Mad_Machine76
Mad_Machine76's JournalWell, we can have a majority in Congress (by way of a 50-state strategy)
or perfect ideological purity but it will be a LONG time before we can have both IMHO. Getting a Blue Dog Dem or DINO from a red state vote our way 60-70% of the time is better than having a FLAMING Republican bagger vote against us 100% of the time is better IMHO. A lot of people here complain about the abandonment of Dean's 50-State Strategy but they also have complained about some of the Democrats his strategy helped elect- that gave us majorities from 2007-2011. Until we turn some of those red states bluer, if we want to have a majority in Congress, we're probably going to have to settle for some less-than-progressive Dems whom will nonetheless vote with us more often than not. 
The Republicans (those left anyway)
will do the same stuff to ANY Democrat that gets elected forthwith. As long as they control some lever of power or occupy enough seats, they will sabotage ANY Democratic POTUS just like they did with President Obama. I never got all of the op-eds that claimed that Hillary could get stuff done that President Obama hasn't been able to (though he has gotten a lot accomplished nonetheless)
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