart enough not to fill their administration with cronies

Because unlike Republicans, the media actually scrutinizes them for it if they do.

[begin_within]

2. As long as it's not a DINO

[onehandle]

3. You had me at SCOTUS. nt

[drm604]

5. Exactly! K&R

To me everything you're saying is completely obvious.

But it doesn't seem like it's obvious to some people. Either that or they're putting ideological purity above real world pragmatism.