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RuPaul also voted No. Mitch is submitting bills that make the Dems in Red s -- ConnHoo 01/20/2018 1:24PM One word -- Hfbyrd 01/20/2018 5:26PM Maybe not. -- Shenhoo 01/20/2018 2:05PM Trump himself in 2013 -- wahoo138 01/21/2018 09:21AM Steele’s membership in the club will be -- walkthecorner 01/20/2018 2:09PM My long-resident Maryland wife was -- Shenhoo 01/20/2018 2:16PM Seems like a reasonable person but -- walkthecorner 01/20/2018 2:18PM I'm not a fan of the shutdown on priciple; I think it's pretty clear that -- Seattle .Hoo 01/20/2018 10:28AM Fair take, but the repubs were hurt by the shutdown. Enough that they quick -- Hoo05Dave 01/20/2018 2:24PM The shutdown in 2013 was 16 days. I don't call that a quick capitulation -- Seattle .Hoo 01/20/2018 2:46PM My analysis. -- Shenhoo 01/20/2018 10:34AM I predict a fairly large swing in the midterms -- Faz d. Hoo 01/20/2018 11:05AM I was expecting that too, until this shutdown miscalculation. Leave it to -- Hoo05Dave 01/20/2018 2:26PM The Dems do a much better job than the GOP — and don’t forget the -- WahooRQ 01/20/2018 1:13PM While that may be true in theory, in reality it hasn't mattered for -- Faz d. Hoo 01/20/2018 1:33PM Indeed , leading with the ACA was -- walkthecorner 01/20/2018 2:14PM Boy I disagree with that. Healthcare reform was one of the major issues in -- Seattle .Hoo 01/20/2018 2:50PM Serious question. Why wasn't universal healthcare possible -- BocaHoo91 01/20/2018 2:57PM Serious Answer: not enough OPM ** -- ConnHoo 01/20/2018 8:12PM I'm no lefty, but I think basic universal coverage with -- BocaHoo91 01/21/2018 08:59AM When it comes to OPM, there is never enough. ** -- ConnHoo 01/22/2018 07:26AM Serious answer: the health insurance lobby. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 01/20/2018 3:03PM So you're saying the democrats care more about being -- BocaHoo91 01/20/2018 5:25PM Not necessarily. There are definitely Democrats that are too corporate or -- Seattle .Hoo 01/20/2018 6:02PM Right, but the democrats had the opportunity to do something actually -- BocaHoo91 01/20/2018 6:20PM Unfortunately what you call “the Democrats” as if it were a team wearing -- southdenverhoo 01/20/2018 11:24PM Exactly! ** -- Faz d. Hoo 01/21/2018 12:30PM But hey there are no issues with our current -- walkthecorner 01/20/2018 6:23PM Which is more proof for my point -- Faz d. Hoo 01/20/2018 4:55PM I disagree. They had no votes to lose as you'll recall. Besides they passed -- Seattle .Hoo 01/20/2018 6:10PM They didn't have to overreach. -- Faz d. Hoo 01/20/2018 8:21PM Hey Clark, do you need some Tylenol. ; ) ** -- Cold Hoober Hoo 01/20/2018 8:32PM I like the sentiments of John Kennedy (R-LA) -- Shenhoo 01/20/2018 11:16AM I'm sure that's the calculus the D's are hoping for. walkthecorner is right -- Seattle .Hoo 01/20/2018 10:47AM I am not sure you can automatically cede the Hispanic vote to the Dems for -- Tuckahokie 01/20/2018 10:45AM Yeah well black folks left the GOP when the segregationists fled the -- Seattle .Hoo 01/20/2018 10:55AM These Dreamers and their families will always remember and tell their -- Shenhoo 01/20/2018 10:52AM We'll see Shen...Irish and Italian immigrants were targets of anti- -- Tuckahokie 01/20/2018 11:06AM That's very true! -- Beerman 01/20/2018 1:03PM The difference is legality, at least for me. The Dems -- Cold Hoober Hoo 01/20/2018 8:47PM Not really a point worth making. There was no "legal" or "illegal" -- WahooRQ 01/21/2018 09:25AM When people quote the Statue of Liberty and say just -- Cold Hoober Hoo 01/21/2018 11:22AM Also true -- Beerman 01/20/2018 9:08PM True that. Although I don’t think it’s a bad idea to -- Cold Hoober Hoo 01/20/2018 9:40PM My family was here before the Revolution. "Get off mah land!" ;) ** -- Seattle .Hoo 01/20/2018 11:36AM Yeah. The NYT was virulently -- Shenhoo 01/20/2018 11:22AM Italians were definitely targets; alien religion and culture as far as the -- Seattle .Hoo 01/20/2018 11:42AM How soon we all forget our past, that -- walkthecorner 01/20/2018 11:10AM The left is fire up to vote so will -- walkthecorner 01/20/2018 10:32AM I know. There just appear to be few downsides to obstruction insofar as -- Seattle .Hoo 01/20/2018 10:42AM Vicious cycle - we all complain but -- walkthecorner 01/20/2018 10:49AM The districts are gerrymandered to produce this. -- Shenhoo 01/20/2018 10:53AM This is why we have the Freedom Caucus -- hooyorkcity 01/20/2018 1:01PM I think that is absolutely true. Though what is the Senate's excuse? It is -- Seattle .Hoo 01/20/2018 10:56AM 500K Wyomingites get the same rep as 36 million -- WahooRQ 01/20/2018 11:43AM And yet the Senators are the adults in the room, relatively speaking -- Faz d. Hoo 01/20/2018 1:44PM I get it, but I also get why the federal system allocates two senators per -- Seattle .Hoo 01/20/2018 11:49AM No disagreement — although just in principle I see no reason -- WahooRQ 01/20/2018 11:52AM Get to be states? -- hoothat 01/20/2018 5:22PM Would you accept New California becoming a state in exchange for -- Faz d. Hoo 01/20/2018 1:46PM The more relevant question is would Californians accept that? They have to -- Seattle .Hoo 01/20/2018 2:38PM I'm not clued into CA politics to have any idea, but to me that's separate ** -- Faz d. Hoo 01/20/2018 4:52PM McConnell voted no for procedural purposes. Come on. ** -- dajoka004 01/20/2018 09:14AM Boy you're really going to have to get in the weeds -- wahoo138 01/20/2018 09:16AM Youll find out, I couldn’t imagine how messed up the head you have to br -- TomKazanski 01/20/2018 09:20AM I'm just here for the popcorn ** -- wahoo138 01/20/2018 09:22AM You thought you had a "GOT EM" moment, didn't you? -- dajoka004 01/20/2018 09:18AM Other GOP voted no as well. ** -- walkthecorner 01/20/2018 09:33AM Rand Paul. Mike Lee. Lindsey Graham. Jeff Flake. -- Shenhoo 01/20/2018 09:55AM Hope the first of many. ** -- walkthecorner 01/20/2018 10:01AM Hopefully. Jeff Flake can basically control the Senate majority. -- Shenhoo 01/20/2018 10:18AM He has nothing to lose at this point. ** -- walkthecorner 01/20/2018 10:26AM Sen Flake is taking the position that they can't wait for the White House -- Seattle .Hoo 01/20/2018 10:32AM Apparently they don’t count ** -- WahooMatt05 01/20/2018 09:47AM Just be honest. Some GOP senators -- walkthecorner 01/20/2018 09:51AM No spin. That's the vote breakdown -- wahoo138 01/20/2018 09:21AM I hear what you're saying, but when has the GOP paid the price with voters? ** -- Seattle .Hoo 01/20/2018 10:34AM This mostly has to do with Dems having terrible messaging. -- hooyorkcity 01/20/2018 10:42AM Yeah but at some point the voters have to take responsibility for allowing -- Seattle .Hoo 01/20/2018 10:48AM
