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Fiendish Thingy

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4. While important, those shouldn't be the central focus of the 2028 campaign

Reply to montanacowboy (Original post)

Tue Sep 9, 2025, 03:43 PM

Sep 9

Statehood and court expansion should be bullet points on a list of policy promises, but the campaign should focus on fixing the economy, which will be in tatters by 2028, restoring rights lost over the past decade (which expanding the court would address), rebuilding all the systems - healthcare, environmental, governmental, etc and ending the republican reign of terror on working Americans.

On the topics of statehood and court expansion, it’s far more important to demand Dem senate candidates support those two policies, as well as killing the filibuster to accomplish them, and for voters to refuse to support those primary candidates who don’t support these two policies.

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Two things the Dem nominee for President Must Run On [View all] montanacowboy Sep 9 OP

Why not? senseandsensibility Sep 9 #1

I agree with you. Our nominee needs to take it to the right heavily. OLDMDDEM Sep 9 #2

It makes no sende that Wyoming has the same number of senators as California dlk Sep 9 #3

It makes no sense that it takes 60 votes to pass most legislation Fiendish Thingy Sep 9 #5

The Republicans are said to want to change that to ram thru judges karynnj Sep 9 #15

The filibuster is a tool for gridlock and obstruction Fiendish Thingy Sep 9 #18

There is something to be said about needing more karynnj Sep 9 #21

Go look at what Whitmer did in MI with a one seat majority in the legislature Fiendish Thingy Sep 9 #22

The Senate isn't meant to represent population Shrek Sep 9 #12

It makes sense sarisataka Sep 9 #16

While important, those shouldn't be the central focus of the 2028 campaign Fiendish Thingy Sep 9 #4

Good points yellow dahlia Sep 9 #17

I think we need to focus on things that improve life pinkstarburst Sep 9 #6

The Statehood issue is complicated. maxsolomon Sep 9 #7

DC is the most complicated Polybius Sep 9 #24

I disagree Greg_In_SF Sep 9 #8

The number of Senators per state has never been determined by population, but the number of Representatives is supposed Sogo Sep 9 #9

The House needs to be enlarged ITAL Sep 9 #14

Run on? NO. Ferrets are Cool Sep 9 #10

You assume that PR will elect Democrats waddirum Sep 9 #11

Really ? You think people are going to want to vote for the Democratic candidate based on this ? JI7 Sep 9 #13

THIS Autumn Sep 9 #20

The Dem nominee for President must run on helping the American people. Autumn Sep 9 #19

"IT'S THE ECONOMY, STUPID" and Trump has only made things worse---- Jack Valentino Sep 9 #23