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Originally Posted by ernie
Oh I see, because things might be difficult to pass one shouldn't even try. Gun control in a nutshell. If you can't solve verything with one bill don't even bother trying. How about having vision and taking the steps you can to start going down the road. Geez. If he wins the election it is because a majority of voters agree with his vision. If the House and Senate stand in the way it will be 2 years of lame duck presidency followed by massive mid-term changes. The voters will not accept another do nothing congress.
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I mean...you know this isn't true right? The GOP started Operation: Obstruction in 2010. At the time, they had 242 House seats and 47 Senate seats. Currently, the GOP has....247 House seats, and 54 Senate seats. So no, the voters will easily accept a do-nothing Congress. They've already shown you they will.
You also have to remember after Obama's first two years, with the House and Senate under Dem control, the Dems got destroyed in the 2010 elections (combined loss of 70 seats!!!). So even if Bernie gets the Senate for instance, if he tries to pass say Health Care, he'll be decimated in 2018 because the GOP machine, like it or not, is very effective. Like significantly more than the Dems.
I guess I'm not saying "Don't try", I'm saying pretty much no matter what the GOP has the mechanisms in place to brutally punish the Dems. Remember Obama was a true centrist even if they tried to slam him as a communist/socialist/maoist/whateverist. How easy is it going to be for them to go after a guy who uses socialist in his title? Almost too easy.
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Originally Posted by FlameOn
If there is enough of a turnout this year and people try to make a difference in even Gerrymandered areas, there could be change. GOP is up for 24 openings in the senate vs. 10 for Dems. It's a matter of getting enough support and getting people to realize the Congress/Senate are a huge problem.
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Senate isn't the House. Senate can be had for the Dems for sure, no gerrymandering there at all. The House though, I mean you have to see how they drew up some of these districts. Brilliant (if disgusting) political moves to pretty much screw the Dems out of many possible seats for years to come. Problem with the Senate is the GOP has rigged that one too with the filibuster, so now it takes 60 seats to have a majority and not 50. Maybe the real lesson out of all of this is the Dems need to stop being such pussies and just start acting like dicks.