One more seat, ONE. One more representative with a D instead of an R, ONE, just ONE!

[Eliot Rosewater]

Do people understand how our government works?

Who runs committes in the House and Senate?

Who decides whether or not a bill is even VOTED on AT ALL, let alone how it is voted on?

Let's say there is a bill for, oh I dont know, VOTING RIGHTS or CIVIL RIGHTS, might even change this country in a major way for the better for minorities; guess what though, if the R's are in charge, you wont have to worry about how many Democrats voted or didnt for the bill, because there will be NO VOTE, it WONT happen.

The party controlling the House decides practically everything our government does, period. The same goes for the Senate.

Either you want the NAZIS out of power and the Democrats in power, or you dont.

What happened in 1964 has nothing to do with today, hopefully people understand there is no longer a republican party capable of doing the right thing. Sure, back then the R party were not the racists, per se.

[lark]

1. Back then they were Republicans, today they are fascist Russian/Repugs.

Too many, including the ass at the top of that party, would be very comfortable in Nazi Germany and want to recreate that here.

[louis c]

2. Politics is more about math than philosophy.

If the math is not on your side, the philosophy doesn't matter.

[paleotn]

3. Bingo.

[FakeNoose]

5. Unfortunately the GOP figured that out 20 years ago

... while the Dems have yet to learn it.

Just sayin'

[Nitram]

7. reductio ad absurdum

[louis c]

11. Is this some form of criticism of my reply?

Because, my statement is critical thinking logic, in my opinion.

If you have a party philosophy, as the Democrats and Republicans do. And if we have a system which is based in a "winner take all" Democracy, as opposed to a parliamentary system, which gives minority parties a stronger voice, provided there is no party with an absolute majority. Then, I believe that if our party is a minority of the House, the Senate and the Presidency (not to mention the minority on the Supreme Court), our philosophy is reduced to no more than shouting in the wilderness. We can't even get a vote on the floor to start up debate. First, we need the math to be on our side in order to move our philosophy (agenda).

And, the argument that we have to convince people, well, we have, and we still lose the math. We won the popular vote for President, the Senate and came damn close in the House, yet we control no levers of power. So, not only do we have to win the math, we have to win it overwhelmingly.

There is no greater example of my logic than the Electoral College. We won the philosophy be getting a substantially greater vote than our opponents, yet lost the math.

Hence, my conclusion, that math is more important than philosophy.

[Eliot Rosewater]

9. Thanks for that quote, perfect

[mcar]

4. K&R!

[iluvtennis]

6. Ditto.

[BlueJac]

8. K&R from Florida...

[dae]

10. Excellent OP Eliot and I look forward to Novembers blue wave; but,

I long for the the Democrats of the 60’s. Not a return of the Dixiecrats or Boll Weevils of their ilk but FDR, JFK, LBJ Democratic leaders.