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Rumors of the Republican demise have been greatly exagerated

Stoked said:
Once again a golden opportunity to bring Latinos firmly into their base. They'll waste it.
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What would they do to get Latinos in their base? I mean, aside from immigration issues, do you have ideas as to what appeals to them on a Republican platform?

Broncster said:
Democrats never gained power. Almost everything Obama tried to do was blocked by the republic controlling Senate.
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You mean like having the presidency, the house and then a super majority in the senate?
 
infection said:
You mean like having the presidency, the house and then a super majority in the senate?
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I guess I just more remember the start and the end but he did have majority in the middle. Regardless I hope the Democrats are more willing to participate and get things accomplished than the Republicans were during Obama years. I also hope Trump is better at being bipartisan and inclusive than Obama was. Many republicans were saying they would not allow Clinton if she won to appoint a supreme court justice and would block all her attempts for 4 years and force us to have 1 less. I wonder if the Democrats will do the same thing back.
 
Rudy getting to the line 5.9x per game this year despite playing less than 30 minutes per.

Very, very solid. Hopefully his % improves though.
 
Broncster said:
I guess I just more remember the start and the end but he did have majority in the middle. Regardless I hope the Democrats are more willing to participate and get things accomplished than the Republicans were during Obama years. I also hope Trump is better at being bipartisan and inclusive than Obama was. Many republicans were saying they would not allow Clinton if she won to appoint a supreme court justice and would block all her attempts for 4 years and force us to have 1 less. I wonder if the Democrats will do the same thing back.
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Why would they? Republicans proved it works.
 
IIRC Trump had a majority, albeit slim, among the population as a whole except California where Hilary won in a landslide that tipped the popular vote scales in her favor. Another indictment of the outdated election system we use.
 
LogGrad98 said:
IIRC Trump had a majority, albeit slim, among the population as a whole except California where Hilary won in a landslide that tipped the popular vote scales in her favor. Another indictment of the outdated election system we use.
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More interesting numbers...

Total Senate votes:
Democrat: 45,236,687
Republican: 39,400,662

This number is somewhat exaggerated because California did not have a Republican in the Senate race, just two Democrats. The two Democrats combined for about 8.5 million votes. Feinstein won election in 2012 by around 3 million votes.

In any case, that resulted in the Republicans winning 22 seats, and the Democrats 13.

The sum of the last three elections in the senate (that should cover just about every currently elected senator):
Democrat: 116,110,873
Republican: 103,163,134

The result of that is the current 51/46 split in the senate.

Coupled with HRC's popular-vote win, how is this sustainable? This is a six-year wave of votes... for the Democrats. Like Trump said, looks rigged.
 
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Joe Bagadonuts said:
Remember all those posts about how the Republican party was dead? Do you recall all the people who were shoveling dirt onto the corpse? Hold up a sec.

I don't think that even the most optimistic Republican supporter ever imagined that the party would have firm control of both houses, plus the presidency, plus positioned to make a key appointment to the Supreme Court by the beginning of next year. One lesson that I've learned again and again is that life never fails to surprise. My life has recently surprised me with developments that exceed my wildest imagination, and it all happened in the wake of terrible personal tragedy. This election is yet another example.
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The last 2 Republican presidents have been elected after receiving the minority of votes. Kind of ironic after all of Trump's bitching about the system being rigged, he get's elected without the majority.

Anyway, Trump isn't and never was a Republican. He was elected for not being Hillary. The GOP could have placed an R on a sack of turds, and Republicans would have voted for it over Clinton. Actually, that's pretty much what they did.

Personally, if I was a Republican, I don't think I'd want to claim Trump as representative of my party, and I'm guessing sooner than later, those supporting the oompa loompa will follow the example of people like the Bushes and Glen Beck, and disown Trump from the party.
 
Joe Bagadonuts said:
Remember all those posts about how the Republican party was dead? Do you recall all the people who were shoveling dirt onto the corpse? Hold up a sec.

I don't think that even the most optimistic Republican supporter ever imagined that the party would have firm control of both houses, plus the presidency, plus positioned to make a key appointment to the Supreme Court by the beginning of next year. One lesson that I've learned again and again is that life never fails to surprise. My life has recently surprised me with developments that exceed my wildest imagination, and it all happened in the wake of terrible personal tragedy. This election is yet another example.
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great post. There's a lesson in duality to be learned here which is sadly flying over many heads.

the media is obviously the biggest culprit in warping so many views, yet most of the anger and discontent I see isn't aimed in their direction.
 
PG_AB said:
great post. There's a lesson in duality to be learned here which is sadly flying over many heads.

the media is obviously the biggest culprit in warping so many views, yet most of the anger and discontent I see isn't aimed in their direction.
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Because people on twitter are legitimately retarded and want to blame racism and sexism for everything.

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