Connections: The Future Of The Democratic Party

Most of New York’s Democrats are panicking over the potential impact of President-elect Donald Trump’s policies on the city’s immigrant communities-but not the breakaway, Republican-aligned Independent Democratic Conference, who said today they believe the State Senate GOP will work with them to combat bias and hate. Nor would I have voted for Hillary – she was beaten twice by political “nobodies”, when she seemed to be the president-in-waiting (’08 and ’16). The elites have run roughshod over the interests of everyday Americans for too long, the billionaire celebrity told voters, and it was time the electorate overturn the corrupt system by electing Donald J. Trump, a champion of those overlooked taxpayers who’ve been left behind. This requirement would disproportionately burden poor and minority voters, who tend to vote for Democrats, thereby allowing Republicans to entrench their power. Kay Hagan. Tillis defeated Hagan in a hard-fought, close race by two percentage points, or the equivalent of 17 votes per precinct on average statewide during the 2014 general election.

“All Trump had to do was peel off a small percentage of urban votes, and he was going to win”, Rock said. “And they come down and say, ‘This is what you do, this is what you say, this is what you have your candidates do, and don’t stray from this'”. “I know the pain out there”.

If Mr. Ellison does become head of the DNC, it would put the Democrats in a unusual position where opposing ends of the party would hold the levers of power in different parts of the party. President Obama, in his campaigns, was a fighter. Where you saw a Clinton-Kaine sign, it has generally been lined up with a half dozen others, for senator, representative, Governor, local Democratic candidates.

“It just is not a fun place to be”, said Don Shoultz, a former state legislator from Waterloo who was an assistant minority leader in the Iowa House in 1997 and 1998.

Leader McConnell appears to understand that when you get buy-in from the other side on a piece of legislation, they become invested in that bill’s success and durable change becomes possible. Maybe. But I’d never say he’s a man who doesn’t know how to sell a contradiction. “If Republicans want to go on record supporting radicals, that’s their decision and they will have to live with it”.

Many talented members of the GOP distanced themselves from Trump during the campaign. President Trump could revoke access to life-saving healthcare to 22 million people, deport millions of undocumented immigrants, increase the pace of devastating climate change, shift the Supreme Court in an even more conservative direction, and start or escalate major wars.

In this heavily Democratic neighborhood, Thomas said he and his wife, Shirley, have had their Trump sign stolen three times.

In 2004, before the November election, Oklahoma Democrats controlled 80 of the 149 seats in the Legislature.

“Medicare is one of the most successful government programs ever created – it’s been a success story for decades”. Schumer is from the Clinton wing of the party. Trump hit both a half-dozen times. “When we oppose Trump on values or this presidency takes a dark, divisive turn, we’re going to do it tooth and nail”, he said. “We are still hurting here”. Somehow, I feel free to offer you my unsolicited advice. Only a few weeks ago we talked about vulnerable Republicans, but the election put the GOP in charge of Washington, D.C., leaving the Democrats scrambling for ways to remain relevant. Harry Reid. “The reason I’m in the U.S. Senate is to work with Republicans and Democrats to get things done”. It’s prompting speculation that some of the top GOP figures in the state may join the Trump administration. In Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, partially in Cartwright’s district, Trumpwon 58 percent of the vote compared to Romney’s 47 percent.

Hillary lost, in part, because she considered Trump supporters to be deplorable. Seeing you speak among the protesters in front of the White House made me feel good inside.