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LizBeth

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12. I tend to agree here.... (I am going to have to argue this with smart people, looking for opinion),

Reply to Tom Rinaldo (Reply #11)

Fri Mar 14, 2025, 11:55 AM

Mar 2025

I tend to agree the look is better. And we are greatly in need of the look being better for Dems, and not being facetious, I agree. I am all for AOC taking that seat and have not like the man for a decade, thought useless. All irrelevant. SO....

Seems though the other side of optics is that shut down gives trump more power and ability for destruction without the ability to reconstruct.

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If a Government shutdown actually would help Trump's ultimate agenda, Trump would have arranged it. [View all] Tom Rinaldo Mar 2025 OP

That presumes tRump is competent to form a strategy and then manage it. I have my doubts about that. . . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2025 #1

Enough of his henchmen are competent enough to urge that ploy Tom Rinaldo Mar 2025 #4

Have GOPers ever caved to Dems to avoid a govt shutdown? leftstreet Mar 2025 #2

I think you give him way, way too much credit... SKKY Mar 2025 #3

But putin Hornedfrog2000 Mar 2025 #6

Senator Markey said last night gab13by13 Mar 2025 #5

Yep awesomerwb1 Mar 2025 #7

one of these things is worse than the other bigtree Mar 2025 #8

The move did not matter. On paper we see either move, he wins. LizBeth Mar 2025 #9

It matters. Yes there is no "good" legislative solution for Democrats Tom Rinaldo Mar 2025 #11

I tend to agree here.... (I am going to have to argue this with smart people, looking for opinion), LizBeth Mar 2025 #12

Exactly, Trump/Vance whipped hard to get all R's radius777 Mar 2025 #10