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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 02:39 PM Original message |
I'm not thrilled with the President's first term, but who's going to primary him? |
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COLGATE4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
1. Nobody. You and I are in the same boat. n/t |
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AverageJoe90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
2. Agreed. |
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trueblue2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
3. NO ONE !! STOP SUGGESTING IT! U a Dem? Support the President. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 04:02 PM Response to Reply #3 |
36. I will probably vote for him -- but I will hold my nose while doing it. |
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SlimJimmy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 04:03 PM Response to Reply #3 |
37. There are *many* Democrats, including myself, that would like to |
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SomethingFishy (552 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 06:40 PM Response to Reply #3 |
52. Stop suggesting it? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 10:49 AM Response to Reply #3 |
81. If you are a democrat -- you support your conscience -- not 'lesser evils" --- |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
4. no one n/t |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
5. No one. The people who want another candidate need to say their goodbyes |
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Little Star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
6. Sad to say, I don't think anyone viable wants to primary him. Soooo |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 10:52 AM Response to Reply #6 |
82. Please stop the "no place else to go" thinking -- it's fear-based and not helpful .... |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
7. Russ Feingold, Alan Grayson, Bernie Sanders. |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 02:53 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Feingold was weak last time he ran. |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 03:22 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. I don't need any more than that. |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 03:57 PM Response to Reply #20 |
34. I would love to have Bernie, Grayson or Feingold as President, |
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tblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 02:53 PM Original message |
In my dreams. |
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Proud Liberal Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 02:55 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. Russ is supporting Obama |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 03:23 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. I really don't care. |
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Proud Liberal Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 03:30 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. If nobody steps forward |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 03:43 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. It's near tautological to suggest that if no one steps up, a primary challenge won't occur. |
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Proud Liberal Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 08:37 AM Response to Reply #29 |
54. We shall see |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 08:54 AM Response to Reply #29 |
57. keep wishing. if anyone tries it'll be a larouchie type loon. there'll be no real primary. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 11:06 AM Response to Reply #24 |
88. 2010 was a groundswell -- and it shouldn't be ignored --- |
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Liberal_Stalwart71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 03:56 PM Response to Reply #16 |
33. And both Grayson and Sanders support Obama. It's one thing to crticize. It's altogether another |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 03:54 PM Response to Reply #7 |
31. We "sent a message" in 2010, and look how that turned |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 03:55 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Maybe we need to send a different message this time around? |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 03:58 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Not going to take that chance. I'm not willing to shoot myself |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 04:12 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. I wish I knew what these ways were. |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 06:16 PM Response to Reply #40 |
49. I'm somewhat in agreement, feel as though it'll all have to |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 06:35 PM Response to Reply #32 |
51. Laughable |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 08:57 AM Response to Reply #51 |
59. because like our "friends across the aisle", some are so eager to "make obama pay" they'd literally |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 08:55 AM Response to Reply #32 |
58. just come out and say you want Obama to lose to the republican already. geez. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 10:49 AM Response to Reply #58 |
70. Deleted message |
dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 08:52 AM Response to Reply #7 |
56. russ won't even run for governor in his own state. he's done holding office for now. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 10:54 AM Response to Reply #7 |
83. How many Dems have we who aren't pre-bribed and pre-owned by corporations? |
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banned from Kos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
8. Ironically Kucinich is mentioned but he probably won't survive his own primary |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 02:55 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. Kooch did so well last time, right? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 10:55 AM Response to Reply #14 |
84. Populists don't do well against cororate money machine -- !!! |
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tblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 02:55 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Not a joke. |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 03:31 PM Response to Reply #15 |
25. Seriously. I'm all for a Hail Mary. |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 09:01 AM Response to Reply #25 |
61. "Things certainly can't get much worse." give us a teabagger for president and you'll quickly learn |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 10:26 AM Response to Reply #61 |
66. If that's the case, then it needs to get worse before it gets better. |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 10:42 AM Response to Reply #66 |
68. the classic nader style argument. give republicans full control and let em burn the country down. |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 10:47 AM Response to Reply #68 |
69. A democrat seems to be doing a pretty damn good job of letting the country burn. |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 10:50 AM Response to Reply #69 |
71. dupe |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 10:51 AM Response to Reply #69 |
72. then you better get to work helping the republicans win next year. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 10:56 AM Response to Reply #69 |
85. +1000% --- |
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olegramps (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 09:35 AM Response to Reply #25 |
62. What makes you think that anyone would be more sucessful.... |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 10:24 AM Response to Reply #62 |
65. What makes me think that anyone would be more successful? |
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olegramps (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 10:27 AM Response to Reply #65 |
74. And you think that Hillary would have done better? |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 09:00 AM Response to Reply #15 |
60. do you realize if you replaced obama with kucinich right now, nothing would be different? |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
9. Kinda, sorta the way I feel. |
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tblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
10. I never thought I'd feel like this. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 11:01 AM Response to Reply #10 |
87. Why is it sad -- If you're awake enough to understand the difference between principles |
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kctim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
12. I still enthusiastically support President Obama |
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tblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 02:54 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Please tell us what it is you enthusiastically support. |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 06:32 PM Response to Reply #13 |
50. I support a guy who's doing his damndest to keep the country from |
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Proud Liberal Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 08:49 AM Response to Reply #50 |
55. +1 |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
17. Oh, well.... |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
18. The break in reality. |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 03:23 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Some people watch what he does on important issues |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 03:40 PM Response to Reply #18 |
28. liberals and progressives have dreamed for soooo long of electing a real progressive to the White |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 04:58 PM Response to Reply #28 |
44. In any age but this one, I'd have expected better than what we got from a GOP president |
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Rabblevox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
19. Agreed. I vote for him again, but no longer will campaign or donate... |
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SlimJimmy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 04:05 PM Response to Reply #19 |
38. I'm with you. I will be donating to local and state candidates only. (nt) |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 10:38 AM Response to Reply #19 |
79. They're already absorbing part of that message -- which is why Obama is sounding a bit more left |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
23. yeah that pretty much sums up how a large number of Democrats including myself feel |
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creon (723 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
26. No one. |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
27. The ghost of perennial presidential candidate Harold Stassen |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
30. No matter who primaries him, that person could not WIN the |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 05:13 PM Response to Reply #30 |
48. Oh, I strongly, strongly disagree. |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 08:28 PM Response to Reply #48 |
53. I see the points you're making, but the majority of people |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 10:34 AM Response to Reply #48 |
77. ... and more and more Global Warming is becoming clearer and the betrayal of our Congress |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 10:31 AM Response to Reply #30 |
76. Disagree -- |
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blkmusclmachine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
39. So Obama's guaranteed to get your vote. Which means you've got nowehere else to go: |
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JNinWB (190 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 04:24 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. I will vote again for Obama. |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 04:28 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Lots of people are happy with him. Doesn't mean they're right. |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 05:06 PM Response to Reply #39 |
47. Yeah, I'm feeling pretty defeated. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 10:35 AM Response to Reply #47 |
78. That doesn't happen by accident -- purposeful planning to demoralize liberals .... |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
43. Mythical FDR's clone ... kind of like the GOP's plan to clone the Mythical Reagan ... |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
45. No one. |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
46. Here's a look back at what you probably ignored or maybe never knew about |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 09:46 AM Response to Reply #46 |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 10:52 AM Response to Reply #63 |
73. then you better get to work for the republicans then! |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 10:43 AM Response to Reply #46 |
80. What you are ignoring or under informed about is the long LIST of right wing decisions by Obama ... |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
64. There's nothing to fear. |
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dmosh42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
67. Better to try and get progressives in Congress! |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 10:59 AM Response to Reply #67 |
86. 74% of the publci want to completely dump the Congress -- 2010 did happen -- |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
75. Sen. Bernie Sanders would be the best bet -- someone we can implicitly trust ... |
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