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vadermike

(1,415 posts)
Wed Oct 15, 2014, 10:08 AM Oct 2014

Senate 2014

So it looks like the senate may be gone with GOP picking up as many as 9 seats , god I hope that is wrong , but god forbid if this is true , what does this portend for the future ? Could we be possibly looking at a Repub trifecta house senate and presidency and Supreme Court for as far as the eye can see , especially if Dems of their usual despair deal , what scares me is we become a one party state because of apathy ! Talk me down! Ugh

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Senate 2014 (Original Post) vadermike Oct 2014 OP
It ain't over 'til it's over! femmocrat Oct 2014 #1
Start by.... tgards79 Oct 2014 #6
Thank you for your informative post and your concern HERVEPA Oct 2014 #2
wow rtracey Oct 2014 #3
The plan is to paint Obama and the Dems the obstructionists in 2016 after he vetoes all their world wide wally Oct 2014 #4
Blah, blah, blah. thevoiceofreason Oct 2014 #5
I call BS. GOTV, DU FSogol Oct 2014 #7
9??? voters arent stupid mgcgulfcoast Oct 2014 #8
The Senate is ours to lose DFW Oct 2014 #9
 

rtracey

(2,062 posts)
3. wow
Wed Oct 15, 2014, 10:54 AM
Oct 2014

wow, maybe you can move to Mexico, or Canada..... why would I talk you down. Its the gloom and doom people that will allow this to happen. Instead of talking like the world is going to blow up tomorrow, go to your local democrat headquarters and help volunteer at a polling area, visit you neighbors and talk to them, donate some money, do something except sliding into the pit of despair. And for your information, in 2016, all the remaining Senate seats are up for reelection, or majority of them, and that will be a nightmare for the right. If they do swing the Senate, a do nothing GOP lead senate will be worse then what they have now. Mr. Obama will have a veto party in the coming years.... there will not be any right wing crazy legislation passed. 2/3 majority to override a veto, and it won't happen.

world wide wally

(21,743 posts)
4. The plan is to paint Obama and the Dems the obstructionists in 2016 after he vetoes all their
Wed Oct 15, 2014, 11:20 AM
Oct 2014

batshit crazy legislation.
I will also give you odds that the very first thing they do will be to eliminate the filibuster. Imagine that, Harry.

thevoiceofreason

(3,440 posts)
5. Blah, blah, blah.
Wed Oct 15, 2014, 12:41 PM
Oct 2014

Talk yourself down. Go knock on doors. And hell, I didn't even realize the presidency was on the ballot in 3 weeks!

DFW

(54,379 posts)
9. The Senate is ours to lose
Wed Oct 15, 2014, 05:14 PM
Oct 2014

Instead of "the Senate may be gone," how about "the Senate may stay ours?"

Vote, and the choice is yours. Don't vote and the choice is theirs.

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