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[Kuya]

just like it did in 1994 when they lost there, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contract_with_America

put probably more wacky if not destructive since this fox/tea stuff wasn't there in 1994

edit: also subpoenas will be issued, the republicans will do anything they can to stop obama from doing anything, even if they agree w/ the policy

So we can expect replicans to increase the level of rhetoric and engage in explicit campaigns to delegitimize and obstruct the democrats even further? Is it actually possible for them to do even more than the last two years?

But what about the democrats? Are we going to see even less from them in the next two years? What is their strategy for when the republicans break their majority?

[Qalbert]

my sentiments are for you to get the fuck out

took the words right out of my mouth

[notorious bum]

yall mad cause I called out your homie for posting the kiddy porn? I don't get it.

[Qalbert]

what you should get is the fuck out

[notorious bum]

yup

[Lucienne]

So your strategy is to win spam over with other people's music?

Copycat!

[notorious bum]

I like to get in touch with people on a personal level. Music is very intimate to me and can convey feelings that just can't be described with words.

[quannum]

There is great concern that the Republicans will take control of the House of Representatives and even possibly the Senate in the 2010 elections. While most prognosticators are predicting huge wins for the Republican Party, their current seat deficit is so great that if they do win back the majority in the House, it will likely be by less than a dozen seats. If Democrats do manage to hold on to the House, it will likely also be with a very narrow majority. While I’ve been told with much hand waving to be very scared about the prospect of Speaker John Boehner, what no one in the Democratic party has legitimately explained to me–or the rest of America–is why we should care. . . be it Republicans or Democrats with narrow control of the House.

For the past two years, Democrats have at every turn repeated the completely fictitious "you need 60 votes in the Senate" myth to duck accountability and justify their wasteful corporate giveaways. Even if the Democrats do manage to hold on to the House and Senate, they will have only tiny majorities in both. With only 53 Democratic senators, there is no hope that Democrats can pass anything substantial–things on which they have already failed to act –as long as they are committed to giving the Republican minority some sort of quasi-parliamentary veto power.

On the flip side, there is no way Republicans can win the House and a 60-seat majority in the Senate (let alone the 67-vote majorities they would need to override an Obama veto). I’ve been told for two years a mere 59 Democrats in the Senate are powerless due to the filibuster; by this same logic, we have nothing to fear from Republican gains because they will never be able to get anything through a Democratic filibuster, and even if they do, Obama can veto it.

Democratic voters have no reason to vote for Democrats, or even much reason to vote against Republicans.

The Democratic leadership has made it clear that they can’t promise anything, even if voters do turn out to support them this November. And the last two years of accountability-dodging propaganda also makes fear mongering about a Republican-controlled House seem silly. Democrats in the Senate can (theoretically) stop legislation, either by majority vote or the much ballyhooed filibuster, and if not, Obama can veto it. Talk of how a segment of Republican candidates favors privatizing Social Security or eliminating Medicare does demonstrate that they are out of touch with mainstream America, but in all honesty there is zero possibility that either move would come about as a result of Republican action alone, with or without winning narrow control of the House.

There needs to be a tangible reason to support Democrats this cycle, and there just isn’t.

emphasis is in original

covers my feeling on the midterms

[notorious bum]

Its hard to support a party that has made nothing but compromises and failures on the promises made.

This is where those catch phrases like "career politician" come into play. Its super convenient for these newcommers/businessmen to just lump all canidates with govt. experience and blast their ineffectiveness in getting things done. Meanwhile, CEOs are much more qualified candidates...

[Qalbert]

This is where catch phrases like "get the fuck out" come into play.

[Kuya]

I can wear a support bra

[Qalbert]

[Qalbert]

this isn't last thread gdi