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Originally Posted by djtestudo
Personally, the more I think about it I would be in favor of a Democratic majority in at least one of the houses, as long as the Republicans keep the other.
That way, no matter who is president, there is enough potantial gridlock to prevent anything really bad from happening.
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Divided government has generally been fairly productive in recent years....Reagan and the Dem Congress reformed Social Security (for the medium term) and agreed on reasonable tax reform, Clinton and the Repub Congress came together on comprehensive welfare reform, trade policy, and spending limits.
And the checks and balances provide for much greater oversight of the Pres, which is a good thing no matter which party has the White House.
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Originally Posted by NCB
Hey, those are democrat values: anti war, "living wage", higher taxes for social security, ect... I understand why they dont publicize them: they'll get run out of town if did. But to sit here and deny that these items are not on their radar is either naive or poorly informed and frankly, no liberal on this board is either
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I know it plays well with the Repub base...but more and more Americans dont buy it any more than they buy the Repub "values" (check the polls on who the people trust more on domestic issues - economy, health care, Soc. Security, etc) and to deny that is either naive or poorly informed....and still, you will not see these exteme examples from your list on any Dem agenda.