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Moostache

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2. AMEN!!!

Reply to Vinca (Reply #1)

Tue May 14, 2019, 12:36 PM

May 2019

Hickenlooper, O'Rourke, Booker, Klobuchar, Montana Governor "candidate #22" they all would have better chances at flipping or holding seats in the Senate than overcoming a 45 point deficit and 0% polling numbers.

A healthy field is 10 or fewer candidates and a final 4 following the first 4 primaries. We can still have vibrant debates without devolving into a clown car stage of 15+ podiums fighting for 3 minutes on an hour long "debate".

A Democratic POTUS with Cocaine Mitch running the Senate might as well not bother showing up for all the good that will get past the upper house...

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Another thing we're ignoring is the Senate. If we have a Democratic POTUS and still have Vinca May 2019 #1

AMEN!!! Moostache May 2019 #2

Totally agree!! WA-03 Democrat May 2019 #3

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Evidently Not!!! abqtommy May 2019 #8

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