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logikv9 posted:i wonder if the republicans still want to go through with superdelegates. sure they won, but it was trump instead of somebody more mainstream like rubio or zodiac killer I think superdelegates would have bent the knee for Trump. He was crushing his competition. Party insiders seemed to be trying to rig the election and it didn't matter.
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# ? Nov 14, 2016 21:05 |
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Al! posted:On the other hand, the superdelegates didnt help dems much Superdelegates helped the Democrats accomplish exactly what they wanted to do during the election phase where they were relevant: nominate Hillary Clinton for President. the problem was that they wanted to do the wrong thing
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# ? Nov 14, 2016 21:05 |
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Venom Snake posted:yknow speaking of this Chuck is not nearly as dumb as I thought he was. Clintons dead campaign wasn't even cold and he was backing Keith doesn't want to get purged
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# ? Nov 14, 2016 21:06 |
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Also it's really funny that we are now throwing around Ted Cruz's name as a "mainstream" "establishment" Republican Ted Cruz was the buggy beta version of Donald Trump
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# ? Nov 14, 2016 21:06 |
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I can see his point about DNC Chair being a full time job and that conflicting with being a senator. In that case, I could be all aboard the loving Feingold train.
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# ? Nov 14, 2016 21:07 |
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loquacius posted:Also it's really funny that we are now throwing around Ted Cruz's name as a "mainstream" "establishment" Republican nobody likes him now or before but in comparison to donald trump... uh
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# ? Nov 14, 2016 21:08 |
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I'm not salty, I stopped caring about the primary by like super Tuesday, but I think the Bernie people deserve a chance to gloat. The Hillary men were insufferably smug and pretty much destroyed any real debate for months leading up to the election.
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# ? Nov 14, 2016 21:09 |
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one thing thats interesting is that Trump did significantly worse in Texas than Romney did, one of the few red states that happened. so even though there was a big victory for him across the country, Texas is still getting closer and closer to becoming a swing state.
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# ? Nov 14, 2016 21:11 |
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Romney won by a 16 point margin in 2012 in Texas, Trump won by a 9% margin, nearly halving it. so not all bad news for the Dems long term
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# ? Nov 14, 2016 21:13 |
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Meanwhile, with rural Democrats...quote:Of four Democratic Senate candidates in states with significant numbers of rural voters, only Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada managed to win. Instead of campaigning on issues that would appeal to rural voters (biofuels, the farm bill, federal payments in lieu of taxes, for example), the candidates stuck to the national Democratic talking points that have little resonance with rural voters. (The Daily Yonder is a decent paper, even if I didn't have friends who work for it)
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# ? Nov 14, 2016 21:16 |
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Powercrazy posted:Hell this is still happening right now all over social media and other discussions. It's the wrong lesson to learn. They'll see it has support and jump on eventually.
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# ? Nov 14, 2016 21:16 |
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Sheng-ji Yang posted:Romney won by a 16 point margin in 2012 in Texas, Trump won by a 9% margin, nearly halving it. so not all bad news for the Dems long term Whats currently giving dems a chance in Texas is the cities + latino's. If you bled off even a few percentage points of the rural white vote by offering some Great Society stuff blue Texas isn't that hard to imagine. Same goes for Arizona. NV is safe blue going forward.
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# ? Nov 14, 2016 21:19 |
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NumberLast posted:A lot of pols get stuck in this weird loop of "America has to take the lead!!" On conflicts like this, which may or may not be something the electorate is sick of. Though I know I am. A lot of Republicans get hung up on that, or at least the ones who frequent my work. Usually though they worry we won't be #1 any more in whatever category, namely China taking over the WTO or something
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# ? Nov 14, 2016 21:19 |
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NumberLast posted:Jesus Christ dude you supported Hillary strongly throughout everything. The person that literally got Trump elected. I've been reading this thread since the 9th and I'm still >100 pages behind, so sorry to quote a super old post, but this it the funniest loving thing I've read all day and sums up my admittedly reductionist view of this deserved shellacking the Dems just endured. Beyond that, thanks for the thread, Venom. I'm sorry you drank the Kool-Aide, but trust me, I understand. I was raised as a Mormon, and I had a Testimony. e: As for my own view, Trump represents a failure for the Republican party as much as the Democratic party. To whit, Christy ate a yard of Trumps poos with a knife and fork and acted like it was yummy. Paul Ryan looks like someone slapped his dog. Trump is an acute symptom. The Clinton Machine (not merely, but also Hillary) was a disease. If we're very lucky, both parties will burn to the ground so that we can rebuild. Lastly, losing an election is definitely not a joke, and I have no intention of making light of it. And it can be a tough and emotional thing for an electorate to go through, speaking from personal experience. And I know that it's often much harder on the woman than on the man. However, I also know that it doesn't necessarily turn you into a sad, depressed sack of tears for the rest of your life. People can move past it, and heal. GlobglogGroAbgalab has issued a correction as of 21:37 on Nov 14, 2016 |
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Gene Hackman Fan posted:Meanwhile, with rural Democrats... This is a good article and I like that it gives good, doable solutions rather than "we did nothing wrong" or "lol throw minorities under the bus. Throwing one demographic under the bus worked so well with Democrats in 2016 and Republicans in 2008 and 2012, but this time it'll work honest."
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# ? Nov 14, 2016 21:22 |
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Gene Hackman Fan posted:Meanwhile, with rural Democrats... This is awesome. Thank you for linking it. I'll put it in the OP quote:Beyond that, thanks for the thread, Venom. I'm sorry you drank the Kool-Aide, but trust me, I understand. I was raised as a Mormon, and I had a Testimony. Venom Snake has issued a correction as of 21:26 on Nov 14, 2016 |
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Would Russ Feingold be a better choice for DNC chair than Keith Ellison?
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Democrazy posted:On the other hand, I would argue that in any organization, there's a certain amount of unpleasantness that goes into accomplishing an agenda. While hypothetically transparency is a good into itself (and necessary for a democratic society) there is a need for people to be able to make compromises and do things that may not look great in private for our political system to function at all. Fuuuuck sakes
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# ? Nov 14, 2016 21:24 |
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Seriously stop trying to give Pharma lobbyist, super delegate loving , twitter baby Howie Dean any kind of power. https://twitter.com/GovHowardDean/status/706219827535462401?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
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# ? Nov 14, 2016 21:24 |
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Mordiceius posted:Would Russ Feingold be a better choice for DNC chair than Keith Ellison? He seems to have fallen into the same pit Dean has. He also just got beat for his own seat again
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# ? Nov 14, 2016 21:25 |
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Mordiceius posted:Would Russ Feingold be a better choice for DNC chair than Keith Ellison? I'm not sure, but he's been around for a long drat while. May be too "establishment" for whatever that's worth.
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# ? Nov 14, 2016 21:25 |
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the establishment can stick around, they must bend the knee tho.
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# ? Nov 14, 2016 21:26 |
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The answer is is always Nina, but she can't do everything.
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# ? Nov 14, 2016 21:27 |
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Mordiceius posted:Would Russ Feingold be a better choice for DNC chair than Keith Ellison? Maybe, but it's gonna be hard to shake the stink of 'you literally just lost an election though, dude'.
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# ? Nov 14, 2016 21:28 |
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iospace posted:He also just got beat for his own seat again Which seems like a good reason to have him take the job since he can focus on it full time. I really like what I've seen of Ellison, but I'm starting to think I would much prefer a DNC Chair that was working the position full time instead of trying to juggle it with being a sitting congressman.
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# ? Nov 14, 2016 21:28 |
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http://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/ellison-announces-for-dnc-chair-231335 keith officially announces
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# ? Nov 14, 2016 21:28 |
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I'd say Anyway the point is just because there isn't any resistance yet you should be ready for what happens as the shock of the election wears off.
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# ? Nov 14, 2016 21:29 |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfxk5aeCNXo also this is a thing, i guess.
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# ? Nov 14, 2016 21:29 |
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https://twitter.com/bea_ker/status/797986007253598209
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# ? Nov 14, 2016 21:30 |
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anime was right posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfxk5aeCNXo "We changed our minds. Operation Secret Islamic Dictatorship begins now. Oh, and Alex Jones? You were right the whole time!"
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# ? Nov 14, 2016 21:31 |
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I wonder what Cromwell would think of Trump.
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# ? Nov 14, 2016 21:32 |
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Venom Snake posted:I wonder what Cromwell would think of Trump. Blasphemer presumably.
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anime was right posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfxk5aeCNXo I'm in a meeting and can't watch this now summary pls
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# ? Nov 14, 2016 21:34 |
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bump_fn posted:I'm in a meeting and can't watch this now summary pls just started, don't worry
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# ? Nov 14, 2016 21:35 |
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bump_fn posted:I'm in a meeting and can't watch this now summary pls Right now its a weird zoomed out cut of multiple news people talking to cameras. Which is weird to watch.
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# ? Nov 14, 2016 21:36 |
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Venom Snake posted:Nothing in that post suggested America should take the lead. In fact. Quite the opposite. The Russian Government is bad because it is full of very bad people and does very bad things. Um, my post was agreeing with yours.
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# ? Nov 14, 2016 21:37 |
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Venom Snake posted:I wonder what Cromwell would think of Trump. for all his deep and real evil, at least Cromwell was a pretty true believer.
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# ? Nov 14, 2016 21:37 |
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Obama roasting Trump here with subtext.
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# ? Nov 14, 2016 21:38 |
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Please please please ask about DAPL.
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# ? Nov 14, 2016 21:41 |
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While we're all pondering what to do next, here's a very good summary of what not to do: Democrats Hoping ‘Trump Effect’ Would Drive Latino Turnout Neglected Engagement Work
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