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Originally Posted by Elphaba
I fully agree. Historically, the American voters have tended to not let one party have the upper hand over the other for any length of time. If the folks in the middle become sufficiently unhappy with how this second term is going, they very well might shift left in coming elections.
I believe the dems are in a fix of their own making and until they put a comprehensive platform together that sells what they are rather than what they are not, they will remain there.
I also find it repugnant that the repubs are using their current majority status to make highly questionnable rule changes to shut out any participation by the dems.
I hope independent or centrist voters are watching closely.
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I hope that people will soon decide that enough is enough and find third and fourth parties that represent them well enough to break the two-party hold on congress. I have no problem with Dems/Reps being in there, I just don't think that two groups can adequately represent such large segments of our population. With three or four major parties in power, no one group can go too crazy because they won't have a majority and won't be able to overrule everyone else.