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Offline Mary Ann

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Horse with no Brain knows how to re-take the Senate, and--
« on: November 30, 2016, 08:37:31 AM »
--it doesn't involve winning an election!

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Are there any Senators who might be so mortified at what trump and the republicans are doing

that they would cross over and convert to Dems?
This has happened before....it would be a way to get the majority without winning it....

Hate to break it to you, DUmmy, but it's almost(?) always the LOSING side that loses members following a decisive victory--like Arlen Spector (R to D) in 2009, and Ben Nighthorse Campbell (D to R) in 1995.

You see, there are a lot of advantages to being in the majority--committee chairmanships, etc., and pretty much none to being in the minority. That alone is a YUUUGE incentive for the majority party maintaining members, and minority members to switch sides. In fact, there has been some buzz that Joe Manchin may switch. You can bet that the D's are well aware of that, and are doing everything they can to keep Joe content with being a Dem.
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Re: Horse with no Brain knows how to re-take the Senate, and--
« Reply #1 on: November 30, 2016, 09:04:18 AM »
Dream on DUmbass.
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Re: Horse with no Brain knows how to re-take the Senate, and--
« Reply #2 on: November 30, 2016, 04:19:17 PM »
Joe Manchin most likely will jump sides. So the DUchebag has that going for him.

However, the big concern will be how many donk senators in red states decide to go along with whacky Trump ideas like enforcing immigration laws, reducing useless and burdensome federal regulations  and renegotiating poor trade deals? My money is on MOST OF THEM.
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Re: Horse with no Brain knows how to re-take the Senate, and--
« Reply #3 on: November 30, 2016, 06:20:31 PM »
Quote from: Mary Ann on November 30, 2016, 08:37:31 AM
--it doesn't involve winning an election!

Hate to break it to you, DUmmy, but it's almost(?) always the LOSING side that loses members following a decisive victory--like Arlen Spector (R to D) in 2009, and Ben Nighthorse Campbell (D to R) in 1995.

You see, there are a lot of advantages to being in the majority--committee chairmanships, etc., and pretty much none to being in the minority. That alone is a YUUUGE incentive for the majority party maintaining members, and minority members to switch sides. In fact, there has been some buzz that Joe Manchin may switch. You can bet that the D's are well aware of that, and are doing everything they can to keep Joe content with being a Dem.

I don't know a lot about Manchin ,but from what I do know he just as well switch. The democrats has left him by the wayside.
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Re: Horse with no Brain knows how to re-take the Senate, and--
« Reply #4 on: November 30, 2016, 06:46:53 PM »
Quote from: ChuckJ on November 30, 2016, 06:20:31 PM
I don't know a lot about Manchin ,but from what I do know he just as well switch. The democrats has left him by the wayside.

From what I know of him, they would kick GOP ass if he ran as their candidate.  We can therefore rest assured they will go harder left, and strain to run someone who isn't a white male and is as far left as you can get without carrying a CPUSA card.
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