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calimary

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40. No kidding, Rowdyboy! That sums it up rather nicely.
Thu Jun 27, 2013, 12:55 PM
Jun 2013

DiFi is better than nothing. Liked her forceful presence in the gun debate. I liked that A LOT! I was surprised, frankly. I expected her to go sniveling to the unreliable "middle of the road," which usually finds her leaning more to the wrong side. In ANY event, she's WORLDS better than having a republi-CON!!!

EVERYONE should keep that in mind when discussing presidential politics, too. Don't just go off in a huff because the Democrat standing before you isn't perfect. ANY even cursory examination of the make-up of the Supreme Court should be enough to settle that one. Do you want someone who would tend more to nominate a Ruth Bader Ginsburg or an antonin scalia?????? Could you live with the ramifications of that for the next 20 - 30 years????????

I'm afraid that's what it comes down to. At least for me. I dislike having my vote hemmed in like that. But it is what it is. And the alternative to even a so-so Democrat is a future dominated by the scalias-alitos-thomases. And I don't think ANYONE, even the most critical DUer or progressive, really deep-down wants that.

A link below to the numbers... Tx4obama Jun 2013 #1
Kinda surprised there hasn't been more reaction to this here lordsummerisle Jun 2013 #2
Well, I'm thinking the Dems in D.C. must have a thrown a celebration and Cha Jun 2013 #5
Maybe they are afraid to express their disappointment? treestar Jun 2013 #17
nice way to piss on a cool thread demwing Jun 2013 #20
Perhaps a lot of people are in "wait and see" mode...... socialist_n_TN Jun 2013 #21
Gomez "positioned himself as a moderate".. yeah, right.. how'd Cha Jun 2013 #3
I've been watching Ed Markey for years... CBHagman Jun 2013 #4
K&R Zorra Jun 2013 #6
Thank God ellie Jun 2013 #7
Welcome news! A fairly shitty news day ends on an upbeat note. calimary Jun 2013 #11
Indeed. ellie Jun 2013 #12
That's what I did, too. calimary Jun 2013 #23
Whew! Brigid Jun 2013 #8
Special hat-tip to CNN... sofa king Jun 2013 #9
Interesting. I think you make a good point, sofa king. calimary Jun 2013 #10
One of the best senate teams in the country. Only ones close might be Schumer and Gillibrand (NY) Rowdyboy Jun 2013 #14
Klobuchar and Franken Unca Jim Jun 2013 #25
Very sorry for that mistake-I'm old enough to remember when Wisconsin was solid blue too Rowdyboy Jun 2013 #26
MURRAY AND CANTWELL! cilla4progress Jun 2013 #27
There ya go! Mikulski and Cardin of Maryland are pretty cool too! Rowdyboy Jun 2013 #28
Blumenthal and Murphy, if you care about gun violence. Jennicut Jun 2013 #30
Well we have Barbara Boxer here in California. Feinstein - meh, sometimes. calimary Jun 2013 #38
Feinstein is why I left California off... Like in the nursery rhyme"When she is good, she is.... Rowdyboy Jun 2013 #39
No kidding, Rowdyboy! That sums it up rather nicely. calimary Jun 2013 #40
Freakin' cnn loses AGAIN! thanks for the Schadenfreud, sofa king! Cha Jun 2013 #13
The president did not choose who was elected Fearless Jun 2013 #16
Really? sofa king Jun 2013 #29
I am speaking of Ed Markey. Thanks for playing. Fearless Jun 2013 #31
How about this? sofa king Jun 2013 #32
The president has nothing to do with it. Fearless Jun 2013 #33
Ha ha, okay. sofa king Jun 2013 #34
+1 n/t politicasista Jun 2013 #37
Told ya'll so! Fearless Jun 2013 #15
YAY! At least this day wasn't ALL bad. Sparky 1 Jun 2013 #18
Thank god! smirkymonkey Jun 2013 #19
Excellent news! LeftishBrit Jun 2013 #22
Frighteningly Low Turnout bucolic_frolic Jun 2013 #24
I turned out! But yes very low. Agschmid Jun 2013 #36
This message was self-deleted by its author politicasista Jun 2013 #35
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