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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]FoxNewsSucks
(11,061 posts)36. yes, but last time they didn't have
Today's level of gerrymandering and voters suppression. They didn't own the news media. Or the voting computer systems.
They do now.
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Republicans panic over Trump tariffs: Last time "we lost the House and the Senate for 60 years" [View all]
BumRushDaShow
Apr 3
OP
2 parties is going to be the natural fallout of an electoral-college-based system. nt
Gore1FL
Apr 3
#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
Apr 3
#9
The Republicans in Congress are to blame as they are to cowardly to stand up to Trump.
cstanleytech
Apr 3
#11
Not in this day and age, with the RW servants helping them and a fickle voter demographic
ffr
Apr 3
#12
Some voters would feel more of a connection to oval office if we had direct election for president
Gum Logger
Apr 3
#16
Fuck the whole lot of that motherfucking hill of shit that is MAGA and the fucking scumbags that support them.
SoFlaBro
Apr 3
#17
I posted about that earlier today in another thread (with respect to the number in the Senate during FDR's 4 terms)
BumRushDaShow
Apr 3
#30
"In the early and mid 30's there just wasn't the deep divide that we have now."
BumRushDaShow
Sunday
#44
Repugs can go down with the rest of us. You are complicit, you refuse to speak for us
vapor2
Apr 3
#37
You need to go back another 20 years to 1933 and FDR, starting with the 73rd Congress
BumRushDaShow
Sunday
#43