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2016 Postmortem

Erich Bloodaxe BSN

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7. But those are givens.

Reply to Proud Liberal Dem (Reply #6)

Tue Mar 18, 2014, 02:55 PM

Mar 2014

It's a given that folks on the right are going to be against him from the start. All the 'reaching across the aisle' detracts from his cred on the left. So he started at roughly 50%, then loses points from there. At least if he actually *had* been a 'socialist', he would have kept the 50% of folks on the left.

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Anatomy of a Democratic Midterm Freakout [View all] DonViejo Mar 2014 OP

Well, it's "The Wire." Who takes them seriously? n/t JayhawkSD Mar 2014 #1

Meh to them. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2014 #2

+1000000000 djean111 Mar 2014 #3

Sort of sad that President Obama is considered "poisonous" without any clear reason why Proud Liberal Dem Mar 2014 #4

A lot of folks feel he has both continued and expanded Bush programs Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2014 #5

Yeah but I don't really think that those are what has made him "poisonous" Proud Liberal Dem Mar 2014 #6

But those are givens. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2014 #7

The wingers hate all Democrats all the time. Proud Liberal Dem Mar 2014 #8