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Originally Posted by RogueGypsy
I'd also like to point out that a bill written in favor of the people that was concise and well thought out, would likely pass with little opposition no matter who penned it.
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Sorry, as someone who specifically works in electoral politics, this is just plain naïve. God knows many of us wish it were true, but it's not.
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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
it seems to me that if the dems had the majority anyway, how would the republicans have been able to stop a more liberal bill?
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As someone who works in
Democratic electoral politics, you underestimate the Democratic party's ability to screw itself over with self-doubt
That may or may not relate to the quote in my sig; my guess is we'd disagree on that point
