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They want to play hardball....... Historic NY Aug 2021 #1
Finger crossed on this, hoping these recalcitrant centrists... brush Aug 2021 #2
Blue dogs are indeed the most at-risk seats. FBaggins Aug 2021 #3
Their majority qazplm135 Aug 2021 #7
It isn't a Yugo against a tractor trailer FBaggins Aug 2021 #9
Sure it is qazplm135 Aug 2021 #12
And yet... the Yugo just won FBaggins Aug 2021 #14
Won what? qazplm135 Aug 2021 #15
The game of "political chicken" with the tractor trailer FBaggins Aug 2021 #16
That wasn't the plan qazplm135 Aug 2021 #17
Well Said, Sir The Magistrate Aug 2021 #18
I'm not going that far. qazplm135 Aug 2021 #19
I Agree Both Sides Need One Another, Sir The Magistrate Aug 2021 #20
Willing won't matter qazplm135 Aug 2021 #21
That is not true. Demsrule86 Aug 2021 #22
And we need the progressives for the majority qazplm135 Aug 2021 #29
Not To Mention WHITT Aug 2021 #4
The deal will get done Johnny2X2X Aug 2021 #5
With friends like this who needs enemies Bear Creek Aug 2021 #6
Sinema is frustrating Mad_Machine76 Aug 2021 #8
With friends like these, who needs Sinema? lagomorph777 Aug 2021 #26
I hope all their seats turn blue because the Big Bill is VERY POPULAR librechik Aug 2021 #10
"Blue Dogs?" I thought their new name was neoliberal and or moderate? ShazamIam Aug 2021 #11
Neoliberal is a descriptor specific to economic policy. This group is also known as Problem Solvers Fiendish Thingy Aug 2021 #13
We lose the majority without them and get nothing. Demsrule86 Aug 2021 #24
Yes, conservative on economis, to me neoliberasl are only liberal on things like LGBQT, ShazamIam Aug 2021 #31
Blue dogs is an insulting term and very old. Demsrule86 Aug 2021 #23
I like the term coined by, I think Greg Sargent: Sabotage Squad Fiendish Thingy Aug 2021 #25
I like both of those names. lagomorph777 Aug 2021 #27
The entire points of being a centrist is so you can win in red or purple district. This is going Demsrule86 Aug 2021 #28
The *only* reason to pass bipartisan bill first is to sabotage the reconciliation bill Fiendish Thingy Aug 2021 #30
I disagree but don't want to argue. ShazamIam Aug 2021 #32
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