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county worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 03:10 PM Original message |
"You build a party from the base not the from the middle." Big Ed on today's radio show |
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impik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
1. Another ex-Republican cashing on suddenly becoming "progressive" |
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AndrewP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 04:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. rinse and repeat |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 05:05 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. LOL - why not respond to the substance of what he's saying? nt |
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AndrewP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 08:22 PM Response to Reply #4 |
23. Because it's easier to use talking points to discredit him! |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 09:23 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. I can think of a group of people who do that. nt |
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Eric Condon (761 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 07:07 PM Response to Reply #1 |
16. Oh yeah, because the Left is really where the money is |
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AndrewP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 08:23 PM Response to Reply #16 |
24. Exactly! One side has 10 openings, and the other has 324828439 |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 11:21 AM Response to Reply #1 |
30. Attacking the messenger not the message is so 'automatic'. n/t |
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niceypoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 04:05 PM Response to Reply #1 |
35. So, you disagree with him? |
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OHdem10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
3. He has a point. |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 05:06 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. self-delete - wrong place |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
6. Howard Fineman claims the WH is trying to win back the middle... |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
7. Ed is wrong. |
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county worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 05:45 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. We'll see in 2012 won't we. |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 06:00 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Yes, I suppose you can hope that the BASE shrinks in 2012. |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 06:01 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Maybe it'll take corporate Dems getting their asses handed to them... |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 06:51 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Who are the "corporate Dems"? |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 06:52 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. The prez is our most influential corporate Dem imo. nt |
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Liberal_Stalwart71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 07:21 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. You know what? You make a whole lot of fucking sense! As much as I would |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 03:53 PM Response to Reply #18 |
34. HAha ... yea ... I follow you ... |
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county worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 03:20 PM Response to Reply #9 |
32. Why would I want that to happen? |
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Phx_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 06:33 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. We don't need to wait for 2012 to see, look at past elections. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 07:49 PM Response to Reply #8 |
22. Coming awfully close to hoping a Republican will win? |
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county worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 03:21 PM Response to Reply #22 |
33. You can't even read a map either can you? How about a book? |
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ChimpersMcSmirkers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 07:18 PM Response to Reply #7 |
17. Exactly. The critical left around here aren't the base. |
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bluedigger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 10:32 PM Response to Reply #17 |
29. I laugh every time that number is trotted out. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 07:48 PM Response to Reply #7 |
21. And they accuse others of not having "backbone." |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 09:25 PM Response to Reply #7 |
26. You noticed that incongruity too, eh?... |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 09:40 PM Response to Reply #7 |
27. Actually the anti-choicers have made substantial gains |
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displacedvermoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 04:42 PM Response to Reply #27 |
37. The Dems seemed to have helped them, as Stupid was a Dem |
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Phx_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
11. But you win elections with the middle. n/t |
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jtuck004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 07:30 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. +1 |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 09:45 PM Response to Reply #11 |
28. Only if you still have a base. nt |
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BklnDem75 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 04:32 PM Response to Reply #28 |
36. He'll have them |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
13. Dem government has been almost taken away |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
20. With 80% approval from Democrats, he has not lost any base |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 11:22 AM Response to Reply #20 |
31. The real world Dems claim we approve to pollsters |
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