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2016 Postmortem
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                        Every Dem in the Senate and House should have stood with Rep. Waters in not accepting the results... [View all]
							brush
							Jan 2017
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        Thanks for the republican perspective. The intel agencies don't agree with your assessment either.
        brush
        Jan 2017
        #3
      
        
        The intel agencies did not make an assessment on impact on the elections - that is clearly not their
        karynnj
        Jan 2017
        #14
      
        
        "Democratic leadership decided early on that it would not support efforts to contest the election."
        CrispyQ
        Jan 2017
        #53
      
        
        What about cross check where they eliminated voters and all the provisional votes not counted?
        kimbutgar
        Jan 2017
        #6
      
        
        Anyone who believed that was never going to vote for Clinton no matter what.
        former9thward
        Jan 2017
        #50
      
        
        This may be a feel-good thing to do but we really need to put our energies elsewhere.
        IphengeniaBlumgarten
        Jan 2017
        #8
      
        
        A resounding, united protest by the Dems would energize our efforts to fight against trump and . . .
        brush
        Jan 2017
        #9
      
        
        That's how the senate views itself, gentile and collegial (at least on the Dem side, the repugs, no)
        brush
        Jan 2017
        #23
      
        
        It would be refreshing to see a Dem pol stand up for something for a change.
        Binkie The Clown
        Jan 2017
        #12
      
        
        Remember when we were horrified when Trump said he wouldn't accept the election results?
        BzaDem
        Jan 2017
        #20
      
        
        God! Thanks for the perspective from the other side. Both candidates vowed to accept the results . .
        brush
        Jan 2017
        #28
      
        
        And I guess the concept of not standing up to interference of a hostile power in our elections...
        brush
        Jan 2017
        #39
      
        
        If you define "spinelessness" as "accepting reality", it isn't ever going to end.
        BzaDem
        Jan 2017
        #40
      
        
        Clinton specifically blamed Putin for the wikileaks disclosures during the third debate
        onenote
        Jan 2017
        #37
      
        
        Absolutely not...I agree that all Dems should have stood with Representative Maxine Waters nt
        iluvtennis
        Jan 2017
        #33
      
        
        Nixon didn't face arrest until after he resigned. He did face impeachmemt and removal.
        BzaDem
        Jan 2017
        #35
      
        
        Does anybody here really believe Clinton lost because Podesta's emails were leaked?
        snowy owl
        Jan 2017
        #44
      
  