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2016 Postmortem

guillaumeb

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6. Agreed. They responded to an alternative.

Reply to libdem4life (Reply #4)

Tue Jun 14, 2016, 01:03 PM

Jun 2016

But as long as 98% of incumbents are re-elected each year there is no perceived reason to change.

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For 40 Years, Liberals Have Accepted Defeat and Called It "Incremental Progress" [View all] Scuba Jun 2016 OP

Boiled frogs AgingAmerican Jun 2016 #1

Not to minimize an excellent article, but guillaumeb Jun 2016 #2

Some of us cynics suspect the DNC is just fine with low voter turnout. Scuba Jun 2016 #3

Funny how the one Democrat (Democratic Socialist) found quite a number libdem4life Jun 2016 #4

Agreed. They responded to an alternative. guillaumeb Jun 2016 #6

Lewis Powell and that wonderful Chamber of Commerce. Octafish Jun 2016 #5

Hillary: The Queen of Incremental Progress! n/t Herman4747 Jun 2016 #7

Good article, but wish it had a byline Armstead Jun 2016 #8

A couple of decent points, but Blue_Tires Jun 2016 #9

I've said this here several times myself Ferd Berfel Jun 2016 #10

"Offshoring" is now "Globalization", and "Incremental Process" is now "Pragmatic Incrementalism" TheBlackAdder Jun 2016 #11

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