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Anybody see a path that this ends well??????? (Original Post) Cryptoad Mar 2018 OP
Military cilla4progress Mar 2018 #1
Eventually trump destroys the Rethug party, in three years we win the presidency have the njhoneybadger Mar 2018 #2
I do see some good endings, with the usual caveats marylandblue Mar 2018 #3
At the way Trump is moving, i am beginning to wonder,,, Cryptoad Mar 2018 #4
We will definitely have elections marylandblue Mar 2018 #6
We'll probably have the elections. At least this time. But what if... First Speaker Mar 2018 #7
If newly registered voters become let's say a 57-43 block Awsi Dooger Mar 2018 #5
Never lose hope and never surrender struggle4progress Mar 2018 #8

njhoneybadger

(3,910 posts)
2. Eventually trump destroys the Rethug party, in three years we win the presidency have the
Sat Mar 17, 2018, 12:17 AM
Mar 2018

House and senate Ginsberg and Kennedy retire we replace them with liberal judges. Push renewable energy go after the Koch brothers ,NRA, change Citizens United
ect.

marylandblue

(12,344 posts)
3. I do see some good endings, with the usual caveats
Sat Mar 17, 2018, 12:28 AM
Mar 2018

We are in dark times, I don't have a crystal ball, he's the worst president ever blah, blah...

But there is change coming. Mueller is still working and he will not stop. Even if he is fired, he will try to get his job back. And if you extrapolate Tuesday's election result to November, the Democrats will take as many house seats as they did in 1932.

First Speaker

(4,858 posts)
7. We'll probably have the elections. At least this time. But what if...
Sat Mar 17, 2018, 01:23 AM
Mar 2018

...the country as a whole votes, say, 54-45 in favor of Dem candidates...and gerrymandering keeps the GOP in power? We would have an utter crisis of legitimacy. How long can our "democracy" last in those circumstances...?

 

Awsi Dooger

(14,565 posts)
5. If newly registered voters become let's say a 57-43 block
Sat Mar 17, 2018, 12:56 AM
Mar 2018

And remain there all their lives.

That would influence one election cycle after another, even if many of us wouldn't be around to see it.

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