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Weren't you paying attention during 2018? They already do that.
It will be in overdrive in GA in 2020. I guarantee it.
Weren't you paying attention during 2018? They already do that.
It will be in overdrive in GA in 2020. I guarantee it.
I'm just saying, predicting current events isn't exactly miraculous.
It is curious to hear the Democratic candidates vowing their total opposition to bi-partisanship. To them, it's everything - they have absolute total power and don't care what anyone else thinks - or nothing.
I wouldn't go that far given that there are many Republican citizens who support MFA for example. Generally the only Republicans who are 'irredeemable' and cannot be reasoned or negotiated with are hardest core of Trump supporters and the politicos.
End gerrymandering, keep the EC.
Mob rule is not what anyone wants.
The country is basically split down the middle. That's the source of 'polarization.' One might as well say the Democrats are polarizing for failing to go along with Republicans.
The popular vote is no more mob rule than letting acreage decide who gets into the oval office is. And good luck ending gerrymandering without at least one or two of the conservative justices croaking.
They prefer minority rule...thus the reasoning behind gerrymandering, voter suppression, birther conspiracies etc.
Mob Rule = anyone but them.
As someone that's been to rural areas (actually helping my fellow American brothers and sisters) the indoctrination is serious. They have no water they can actually drink, their teeth are falling out, they pray for their kids to get out and have better then are angry with them when they do.
Rural America is a 3rd world country so of course their angry but they have been led to believe their anger should be about everyone that does not look, speak or act like them.
No, you don't understand what polarization is, and what you said is the effect, not the 'source'. The republicans are behind the extreme polarization, as they have been taken over by an agenda of plutocracy; by Libertarians and pandering to any bigotry they have, not only pandering it but encouraging it to build their loyalty.
The fact that repubs are against both of these show how they have no desire to represent people and want to carve up the United States so that they only have to appeal to the same fewer and fewer people while holding their jobs.
Honestly, our big concern at this point should be getting enough people in the house & senate to take gerrymandering away from the Republicans. Or even better, end the electoral college. Preferably both.
I am not sure about what we will do. But it’s what they SHOULD do. And they are the only ones fighting against it and trying to get rid of it right now.
No, I'm living under the bitter acceptance that the right will never stop their vote suppression efforts, so the least we can do is repay the favor and reunite democratic voting blocks against your manipulations.
Is that copied and pasted from Mark Levin's website? "Pretending to be diplomats," that's not something that would fit somebody by the name of Donald Trump, would it? Diplomacy between the United States and the rest of the world was quite good until Trump came along. You can choose to believe the lie that he's made great strides with one or really any country, but we're the most hated country in the world right now. All it took was electing a prick.
If you cannot find common ground with fellow Americans, the problem is with you, not them.
People in larger states are not a "mob". The trump cultists in smaller states fit "mob" better.
It might not be practical to get rid of the EC, but you don't get to pretend it's anything other than an anti-democratic theft by the smaller states of more than their share of votes.
The EC requires a president to have broad support across the country, geographically and socially-- Trump doesnt get elected in 2016 if Clinton holds on to those white workers in the rust belt. The effort to rid the country of the EC is about an effort to appeal to only a certain group of people.
Vice versa is also true. Without the EC, everyone who doesn't live in California or Illinois, or NY, loses their voice.
Out of curiosity, do you really think that the Electoral College can be ended by an Act of Congress?
The left is currently the party of NO but please continue to sell your fantasyNothing but projection. The right does nothing but obstruct and filibuster, and even when the Democrats bring a bipartisan bill to the floor, you guys never accept a fair and balanced compromise.
Really? Let's see...just off the top of my head....Didn't both Gorsuch and Kavanaugh receive votes from Democrats? Of course they did, even though Gorsuch would assume a seat that rightfully belonged to Merrick Garland...and even though Kavanaugh was manifestly unfit and disqualified (from perjury, to multiple credible accusations of sexual assault, to his professional accounts and his own demonstration of a very poor temperament) be elevated to the USSC (or, to even maintain a seat on the federal circuit court.What other than eliminating has the Democrat party been toward Trump and by extension those who voted for him in the last 2 1/2 years?
What did McCain do to "compromise" with Obama from the "get go"? Anything, in particular, you had in mind? Or is that just a blanket excuse you use, as a loyal Trump acolyte, to justify hating McCain?I guess there is no commonality. I admired the Democrats abilities hold the party line during Obama and hate that there were those like McCain and now Romney who are Compromised from the get go.
This is largely (though not completely) accurate. It's time for the Democrats to transition to the next generation. And, to their credit, House Democratic leadership agrees and has already taken major steps in that direction. By 2022, the entire House Democratic Leadership will have turned over, by design. It's already in the works. The Senate Democrats still need a collective come-to-Jesus talk.In your post you talked about new blood; I took that as a nick against Pelosi, Hoyer, Schumer Aka the old guard.
Why does everyone bring up race. I love conservatives; hate (or rather do not like) liberals. I could give a s#%$ what color they are.
Right. So this (among other things) just clearly and convincingly identifies you as a far-far-rightwing extremist. But let's find out:For context....I hated McCain ( long before Trump), starting to hate Romney. Traitors are different than opponents.
They DO NOT LOSE THEIR VOICE. Supporting a candidate who doesn't have enough votes to win is NOT LOSING YOUR VOICE. Expecting to put the candidate in office who does not have the votes at the expense of other voters, lessening the value of their votes, THAT is losing their voice.