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limpyhobbler

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10. Depends whether Dems make a strong defense of Medicare and Social Security.

Reply to onehandle (Original post)

Tue Dec 11, 2012, 03:07 PM

Dec 2012

If Democrats make a strong defense of what the people want, while Republicans openly support only the top 1%, Democrats could sweep all the elections.

If they choices are not clear it will be more of a hard slog.

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Permanent Republican Majority [View all] onehandle Dec 2012 OP

If we recapture a State House, we don't necessarily have to wait ... dawg Dec 2012 #1

Are you certain about that? Sekhmets Daughter Dec 2012 #2

Didn't Tom Delay help redistrict (gerrymander) Texas in 2003? dawg Dec 2012 #4

Yrs, but it was a very rare practice. Sekhmets Daughter Dec 2012 #11

redistricting happens following each census i think tk2kewl Dec 2012 #3

Except when it doesn't. See below. dawg Dec 2012 #5

Don't blame voters leftstreet Dec 2012 #6

Doncha just love it? 99Forever Dec 2012 #8

The next cencus wll be in 2020, and the next round of gerrymandering the following year 1-Old-Man Dec 2012 #7

It's going to take a LONG time 0rganism Dec 2012 #9

Depends whether Dems make a strong defense of Medicare and Social Security. limpyhobbler Dec 2012 #10

If dems dont get out to vote in 2014 underoath Dec 2012 #12

You've got it completely backward. The President and the Democrats failed the voters. n/t Egalitarian Thug Dec 2012 #13

10 years if we're lucky WhoIsNumberNone Dec 2012 #14