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Politics : The Trump Presidency -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: Wharf Rat who wrote (9552)2/4/2017 3:04:23 PM
From: Sam  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 356238
 
To add to that--there were several Democratic Senators from red states that rightfully had to take their constituents into account (Lincoln from Arkansas, Hagan from North Carolina and Nelson from Nebraska, to give three examples) when voting. To say that Obama "controlled" them is simply wrong. The Rs were much more rigid in their voting patterns than the Ds were, for fear of being primaried.