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2016 Postmortem

TwilightZone

(25,468 posts)

16. As you noted, that's just the beginning.

Reply to realmirage (Original post)

Sun Jun 19, 2016, 05:01 PM

Jun 2016

The ramifications of this election and the next couple are monumental. 2020 is the next redistricting year, and we *must* be in position to make significant changes if we're going to accomplish long-term goals.

That's means a Democrat in the WH in 2016 and gains in the Senate (preferably a swing) and House in 2016, further gains in 2018 (get out the damn vote!), and again in 2020.

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Democrats fighting over legitimate differences. Here you go [View all] realmirage Jun 2016 OP

Trump Supreme Court. oasis Jun 2016 #1

Scary that people don't get the importance realmirage Jun 2016 #8

Nothing about the current SCOTUS? seabeckind Jun 2016 #2

Nary a peep out of our Democratic Senators"????? You been asleep for a while? tonyt53 Jun 2016 #3

No, I guess I expected something in the news. seabeckind Jun 2016 #5

They talk about it all the time. You think because you didn't see it on the news, it didn't happen? TwilightZone Jun 2016 #17

Tree falling in the forest. seabeckind Jun 2016 #18

Your senator from CT doing his job? seabeckind Jun 2016 #6

What leverage are you referring to realmirage Jun 2016 #9

You (the op) is saying fear trump cause of SCOTUS seabeckind Jun 2016 #12

I will NOT be boogey-manned into working to defeat trump!!!! 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2016 #4

Supreme Court realmirage Jun 2016 #7

I think you missed the sarcasm. n/t BzaDem Jun 2016 #14

As the other poster noted ... I was being sarcastic ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2016 #19

And those things you listed realmirage Jun 2016 #10

We aren't getting those goals today. seabeckind Jun 2016 #13

I should have posted the ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2016 #20

Actually, the potential is MUCH worse. Hortensis Jun 2016 #11

"Basically, Calvinism is known by an acronym: T.U.L.I.P." teamster633 Jun 2016 #15

Who could argue with that? Hortensis Jun 2016 #21

As you noted, that's just the beginning. TwilightZone Jun 2016 #16

The Trump card has been played too many times. Betty Karlson Jun 2016 #22