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burninmylight 6 days ago
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SanAndreasX said:
Signalstar said:

Maybe this is naive of me, but at this point I would rather the Republicans take the House as well. That way they have control of all the branches of government and both houses of congress. They would have to own everything that happens in the next 2 years. No blaming it on the Dems. I think this will better position the Dems to potentially take back the House and Senate in 2 years.

Having the House would be a symbolic victory at this point. They would have oversight authority into the administration but investigating Trump has proved to be a waste. Time to rebuild the party. We have to deal with Trump then post-Trump America.

Holding the House would mean that Democrats could block Trump's legislation. 

As for them "owning it" - I have lived in Oklahoma much of my life. Since 1994, Republican leadership has evolved into Oklahoma becoming a single party state as of 2008. Oklahoma ranks at the bottom of every indicator of the country - health, education, infant mortality. In addition, any business of any significance in Oklahoma ends up moving to Houston or Dallas, because Oklahoma is almost surrounded by Texas and cannot possibly hope to compete. The DFW metro, just 150 miles away from OKC, has nearly twice the population of the entire state of Oklahoma. Other than New Jersey, I can't think of another state that is a satellite of a larger neighbor to the degree of Oklahoma and Texas. The roads are complete shit, despite almost all of them being tolled rather heavily.

People in Oklahoma are not happy. They complain about the constant dysfunction.  But despite the fact that the Republicans have ruled this state to the degree which Viktor Orban's Fidesz party rules Hungary, they still blame their problems on a Democratic Party which has all but vanished.

Reminds me of how my now former neighbor (who was evicted because she couldn't afford rent after knee surgeries bottomed out her bank account and she couldn't work for a while... I hope she's doing OK, wherever she is ) once went on a rant on how it was Biden's fault her son couldn't afford his own place after college. I tried asking her if she had heard of the administration's plans for student loan forgiveness and SAVE, but she wouldn't even let me finish a sentence.

Fox News is a staple in so many homes here; all you need is a box and a set of rabbit-eared antennas. In my formative years, I drank a little of the Kool-Aid through osmosis. Media and propaganda matter.