-Perhaps they saw something wrong with it dems didn't.

If that had any chance of being true, you wouldn't have to speculate with "perhaps".

We would know what the GOP saw wrong with it and also we would have seen their attempts to revise it accordingly.

It's been a wedge issue for the GOP. Plain and simple. They are exploiting what they can't fix (or unwilling to fix), which is our healthcare system.

I was critical of specific items included in ACA. My criticism has never been an endorsement of some magical non-existent GOP plan. It's just criticism.

-Eb's we have had our issues on this site but I respect the fact you still engage.

Thank you. I appreciate that. I really don't know where the issues sourced from.

I expect to butt heads here because I come to disagree. Naturally, I find disagreement when I look for it.

I truly don't understand antisemitism because I didn't grow up around them nor do I live around any today. I view it as a pejorative term like "Nazi" or "Fascist".

-Why are Democrats so Weak when it comes to holding together and why are the Republicans so good at it?

My 2 cents.....because their base isn't as loyal as the republican base. I mean that as a compliment to democratic party voters, BTW.

But it's a conundrum for politicians.

Just wait 12 months and see how democrats start talking about Mamdani. He'll get skewered by the dems.

"Because for a brief moment, it looked like democrats were fighting for working class Americans.
Then they caved and screwed over the people they were supposed to be fighting for."

Tim Kaine is supposed to fighting for you over his own constituents who were out of a job and he had the power to get them back to work?

Not sure Tim Kaine sees it that way.

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correct.

-You didn't think they would hold out till the election?

I didn't. Perhaps you're right.....it was timed perfectly.

The Democrats held out longer than I thought they would.

Not to defend these 8 senators but some of them were actually representing their constituents with this move. Tim Kaine has a lot of federal employees in his state, for example.

I wouldn't want to be in his shoes in this situation.

-I can't believe you idiots waste this much time and effort on the feces bucket that is BillJohnson.

In defense, I wasn't around to play with.

Is there anything stopping private banks from developing their own 50 year mortgage?

It's a stupid idea that simply encourages people to buy more than they can afford.

-75% of Cubans are repubs and they voted for the GOP candidate

I've never understood the latino community's attraction to Trump. It makes no sense to me.

-God, but you are prissy bitch!

For calling out your lies?

Okay

-Couple of million of them showed some recognition for others than themselves.

that's they reason why they voted for this guy? Because they care about others?

Not because they want to stick it to people much better off than themselves?

Instead, it's because they care about "others than themselves"

I'm sure some of them did it for that reason....but you've concluded they all did it for that reason?

How desperate can you be for my attention to make such an absurd and 100% unprovable allegation?

-I bet the Democrats really appreciate the help.

It's hard for them to openly thank him since they should probably express some sympathy for the actual victims of these acts by Trump.

IOW, try to contain your excitement.

-Perhaps they have a clearer view of the devastation caused by crass crony capitalism inflicted upon the serfs (formerly The People) that the Billionaire Boys System has created.

The voters in NYC? They have a clearer view of the devastation caused by crass crony..........?

I would agree but I don't assign disgust to them. I would think they (NYC voters) would embrace it since they are close to it.

People making millions a year living in such indulgence which is why things are so expensive and out of reach for most New Yorkers.

I'm seeing this through my recent visits there because my daughter moved there. She lives in the financial district, works at a law firm chock full of folks making $700K+ a year.

but if you want to live there.......it comes with territory.

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That's a fair point. Personally, I don't think it's very well organized effort.

Certainly the wealthy people within the confines of New York City we're gonna be against him

-Pretty sure you are wrong about that. As you are about so many things.

All I was saying was that Republicans in Virginia who thought Democrats were evil still do

They didn't go anywhere. They just didn't win this time.

"It's masterful how the wealthy have got the poor, including myself, to hate each other." FT

-Clownshack

-Going after charter schools and gifted and talented programs because they foster "inequity."

Yes, completely crazy. New Yorkers regardless of their political affiliation have a comfort level of "inequity" all around them.

NYC is the center of inequity. Multi-millionaires co-mingling with middle class and poor folks all the time.

It's going to be an interesting experiment. Let's see where it goes.

agreed. My daughter just moved to Manhattan to work her first job out of law school for a big firm.

Her boss is a partner....making $4-5 million a year. You can imagine what she thinks of this.

I don't believe there will be an exodus from NYC. Will some folks cross the Hudson and move to NJ? maybe but if you work in NYC, then are you subject to these policies Mamdani is proposing even if you live in Jersey?

the RNC doesn't give a crap about who's mayor in NYC and most of the republicans in the US don't care either.

I believe it's possible this was deliberately lost for the ratings boost Mamdani gives to the media throughout this term as mayor.

-Since when did you become a conspiracy nut?

we used to have 2 posters that were frequent conspiracy theory enthusiasts.

Buffalo Bob
TonyRoma

9-11
Sarah Palin's baby
Moon landing faked
every national election where a republican won

It was very entertaining.

-FishPawn is upset a political candidate is fighting for the working class.

maybe...I don't know really but that's not what he is saying. He's asking reasonable questions as to what parts of his agenda have a chance of being implemented due to the presence of a State legislature and a Governor neither of which likely take the same position as Mamdani on those issues. Also, what part of his platform has to travel that route vs being implemented by Mamdani himself.

-But nice attempt at both sides.

It's 1 side from what I'm seeing.

and you're not looking at this from 40,000 feet. You're on top of his ear, on the crane operator, etc.....that's not 40,000 feet.

It's on the ground.

The implausibility of the official narrative should be a red flag for anyone seriously looking at it.

the unaddressed questions are a red flag, yes. And accepting that Trump is evil enough to want to pull something like this off is the single largest factor......it's really 90% of it.

-What does this mean for Red leaning but not safe districts Texas gerrymandered into existence?

who knows. I don't know anything about that house seat race in Iowa and what happened.

The race for Mayor in NYC was lost by a horrible horrible candidate. He was so horrible that it seems possible to me it was done on purpose so the GOP, Fox News, and the conservative pundits have a target to hammer at in NYC.

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Yeah, I knew all of that and much more in fact about the Virginia election.

I have family and friends from Virginia. Many work in DC.

It doesn't come within a thousand miles of explaining how this impacts anything moving forward.

It's amazing what election results can do to people. It gets them to out their ignorance of where challenges really lie.

Democrats are still evil in Virginia.....according to the same people who believed that before this election. They didn't change their mind.

Women have won elections for governor is WAY WAY WAY more red states.

Geez.......