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appal_jack

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31. I wonder if that's why Obama dropped the "Public Option" from the ACA

Sat Mar 11, 2017, 12:53 AM

Mar 2017

Maybe it was crass calculation purely within the Democratic Party (who were the ones who did finally do all the heavy lifting to pass Romneycare writ large, i.e.- the ACA). But maybe it was yet another sacrifice to the illusory "Maybe they will like us if we bend a little more" god of bipartisanship. Whatever the reason, we are reaping a poor harvest at the moment.

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The Democratic Party seems to have no earthly idea why it is so damn unpopular [View all] appal_jack Mar 2017 OP

More purity test bullshit Charles Bukowski Mar 2017 #1

Yes, democracy is hanging by a thread. appal_jack Mar 2017 #20

Aren't the numbers supposed to add up to 1000? Maraya1969 Mar 2017 #70

Go. Away. we can do it Mar 2017 #2

Yes, that is what voters are, in fact, doing. appal_jack Mar 2017 #21

Not a thing leftofcool Mar 2017 #30

Try to tell any of the party conservatives and they flip out completely Warpy Mar 2017 #3

+1000 nt bananas Mar 2017 #5

Thanks for trying to be part of positive change, Warpy! nt appal_jack Mar 2017 #24

Yes! Thirties Child Mar 2017 #53

A shift to the right but Nixon was still elected in a huge victory. eom guillaumeb Mar 2017 #57

The shift didn't happen until after the 1968 Nixon victory Warpy Mar 2017 #63

Dems Snackshack Mar 2017 #4

Did you forget Clinton's campaign? Her only fault is that she didn't engage a foreign enemy to help. George II Mar 2017 #12

She asked the relevant question herself. truebluegreen Mar 2017 #14

Shaun King... LovingA2andMI Mar 2017 #6

You got that right. ciaobaby Mar 2017 #18

Republicans promise to make you rich like them C_U_L8R Mar 2017 #7

I hope we articulate something both better and more genuine. nt appal_jack Mar 2017 #25

Nothing better to offer loyalsister Nov 2018 #73

Uh, yeah............................ alittlelark Mar 2017 #8

It's not unpopular Applan Mar 2017 #9

Hillary's wasn't the only candidate who lost an election since 2008. truebluegreen Mar 2017 #15

G E R R Y M A N D E R I N G. VOTER PURGE we can do it Mar 2017 #48

BULLSHIT. truebluegreen Mar 2017 #49

hillary won by 2.9mil votes, repubs have gerrymandered states to death. dems got millions more msongs Mar 2017 #10

How do you gerrymander the Senate BlueWI Mar 2017 #11

Amen. truebluegreen Mar 2017 #16

...... LovingA2andMI Mar 2017 #17

Excellent points. Thanks. appal_jack Mar 2017 #26

Agree. nt zentrum Mar 2017 #32

this. Nay Mar 2017 #47

Being wishy washy middle of the road corporatist Democrats- not inspiring Valhallakey Mar 2017 #13

Who do you think the base is? Honeycombe8 Mar 2017 #19

The far left is commies. truebluegreen Mar 2017 #42

I've been around a long time, voted for the first time in 1956. I remember how it once was. Thirties Child Mar 2017 #55

Yes. truebluegreen Mar 2017 #61

I will say this Mountain Mule Mar 2017 #36

Thank you for these first-hand observations Mountain Mule! appal_jack Mar 2017 #38

Thanks for putting in the work. BlueWI Mar 2017 #45

Welcome BlueWI! Mountain Mule Mar 2017 #50

My experience was somewhat the same Phoenix61 Mar 2017 #58

It's the same here Mountain Mule Mar 2017 #59

Doubt this thread will last very long zentrum Mar 2017 #22

Yes on all points! nt appal_jack Mar 2017 #27

I think you're ignoring the phony scandals the RW media pelted is with - and this year they did it bettyellen Mar 2017 #51

Consider the source. And get a grip. TygrBright Mar 2017 #23

My grip is fine, thanks. appal_jack Mar 2017 #28

Get Wild! Get Angry! Go for Republican throats... maddiemom Mar 2017 #29

I wonder if that's why Obama dropped the "Public Option" from the ACA appal_jack Mar 2017 #31

Obama never dropped it. It was Max Baucus and the lack of 60 Dem votes in the Senate. LonePirate Mar 2017 #34

He certainly did not go to bat for it via the bully pulpit. appal_jack Mar 2017 #35

It wasn't just the bipartisinship zentrum Mar 2017 #39

Dems went all out for ACA and then lost the 1000 Dem seats across country delisen Mar 2017 #46

That's it zentrum Mar 2017 #33

Yes, the Democratic Party is so unpopular its presidential nominee lost the popular vote... Rollo Mar 2017 #37

The popular vote meme is a comforting thought truebluegreen Mar 2017 #43

The false equivalency is nonesense. Our candate lost because 11 days still_one Mar 2017 #54

Nonsense indeed. truebluegreen Mar 2017 #60

Nobody is going to be leading by 50 points in today's hyper-partisan Charles Bukowski Mar 2017 #62

It was a rhetorical question. truebluegreen Mar 2017 #66

Your third question is a straw man. Charles Bukowski Mar 2017 #67

Take personal responsibility Rollo Mar 2017 #68

You seem to have missed my point... Rollo Mar 2017 #64

I remember when Obama was running for President in 2008... Rollo Mar 2017 #65

Ronan interview bbgrunt Mar 2017 #40

Eloquent? Lolz JNelson6563 Mar 2017 #41

Trump is wildly unpopular. truebluegreen Mar 2017 #44

BULLSHIT!! We know why we are unpopular njhoneybadger Mar 2017 #52

That campaign slogan should work just great... appal_jack Mar 2017 #69

Every Democrat running for Senate in the swing states lost to the ESTABLISHMENT still_one Mar 2017 #56

Democrats should emulate Bernie Sanders benpollard May 2017 #71

What needs to be done. Maximus Decimus Meri Jun 2017 #72