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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
We still have 3 House Elections going on in California
edited 9th Nov '12 6:55:09 PM by DeviantBraeburn
Everything is Possible. But some things are more Probable than others. JEBAGEDDON 2016Well, of course it would. That's something you have to spin REALLY HARD to not look bad, even when what you've just done is the right thing.
But Krugman is right in that long run, it would hurt the Republicans as much as the Democrats. And I do agree that Obama needs to dig his heels in a little or else the Republicans will continue to jerk him and this country around.
Obama has a minimum of two years to pull off a principled stand against GOP economic terrorism, if only he has the balls to try.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"Does the entire GOP have rape tourettes?
On this link Braeburn posted
: Holy crap, look at the comments. I mean, usually that's a bad idea, but look at these comments. Conservative Latinos are savaging Rubio.
I can't say I've ever cared much for Libertarianism, ever since I met that one guy back when I was on the Ubi forums as a teenager. They tend to come off to me as more or less selfishness in a human shelf, and far more dangerous than a neocon as a result.
Hugging a Vanillite will give you frostbite.![]()
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If you wanna know why, its pretty simple. Latinos do kind of consider themselves all brothers and sisters. Theyre very community-oriented (I know. half my family IS MEXICAN)
And given how much the republican party has made it very plain that they hate latinos, why on earth would shoving a republican with latino skin color influence us to vote for the people who even view those of us here legally as "invaders" ?
edited 9th Nov '12 8:23:54 PM by Midgetsnowman
It looks to me like if Republicans want to stay in the game, they are going to have to do more then blow hot air in regards to Latino voters, actual compromise has to be brought to the table on key issues for the Republicans to hold onto to power in The House, and more then that Latino voters are going to be looking for a clear ethnic leader-not a Tea Party puppet and figure head-in the GOP if they want success. If Susana Martinez
weren't both a women and pretty much a centrist, I would be worried about the GOP scrambling to put her front and center, but since she is, she's not very likely to climb high in the ranks.
The thing is, if Republicans want any hope of remaining in power, they have to appeal to Latinos. And the best way to do that is through a figure head.
edited 9th Nov '12 8:31:02 PM by LMage
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There's enough overlap between right-wing libertarianism and Objectivism for it to be pretty much the same thing.
EDIT: Ninja'd.
edited 9th Nov '12 8:29:49 PM by rmctagg09
Hugging a Vanillite will give you frostbite.@ L Mage: I understand that. My point is, Latinos arent lazy wetbacks who no habla ingles. Theyre not stupid. If all they plan on doing is throwing Rubio out there and expect latinos to vote Republican, theyre sorely mistaken, because all Rubio really represents to a lot of non-cuban latinos is a fancy figurehead for an organization that at best wants to pretend it cares about us.

edit: Okay are they ever going to call the last ~10 house seats? I'd like to know whether or not the Democrats gained any seats this time around.
edited 9th Nov '12 6:51:11 PM by Kostya