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SHRED

(28,136 posts) Thu Mar 15, 2018, 12:01 PM Mar 2018

"All politics is local"

You run conservative leaning Democrats in red districts and liberal leaning in blue districts.
This isn't rocket science folks.

No one size fits all solution or we lose.

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"All politics is local" (Original Post) SHRED Mar 2018 OP

We had a local election where we threw out the useless Supervisor and now control the town board... TreasonousBastard Mar 2018 #1

Excellent. If you win locally, you will win district-wide, state and national elections too. MineralMan Mar 2018 #3

Yes, it is the only way to win a majority. Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #2

That's why the get rid of Joe manchin stuff is always stupid JI7 Mar 2018 #4

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)

1. We had a local election where we threw out the useless Supervisor and now control the town board...

Reply to SHRED (Original post)

Thu Mar 15, 2018, 12:15 PM

Mar 2018

and, of course, we're gearing up to take our congressional seat back.

Except for joking around the lunch tables, never, EVER, are Washington foibles brought up. We have more than enough local problems to deal with, and the locals are watching.