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2014. And that's all there is. Laelth Oct 2013 #1
Many of them live in gerrymandered districts where they will be elected no matter what. Agnosticsherbet Oct 2013 #7
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Keeping their jobs? nt Xipe Totec Oct 2013 #2
Gerrymandered districts will keep many of them in their jobs. n/t Agnosticsherbet Oct 2013 #8
Gerrymandering can only get them so far. Xipe Totec Oct 2013 #17
That was the old way to do Gerrymandering, the Rethugs changed that in 2010. Savannahmann Oct 2013 #22
That math makes no sense. Xipe Totec Oct 2013 #31
They aren't going to pick up seats in the house. Savannahmann Oct 2013 #32
We seem to be talking past each other Xipe Totec Oct 2013 #33
Same thing that happened when Gingrich and the GOP did it in 1995. FSogol Oct 2013 #3
This is a good answer. We can hpe that some districts are not so gerrymandered Agnosticsherbet Oct 2013 #10
While gerrymandering sucks, it is often an excuse not to do anything. FSogol Oct 2013 #18
fucking dumb asses gopiscrap Oct 2013 #4
They got there beig dumb asses, and elected by dumb assess. Agnosticsherbet Oct 2013 #9
Exactly gopiscrap Oct 2013 #12
Losing their power. With election a year away people will remember. Pretzel_Warrior Oct 2013 #5
I haven't seen a lot of evidence of pragmatic governance since Eye of Newt Gingrich Agnosticsherbet Oct 2013 #13
2014 election HappyMe Oct 2013 #6
I will be saying this until everyone gets it Hutzpa Oct 2013 #14
This^^^^^^! nt Mnemosyne Oct 2013 #15
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This is it exactly. They have no incentive, and we can only changing it by getting out and voting. Agnosticsherbet Oct 2013 #30
ah and another to tell us in a very clear moment of victory how we should be feeling defeat. seabeyond Oct 2013 #16
Isn't it amazing? HappyMe Oct 2013 #21
i think. not putting my info yet to check it out. thought i would let others play with the seabeyond Oct 2013 #23
There's plenty of time. HappyMe Oct 2013 #26
I said nothing about the ACA, which is making things better Agnosticsherbet Oct 2013 #28
What victory are we celebrating? And I didn't tell you how to feel. I asked why they should change. Agnosticsherbet Oct 2013 #27
They have no incentive, in fact they actually want to destroy the country. The incentive is for lostincalifornia Oct 2013 #20
They only hate the parts of government that helps people Marrah_G Oct 2013 #24
Take another look at it for a moment. Savannahmann Oct 2013 #25
Didn't happen that way the last time... brooklynite Oct 2013 #29
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