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aeromanKC

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5. Yes and No
Wed Sep 18, 2019, 04:16 AM
Sep 2019

Yes if it were 2010. No if it was 2018. The 2018 Blue wave was ACA based and the majority of those 40 seats were picked up in moderate districts.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
Pelosi Wants Focus on Obamacare [View all] applegrove Sep 2019 OP
And Nancy puts her foot on the scale. I'm in canada. Public health care works. applegrove Sep 2019 #1
A quick summary - the first "universal" (not entirely) healthcare was passed in 1968... George II Sep 2019 #31
I can see why.. it got us the Blue Wave! Cha Sep 2019 #2
The ACA is how Republicans got the House and Senate back. The 40 red seats got flipped back PoliticAverse Sep 2019 #3
Yes and No aeromanKC Sep 2019 #5
If you pick up seats they are likely to be picked up in "moderate" districts for obvious reasons. PoliticAverse Sep 2019 #8
Top issue for voters in 2018 was health care. betsuni Sep 2019 #6
The reason Democratic voters showed up in record numbers in 2018 was Trump. n/t PoliticAverse Sep 2019 #9
In your opinion, why do you think Democratic voters didn't show up in record numbers in 2016? betsuni Sep 2019 #14
Lots of Democrats didn't think Trump had a chance of winning. That coupled with PoliticAverse Sep 2019 #15
I think this is true. betsuni Sep 2019 #17
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Sep 2019 #29
Yes! Nancy won on healthcare! Cha Sep 2019 #12
So? That was then.. this is Now.. Cha Sep 2019 #10
But it only took 10 years for the blue Wave. Meadowoak Sep 2019 #19
It Happened.. that's what I care about Cha Sep 2019 #21
The Speaker keeps the big picture 2020 strategy in mind empedocles Sep 2019 #4
Yes, Nancy does. She didn't get where Cha Sep 2019 #13
Pelosi is correct. betsuni Sep 2019 #7
and she is right, people KNOW ACA and LIKE ACA . it is now an issue we can win on JI7 Sep 2019 #11
She is right on this. Chemisse Sep 2019 #16
yup, at least when we lost in 2010 we actually had passed it so we got something JI7 Sep 2019 #18
It is a slogan. betsuni Sep 2019 #20
Let's win the election first! peggysue2 Sep 2019 #28
What bills has Nancy et Al passed to improve Obamacare? GeorgeGist Sep 2019 #22
You need the Senate but winning the house stopped the GOP ratfucking with the ACA and other Demsrule86 Sep 2019 #23
As many as those who have gotten "Medicare for All" passed. And she got the original ACA passed. George II Sep 2019 #33
Snap! Cha Sep 2019 #36
We all know M4A has zero chance of passing in the coming decades madville Sep 2019 #24
It's good to hear a voice of reason... thank you! NurseJackie Sep 2019 #25
Wrong response. BeckyDem Sep 2019 #26
Where does that leave BigMin28 Sep 2019 #27
Exactly. It leaves them in the gutter. Joe941 Sep 2019 #30
She's protecting her caucus MontanaFarmer Sep 2019 #32
Once again Pelosi is correct...nt comradebillyboy Sep 2019 #34
Well.. congress gets to decide it, not our POTUS candidates. Amimnoch Sep 2019 #35
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