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ledboots said:
The election takes on even more significance with the looming Supreme Court nomination. I feel the current Congress will stall the nomination, blocking anyone Obama puts up.

I think that is a tactical error, though, because likely his nominee would be to the right of what Sanders or Clinton will choose.
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You just said pretty much what I've been thinking on that issue lol
 
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I got 100 percent for one of the candidates and 35 percent for the other.
 
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That's an awful big difference for only having one question more in agreement with Bernie than Hillary. I didn't count their past records.

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I had 90% Sanders and 50% Clinton, but for some reason I am suspicious of this site and think it purposely favors Sanders. I don't have any concrete facts to back this up, just a suspicion.
 
Jeremy said:
It's pretty simple really. It won't matter that much if Sanders or Clinton win in November unless Democrats take back the congress/senate too. The main thing as things stand it would only prevent a monster like Cruz from making his horrible vision a reality.

I think the bottom line is that Democrats need to wake the hell up and realize that congressional and senatorial races as just as important as the presidency. People need to start voting in mid term elections too. Why Democrats historically don't think it's important and opt to stay home for these elections is beyond me. It's such an up hill battle in an age where no one is willing to give or take even an inch.
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I would argue that, at this point, the congressional and senate races are MORE important than the presidency. Apart from getting us embroiled in undeclared wars, the one thing that a President can do that has long range impact is to make appointments to the Supreme Court. In the current climate, the President can't do even that without a like minded super majority in Congress. It doesn't make any difference which Democrat is in the Oval Office - if the Democrats don't also hold a super majority in Congress, the President will be powerless to get a moderate, much less a liberal, onto the Supreme Court.
 
Capstan said:
Pardon my saying so, but that sounds pretty defeatist to me. Canada recently turned its whole government around. The US turned its government around in 1933, when it elected FDR. It can do it again- nothing is set in stone- but only if people get out and vote, including the primaries. If you're saying, individuals don't matter- that only parties matter- I couldn't disagree with you more. Sanders and ¢linton are lightyears apart in their policies; meanwhile, almost the whole Congress is up for re-electiom.
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I think I'm being realistic. Now, if the Democrats win the White House, the Senate and the House next year, I'll revisit this and say you were right. Unfortunately, I highly doubt it. This country has never before been so weirdly polarized, not even during the Vietnam War.
 
Mischief said:
I would argue that, at this point, the congressional and senate races are MORE important than the presidency. Apart from getting us embroiled in undeclared wars, the one thing that a President can do that has long range impact is to make appointments to the Supreme Court. In the current climate, the President can't do even that without a like minded super majority in Congress. It doesn't make any difference which Democrat is in the Oval Office - if the Democrats don't also hold a super majority in Congress, the President will be powerless to get a moderate, much less a liberal, onto the Supreme Court.
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As I said, we are now living in a time where compromise just doesn't happen anymore. Holding the the house and the senate is the only way to make anything happen.
 
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