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Some people see the glass as half full..... (Original Post)
brooklynite
Feb 2022
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Walleye
(31,028 posts)1. A smaller caucus puts McCarthy in charge
brush
(53,787 posts)2. Let's stop ignoring the elephant in the room. Smaller but more progressive actually means...
IN THE MINORITY and able to accomplish NOTHING. Since the blue wave of 2018 the number of Democrats in the House has gotten progressively smaller. That's an obvious trend right in our faces that can be reversed.
It pays to self-label as Democrats, keep our House majority and vote in progressive policies.
That's not rocket science.
It pays to self-label as Democrats, keep our House majority and vote in progressive policies.
That's not rocket science.
empedocles
(15,751 posts)3. Seems obvious
brush
(53,787 posts)4. Yes, but some can't seem to get that, even call themselves democratic socialists.