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BlueCaliDem

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1. Let's hope that the more sensible Republicans in those districts

Reply to unhappycamper (Original post)

Wed Sep 3, 2014, 11:19 AM

Sep 2014

just stay home and not vote. And let's hope that they're in the majority so that a Democrat can win the seat, Democrats win the majority in the House (as we should have rightfully done in 2012 because we had 1.5 million more votes than Republicans) and get this country going again.

Democrats need to begin redistricting in States where they can or we'll have to wait until 2020 (an election year, as I was informed) to redistrict according to tradition. Then maybe, just maybe, we can regain the majority in the House.

The question is, can America wait out six more disastrous Republican/Teapublican years? In my opinion, we can't.

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Let's hope that the more sensible Republicans in those districts BlueCaliDem Sep 2014 #1