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eridani

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6. She can be very effective. Republicans from 2010 to the present filibustered every Dem initiative

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Fri Nov 14, 2014, 01:27 AM

Nov 2014

Dems can return the favor. Why advocate chickenshit spinelessness? Dems should go on publicly advocating for their issues. In fact, refusal to do that was what cost us the election, given that voters passed every single minimum wage initiative, every single cannabis legalization initiative, and rejected 2 of 3 "pro-life" initiative.

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How the U.S. Government Could End the Student Debt Crisis Today [View all] eridani Nov 2014 OP

Who would you get to introduce a bill to give you free college? Thinkingabout Nov 2014 #1

Elizabeth Warren eridani Nov 2014 #2

She does not have enough Democrats in the Senate to get it passed Thinkingabout Nov 2014 #3

But she can use the issue on her bully pulpit eridani Nov 2014 #4

I am speaking of how effective she can operate in a Congress where she is not Thinkingabout Nov 2014 #5

She can be very effective. Republicans from 2010 to the present filibustered every Dem initiative eridani Nov 2014 #6

Heck, Republicans filibustered just about everything during the '08-'10 period too. stillwaiting Nov 2014 #8

Filibustering DOES not get bills passed. One thing which should have been learned Thinkingabout Nov 2014 #10

So, how effective is this going to be in getting free college passed? Thinkingabout Nov 2014 #9

, blkmusclmachine Nov 2014 #7