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VenusRising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 01:37 AM Original message |
As go the young, so go the futures of political parties. |
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napoleon_in_rags (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 01:44 AM Response to Original message |
1. That's a major risk with Obama, as well as opportunity. |
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VenusRising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 01:52 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I don't think things will destabilize if he wins the nomination. |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 05:17 AM Response to Reply #2 |
28. Right. |
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napoleon_in_rags (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 11:32 PM Response to Reply #2 |
35. True. His great strength has clearly been in bringing in the new blood. |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 02:31 AM Response to Original message |
3. I just turned 30 a couple of months ago, so I don't know if my opinion matters here... |
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VenusRising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 02:45 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. I think he has talked about issues of substance with consistency. |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 03:04 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. The only speech that has impressed me so far is the one about Wright... |
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VenusRising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 03:09 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. I will say |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 03:23 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. I don't even care about that stuff... |
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VenusRising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 03:29 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Whoa. |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 03:36 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. And the question I have is what is the goal for bringing these new voters into the Party? |
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VenusRising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 03:41 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Considering what republicans have done over the past 7 years |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 03:52 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. And I'm not suggesting they would have either, at least not on the same scale as Bush... |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 03:13 AM Response to Original message |
7. Amazing how two posters thus far could read this awesome article |
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VenusRising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 03:17 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. That's what I got out of the article, too, Frenchie. |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 04:52 AM Response to Reply #8 |
22. Well some folks don't really want to get it....... |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 03:33 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. If the goal is to only make the Democrats win, and nothing else... |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 04:20 AM Response to Reply #11 |
17. You over-analyze what is truly much more simple than that...... |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 04:25 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. The Democratic party is to the left compared to the Republicans... |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 04:44 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. We are working on that.....as it is part of the goal......I''m sure..... |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 04:53 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Obama is barely sqeaking past Hillary on the leftist quota... |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 04:54 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. This applies...... |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 05:00 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Yeah, I'm a cynic, what do you expect, I'm a Gen Xer... |
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Zodiak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 11:38 AM Response to Reply #17 |
33. Correction: electing non-DLC Democrats |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 04:04 AM Response to Reply #7 |
15. that is the problem, though |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 04:16 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. I think the key problem is that the movement is being personified... |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 04:30 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. There is no problem, although that is the first sentence in your post..... |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 04:47 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Those ideas are good, as generalities... |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 05:00 AM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Like I said...... |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 05:46 AM Response to Reply #25 |
31. Oh shit, where to begin... |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 05:00 AM Response to Reply #21 |
27. Like I said...... |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 05:52 PM Response to Reply #19 |
34. this is just hero worship |
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BumRushDaShow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 05:18 AM Response to Reply #16 |
29. You ask "My question is, what is the goal of this new, Obama movement?" |
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Perry Logan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 05:33 AM Response to Original message |
30. Rest easy. Today's young voters are the most Democratic generation in American history. |
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JoFerret (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 07:20 AM Response to Original message |
32. Wasn't true before |
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