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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (1109878)

1/12/2019 12:57:42 PM

From: locogringo

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Read it and weep............

Voters want Results not resistance
from new Democratic majority

Fox News, by Mark Penn

Results not resistance. That’s what I think the American public was expecting when they brought Democrats back into power in the House.But instead, echoing Hillary Clinton’s ill-fated 2016 strategy, the Democratic leaders so far have fully planted a flag in simply opposing legislation, funding and appointments under the theory that putting lead boots on President Trump is the best way to get him out of office, even if the country is put on pause for another two years. This is a fundamental mistake, and just as going overboard with Spartacus moments opposing
the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh backfired and strengthened the Republicans in the Senate, this strategy too is likely to throw away the best opportunity Democrats had to build a lasting majority coalition by producing the results the Republicans failed to achieve. MARK PENN: NO WINNERS IN THIS GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN – BOTH SIDES SHOULD COMPROMISE TO REOPEN GOVERNMENT

The public ultimately was fed up with Paul Ryan, and under him Congress had about a 20 percent rating. He couldn’t get anything done, leading a fractured caucus to nowhere. He ultimately quit, along with 40 other Republicans. They literally abandoned the House, and suburban swing voters – voters who for a long time voted Republican – switched over to the Democratic Party. These voters were turned off by Trump, and frustrated by Ryan, because they fundamentally support progress and compromise. They are moderate, not liberal voters. They are not dancing in the hallway with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

The voters just a few days ago were asked in the monthly Harvard Harris poll if the president and Congress should compromise or stick to their principles – 66 percent of the voters said compromise. Asked a specific question about $2.5 billion in barrier funding, 51 percent said they would approve of that compromise. The polling shows that regardless of who is to blame for the shutdown (most said Trump), every swing voter who matters agree that “compromise” should be the rule of the day – the one word the Democrats left out of their televised response.

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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (1109878)

1/12/2019 12:59:40 PM

From: locogringo

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Nancy´s problem

American Thinker, by Bruce Walker

The Democrat majority in the House of Representatives is paper-thin. Most of the new Democrat members who have given Nancy Pelosi this soft majority come from congressional districts created by Republican legislatures to elect Republican House members to Congress. (snip) Only sensible, adroit, and thoughtful leadership can help these freshmen win re-election in 2020, but that is precisely what Nancy Pelosi cannot provide.

She is the most leftist speaker of the House in American history, and her whole life has been spent in extremely leftist regions – Baltimore, New York, San Francisco, and Washington – working almost exclusively in politics. Moreover, Pelosi is very rich and has been rich so long that she has no empathy for working people.

The even bigger problem for Nancy is that she has told America that she and House Democrats now have the power for real change. What that means is that she has taken responsibility for solving the nation's problems. In fact, Speaker Pelosi has almost no power at all.

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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (1109878)

1/12/2019 1:01:12 PM

From: locogringo

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Boom! Polling Data Shows Nearly 80%
Of Americans Consider Illegal
Immigration A Serious Problem/Crisis

It’s the data most responsible for the sudden shift in Democrats’ tone this week as more and more in Congress give the media hints that they are willing to allocate funding for at least some of the border protection measures being pushed by President Trump. You see, it’s not that these Democrats in Congress think it’s the right thing to do but rather that the vast majority of Americans (nearly 80%) think it’s the right thing to do and so the hands of Democrats are now being forced to do something or face a serious political backlash

heading into 2020.

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