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trof

(54,256 posts)
Sat Nov 5, 2016, 07:22 PM Nov 2016

If you want to change congress, you have to change your state.

The repugs ain't dumb.
Wrong headed?
Venal?
Yes.
But not dumb. I mean the politicos who run the party.
Not their base.

They concentrated their efforts on taking over state governments.
The governor, the statehouse, the state supreme court in some cases.
And they have been VERY successful.

The gerrymandering they now control has been BRILLIANT.

We must now do the same thing.
Concentrate on state and local politics.
In Alabama most candidates on the ballot run unopposed by a Democrat opponent.
This must stop.
This is where the work must be done.
Let's get on it.

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If you want to change congress, you have to change your state. (Original Post) trof Nov 2016 OP
That means voting in midterm election Proud liberal 80 Nov 2016 #1
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