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global1

(25,216 posts) Wed Nov 5, 2014, 03:15 AM Nov 2014

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How Do You Think The President Will Sleep Tonight?....nt

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How Do You Think The President Will Sleep Tonight?....nt (Original Post) global1 Nov 2014 OP

I think he will be okay Kalidurga Nov 2014 #1

I'd rather not know. Oakenshield Nov 2014 #2

how well will you sleep tonite? VanillaRhapsody Nov 2014 #3

I'm not, so far. shenmue Nov 2014 #7

Soundly. With the knowledge that he can enact neo-con austerity and blame it all on the R's. grahamhgreen Nov 2014 #4

^^^this is our problem right here...^^^ VanillaRhapsody Nov 2014 #9

Elected to get us out of Iraq, he got us back in. People stayed home because they don't know what grahamhgreen Nov 2014 #10

none of that is why and you know that.. VanillaRhapsody Nov 2014 #11

He can deal with it. Technically we still have a majority until next year still_one Nov 2014 #5

I think if he loses sleep Control-Z Nov 2014 #6

Probably better than me. Live and Learn Nov 2014 #8

Kalidurga

(14,177 posts)

1. I think he will be okay

Reply to global1 (Original post)

Wed Nov 5, 2014, 03:17 AM

Nov 2014

He is probably well aware that six of the lost seats were Red. The other two I am just

Oakenshield

(614 posts)

2. I'd rather not know.

Reply to global1 (Original post)

Wed Nov 5, 2014, 03:17 AM

Nov 2014

I can only imagine how crushing it would feel to see so many Americans wishing for your failure and worse.

VanillaRhapsody

(21,115 posts)

3. how well will you sleep tonite?

Reply to global1 (Original post)

Wed Nov 5, 2014, 03:17 AM

Nov 2014

shenmue

(38,506 posts)

7. I'm not, so far.

Reply to VanillaRhapsody (Reply #3)

Wed Nov 5, 2014, 03:44 AM

Nov 2014

grahamhgreen

(15,741 posts)

4. Soundly. With the knowledge that he can enact neo-con austerity and blame it all on the R's.

Reply to global1 (Original post)

Wed Nov 5, 2014, 03:18 AM

Nov 2014

VanillaRhapsody

(21,115 posts)

9. ^^^this is our problem right here...^^^

Reply to grahamhgreen (Reply #4)

Wed Nov 5, 2014, 03:48 AM

Nov 2014

grahamhgreen

(15,741 posts)

10. Elected to get us out of Iraq, he got us back in. People stayed home because they don't know what

Reply to VanillaRhapsody (Reply #9)

Wed Nov 5, 2014, 01:29 PM

Nov 2014

he stands for.

Chained CPI? Bailing out banks? Abandoning Hispanics? Public option?

And you think we lost because we call him out on his grand fail?

Yes, We're the problem. We demand progressive solutions. Or, we can keep losing.

VanillaRhapsody

(21,115 posts)

11. none of that is why and you know that..

Reply to grahamhgreen (Reply #10)

Wed Nov 5, 2014, 01:32 PM

Nov 2014

We keep losing because so called "progressives" never use a carrot only a stick. They always let the perfect be the enemy of the good....never fucking happy....

I hope they are happy now....

still_one

(92,055 posts)

5. He can deal with it. Technically we still have a majority until next year

Reply to global1 (Original post)

Wed Nov 5, 2014, 03:19 AM

Nov 2014

Control-Z

(15,682 posts)

6. I think if he loses sleep

Reply to global1 (Original post)

Wed Nov 5, 2014, 03:35 AM

Nov 2014

it will be thinking of the things he plans to do on his own since there is no longer the pretense of bipartisan action.

Live and Learn

(12,769 posts)

8. Probably better than me.

Reply to global1 (Original post)

Wed Nov 5, 2014, 03:45 AM

Nov 2014

At least he is economically set for life.

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