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In reply to the discussion: Republicans panic over Trump tariffs: Last time "we lost the House and the Senate for 60 years" [View all]Bernardo de La Paz
(54,092 posts)6. That would be the kind of layoff I could celebrate. . . . . . nt
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Republicans panic over Trump tariffs: Last time "we lost the House and the Senate for 60 years" [View all]
BumRushDaShow
Thursday
OP
2 parties is going to be the natural fallout of an electoral-college-based system. nt
Gore1FL
Thursday
#7
The Electoral College was set up to throw a sop to the slave owning states. Out-lived its usefulness. . .nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Thursday
#9
That's the Canadian system. Don't stop there. Keep going with your idea
Bernardo de La Paz
Thursday
#8
The Republicans in Congress are to blame as they are to cowardly to stand up to Trump.
cstanleytech
Thursday
#11
Not in this day and age, with the RW servants helping them and a fickle voter demographic
ffr
Thursday
#12
Some voters would feel more of a connection to oval office if we had direct election for president
Gum Logger
Thursday
#16
Fuck the whole lot of that motherfucking hill of shit that is MAGA and the fucking scumbags that support them.
SoFlaBro
Thursday
#17
"What we don't want is overreach." LOL. Well, that's what you've got. In spades.
Martin68
Thursday
#20
I posted about that earlier today in another thread (with respect to the number in the Senate during FDR's 4 terms)
BumRushDaShow
Thursday
#30
"In the early and mid 30's there just wasn't the deep divide that we have now."
BumRushDaShow
18 hrs ago
#44
Repugs can go down with the rest of us. You are complicit, you refuse to speak for us
vapor2
Thursday
#37
You need to go back another 20 years to 1933 and FDR, starting with the 73rd Congress
BumRushDaShow
19 hrs ago
#43