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2016 Postmortem

randome

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10. That's not how political capital is valued or spent in Washington.

Reply to ibegurpard (Reply #7)

Fri Mar 11, 2016, 10:45 AM

Mar 2016

A politician always avoids being on the losing side of a confrontation, especially when there is nothing to be gained by it.
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Bill Clinton on deregulation: ‘The Republicans made me do it!’ [View all] kristopher Mar 2016 OP

Um, aren't we also being told that deregulation is a Good Thing? Cognitive dissonance much? djean111 Mar 2016 #1

Scattershot works like that... kristopher Mar 2016 #4

That depends. Do you thing regulation is a good thing? DefenseLawyer Mar 2016 #6

Once again the Clintons follow Sanders lead. NCTraveler Mar 2016 #2

"they passed bills with the veto proof majority" - which he was still free to think were bad PoliticAverse Mar 2016 #3

Exactly! NWCorona Mar 2016 #5

Yep. bvf Mar 2016 #11

So veto them anyway ibegurpard Mar 2016 #7

That's not how political capital is valued or spent in Washington. randome Mar 2016 #10

What will the Republicans UglyGreed Mar 2016 #8

The Republicans made him take a job at UBS, too...in ''Wealth Management'' Octafish Mar 2016 #9

That is what the new democrats always say when they sell us out. Doctor_J Mar 2016 #12