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If I were Trump, I would let Gorsuch get filibustered and then nominate someone else - someone who would enrage…
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Like I said in the other thread, Trump is playing "Heads I win; Tails Paul Ryan loses".  This is his…
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As I said above, failure would be blamed by Trumpites on Ryan, which would serve Trump in other ways. This…
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I'm actually thinking Trump's negotiating is not bad. It's heads I win; tails Paul Ryan loses. The House either has…
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I think Trump may be happy to keep Obamacare. I don't think he gives a damn about policy as such,…
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There will have to be payback. Democrats don't think in these terms, but we forgave and forgot Iran/Contra, Bush admin…
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Fun fact: doctors prescribe rat poison all the time, and it does extend lives. It's called warfarin and it keeps…
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No, it's about responsibility. The party with control of the House has the responsibility to pay the bills. The other…
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Whatever the Democrats demand, it should be a political gimme not a policy one. Normally, that would not be true,…
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In principle, but I wouldn't trust Trump to feel bound by it.
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Sorry. Didn't mean to sound snippy. You may just be thinking about legalisms, although I actually don't think the civil…
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I'm assuming these things would be negotiated, so what you're saying are the default answers. For example, I assume the…
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Did you read the post? The whole premise is pushed from the top (and the side, i.e., Russia), though there…
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I actually don't know how Canadians would react. Adding California would be good for their economy, but Canada would not…
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The entire current political situation is completely ridiculous. Practicality is not the governing force. I'm not saying it will happen,…
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I dunno. Since it is commercially marginal, seems the smart thing to do would be to sell it at an…
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I don't think "economic populism" is a frame that gets us very far. We're talking about a class-based (though not…
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Since you mention it, no.
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I did it that way because booman said the largest cities, and 6 of the 8 cities O'Reilly names in…
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I think voters being equal is far more important than administrative units like states being equal. In the early days,…
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