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cilla4progress

(24,736 posts) Wed Jan 18, 2017, 05:25 PM Jan 2017

Ha ha wishful thinking

Howard Fineman thinks Obama is going to run for office again sometime.

We are all dealing with our grief as we best can ...

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Ha ha wishful thinking (Original Post) cilla4progress Jan 2017 OP

Maybe Trump will fuck up sufficiently Warpy Jan 2017 #1

Good guess cilla4progress Jan 2017 #3

from the way thing look today, ginnyinWI Jan 2017 #2

A LOT of work to do in the meantime gratuitous Jan 2017 #4

Warpy

(111,266 posts)

1. Maybe Trump will fuck up sufficiently

Reply to cilla4progress (Original post)

Wed Jan 18, 2017, 05:44 PM

Jan 2017

to destroy the Republican hold on dumb suburban white people for good. In that case, I can see Obama headed to the USSC at some point, he's certainly qualified.

However, his days of running campaigns are over. My guess is that he will teach here and abroad until the Republican madness passes.

cilla4progress

(24,736 posts)

3. Good guess

Reply to Warpy (Reply #1)

Wed Jan 18, 2017, 05:59 PM

Jan 2017

ginnyinWI

(17,276 posts)

2. from the way thing look today,

Reply to cilla4progress (Original post)

Wed Jan 18, 2017, 05:59 PM

Jan 2017

I think the midterms are going to be great for Dems. And the next Presidential election, 2020, will go to a Dem.

Maybe we can start thinking of who that person might be.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)

4. A LOT of work to do in the meantime

Reply to ginnyinWI (Reply #2)

Wed Jan 18, 2017, 06:07 PM

Jan 2017

We need to get people registered to vote, talk up Democratic accomplishments, de-obfuscate the political conversation (so that people don't think the ACA will save them from the repeal of Obamacare, for example), and offer sound alternatives to the ruinous policies the Republicans are visiting upon the electorate.

When we fight, we win.

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