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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
The problem Neoliberal Democrats and Movement Conservative Republicans have now with compromising is that the Republican base see any Republican making deals with Democrats as the enemy, and try to throw the bums out for people who are unwilling to compromise at all. How exactly can the United States even have a functioning government when a good chunk of the nation are deep red states who favor the sorts of policies that Trump and Cruz expound, and are perfectly willing to kick any Republican in their home states out who do try to compromise with Democrats?
Wizard Needs Food BadlyDemocrats Should Be Very Nervous About Their Terrible Turnout Numbers
Factor in the 93,522 people who voted for John Edwards back in the day, and you can see the scope of the problem. Democrats in 2016 are only getting about two-thirds of the primary votes that they received eight years ago.
Republican turnout in the South Carolina primary, by contrast, was up more than 70 percent from 2008.
South Carolina's turnout numbers are not an anomaly. They're consistent with other primaries to date. Republicans are psyched. Democrats are demoralized.
edited 28th Feb '16 12:50:21 PM by SolipsistOwl
Just to have to hope that fear of the other guys will motivate them. Which makes more respectable candidates like Rubio or Kasich all the more dangerous (and have I mentioned how glad I am that Walker dropped out when he did?). Cruz and Trump will likely motivate Democrats and swing voters to get to the polls to keep them out, its very easy to get people to vote against something (look what happened in Canada last year, a bunch of people who never voted before came out to turf the incumbent) even if what they are voting for doesn't excite them.
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.She'd probably lead with better strategies than currently. In any case, isn't Schultz up for getting the boot soon in favor of someone else? I think someone mentioned there's some sort of chairman election or whatever coming up. Hopefully we'll get someone who realizes that getting seats in Congress and the states is just as important as the presidency.
I mean heck, it was all three of the candidates (before O'Malley quit) that were calling for more debates. It seems that Schultz's leadership qualities in general are being questioned.
You're asking us like we know every single person in the DNC. And theoretically, yes it would stop specifically because it seems like (and again it was someone else that brought this up in previous pages and suggested a person whose name I can't remember) they're looking for someone who would operate very differently.
At this point, almost any current or former Democratic politician with a reasonable number of years of service would be a better fit.
But no, the dirty tricks are unlikely to stop until/unless DWS is ejected from the driver's seat. Or, if you mean "will they stop after she's gone", then I would presume yes, as they are a considerable factor in why she's so widely disliked.
edited 28th Feb '16 3:47:08 PM by darksidevoid
GM: AGOG S4 & F/WC RP; Co-GM: TABA, SOTR, UUA RP; Sub-GM: TTS RP. I have brought peace, freedom, justice, and security to my new Empire.A Clinton-run party machine seems fitting: I could totally see her pulling out the stops and aggressively campaigning to destroy the GOP at the state level, even if progressive candidates were given tepid support. I'm not sure she or her supporters would go for that, but I'm certain she'd be great at it. But if she wins the nomination, she'll want to retire in four or eight years; if she loses the nomination, she'll probably be too drained by the experience and possibly enraged at losing her reservation despite having the chair pulled out for her by the maitre'd again.
edited 28th Feb '16 4:20:29 PM by Artificius
"I have no fear, for fear is the little death that kills me over and over. Without fear, I die but once."Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) endorses Trump.
This is Trump's first endorsement from a senator.
This and Christie could indicate that the Establishment is slowly starting to accept Trump, sorta like how the 1970s GOP Establishment was forced to accept Reagan.
edited 28th Feb '16 4:22:54 PM by Demonic_Braeburn
Any group who acts like morons ironically will eventually find itself swamped by morons who think themselves to be in good company.@ Fighteer
The typical voter who supports Trump:
- Does not care about "small government". They are fine with Social Security, Medicare, welfare, etc., in a general sense. They just don't want it going to blacks and Hispanics.
- Does not care about "supporting the free market" through tax breaks and whatnot. Many of them probably agree that Big Business is just as much a problem as Big Government.
- May or may not be motivated by religious dog whistles, such as abortion, but is deeply homophobic.
- Is deeply racist and/or misogynistic, whether they consciously recognize it or not.
- Is utterly disgusted with the political establishment in general and its patent corruption and alienation from the needs of the American people.
And how many of those people comprise of America's total population?
edited 28th Feb '16 4:46:41 PM by HallowHawk
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Probably not enough to give Trump the White House on their own. We just have to hope that turnout and fear of Trump's agenda costs him big in the swing states. Romney and Mccain didn't get enough of the Latino vote to win key states and Trump as far lower net approval than they do.
May I add that Trump in fact has been heard to say that he actually supports gay marriage rights?
edited 28th Feb '16 4:55:17 PM by cake1
The ink flows into a dark puddle, just move your hand- write the way into his heartI've noticed that Gay rights wasn't that big of an issue for the Republicans this cycle. Sure Cruz and Carson would occasionally mention it, but not to the same degree that Santorum and Bachmann talked about it in 2012. I think most of the GOP knows that they lost the American public on that issue, even if the evangelicals refuse to admit it.
edited 28th Feb '16 5:12:07 PM by Demonic_Braeburn
Any group who acts like morons ironically will eventually find itself swamped by morons who think themselves to be in good company.

The Senate will be tough if the DNC doesn't devote resources to the state-level races. One hopes that they do, of course, but they are so busy trying to make sure that Clinton wins the nomination that they'll happily toss the baby out.
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