How did the Democrats get rolled?

[a kennedy]

For all the chaos of the Trump White House, the GOP remains adroit at using the levers of power in our modern political system. Senate Democrats and Republicans are not even playing the same kind of game. The GOP comes to work ready for full-contact boxing while Democrats were setting up for a friendly game of checkers.

The road to Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation started during the presidential campaign. Candidate Donald Trump demonstrated his political savvy when he produced a list of potential nominees, most of whom have ties to the Federalist Society. The list was an ostensibly brazen effort to win over conservatives who otherwise might not be able to support him. Regardless of how a Republican felt, Trump had successfully defined his presidency as an avenue toward conservative courts.

He delivered on the promise right away when he announced the appointment of Neil Gorsuch to replace Antonin Scalia. The seat had been open for months since Senate Republicans refused to even meet with President Obama's nominee Merrick Garland. After Obama tried to outsmart the Senate majority by appointing someone who was so centrist and non-ideological that moderate Republicans would have to vote for him, the GOP proved him wrong. They kept the seat warm until a Republican was in the White House.

Full article: (opinion) https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/05/opinions/gop-outplayed-dems-opinion-zelizer/index.html

[JI7]

1. nobody got rolled. they have the majority. none is this is complicated shit.

[pretzel4gore]

9. Right wing ' privilege of a few'

Versus lleftwing 'needs of the many' says some thing like criminal fraud has always been necessary to the fascasti hold on power.
ALL modern history is about the commons trying. to overcome....
"We shall over come! ' is the song people often sing

[Thekaspervote]

18. Boycott cnn! Nobody got rolled, just cnn spilling out shit ....again

[Takket]

21. Yup. They had the hammer and they used it.

[Snake Plissken]

2. The bottom line is ... Trump is what happens when people stay home on election day

Trump was not elected by the people, be got into office people people didn't show up vote in the swing states.

[NRaleighLiberal]

5. 3 M vote adv for Hillary. Forgot Russia already?

[Snake Plissken]

6. I don't understand your reply

[NRaleighLiberal]

8. We voted. We won. Election was stolen. So easily forgotten.

[Snake Plissken]

12. I didn't forget anything, Trump won because people were too lazy to vote

or just complete idiots , Trump won the swing states by 70,000 votes, over 90,000 people submitted a ballot with no President selected because they were butthurt about Bernie Sanders, add that to the roughly 40% of registered voters who couldn't be bothered voting and that is exactly why we ended up with a pile of shit like Trump

You can continue blaming the Russians all you want, and we republicans can continue controlling all three branches of government along with most of the state and local government because the fact is people are just too lazy to get off their asses and vote them out.

[CrispyQ]

15. This:

[Snake Plissken]

16. Exactly, sure Russian's interference pisses me off, but the people who couldn't be bothered to vote

Pisses me off even more, because there is no excuse for it, people in 3rd world countries and developing nations risk their lives to vote, and here we have people who either take it for granted or believe it's too much of a burden for them to vote.

[calguy]

30. While the forest shrank, the trees kept voting for the axe

because its handle was made of wood and they thought it was one of them.

[Cosmocat]

11. The people who didnt vote DID vote

By not voting, people relayed being comfortable with having trump as potus.

Everyone knew what he was.

This is something people have to wrap their geads around to really know how deep the hole is.

[NRaleighLiberal]

3. I agree...we are getting rolled.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

23. +1

[dchill]

4. They didn't get rolled...

They got plowed through.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

24. +1

[Demsrule86]

7. They have the majority...no one got rolled... Sarandan and the Stein voters

helped Trump win...you want to pass legislation or nominate justices...you have to win. Those who just couldn't get past the emails in the 16 election...put Trump in office really. Support the Democratic candidate or the GOP wins...not really difficult. I am amazed the Dems have done as well as they have given they were kneecapped in 16.

[shanny]

34. the 8 million Obama to Trump voters had no effect?

I guess they're just racist deplorables.

[NurseJackie]

10. Oh, please! Stop it.

[obnoxiousdrunk]

13. Sorry not buying it.

American people got rolled.

[bronxiteforever]

14. I saw this CNN piece this am and thought total bs

Apparently political pundits don’t believe that a majority of both houses and the executive office matter. Really you have to go through a brain transplant with a fish to believe we were ever going to stop this. Political power now drives everything. McConnell pretty much destroyed the Senate so it is no longer a deliberative body, just the house of rep with a built in GOP bent.

Who was going to stop this? Collins? Flake? If you believe that I have a bridge in Brooklyn for you to buy. Amazing how the pundits turn this against a minority party with absolutely no control over the federal government. They just love to bash us to keep the game interesting and lucrative.

[calguy]

17. Democrats got rolled by their(our) own voters. Period

All the Democrats who chose to sits on their ass instead of casting a vote caused this to happen. I'm proud of the way our Democrat Senators waged the battke, but without enough troops no battle can be won. Someone once said that the single largest threat to Democracy is an apathetic public. Too many Democratic voters are guilty of apathy and until this changes and we vote in more troops to fight our battles in Congress, expect to get "rolled" every time.

[Hoyt]

31. Exactly.

[Codeine]

33. This precisely.

We lose because our constituencies don’t vote, while theirs do. Simple addition.

[SidDithers]

19. Republicans control the House, Senate and White House...

but the Democrats "got rolled".



Sid

[Gothmog]

20. Democrats did not get rolled

Democrats lacked the votes

[PSPS]

22. Nobody got "rolled." It's the way our (broken) system of government is designed.

The electoral college allows a loser to win.
Gerrymandering allows politicians to pick their voters.

These are the two ingredients that are essential to the recipe of minority rule.

[PubliusEnigma]

25. You can't use rationality in an argument with the insane.

The GOP doesn't care what our country was intended to be.

They know what they want and will do anything to get it.

Cheat, Steal, Lie, Rob, Commit Treason, Abandon all principles

They are all in.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

26. Totally agree ! They think we are still living in an Ozzie and Harriet world of

decency and dignity and collegiality.

[shanny]

35. This.

We always play by the rules, they never do. It's like trying to win at Calvinball.

[mcar]

27. The usual media blame the Dems routine

It never fails. The Rs are in complete control, but let's put the blame on Democrats.

[ismnotwasm]

28. Why does anyone think there was a chance in hell there was another outcome?

It was clear as glass—nobody got played, or “rolled”. What Democrats did was fight as hard as they could, and not being a majority, lost. I expected nothing else

I used to post a lot about sexism and rape culture. I don’t bother anymore. It appears that people STILL DON’T FUCKING UNDERSTAND THIS IS REAL. It’s a driving force of our culture.

People think that an entitled white male, who was a rapey asshole in college wasn’t going to win this?

I dunno. Maybe I live in a different world.

The only way to change anything is to vote.

[lancelyons]

29. This is what I have been saying but some call it a defeatist approach

The dems have been getting their butts kicked and don't even realize how bad it really is.

Gotv is a start but the infrastructure highly favors the GOP and they have worked this plan for 15-20 years

[Laura PourMeADrink]

36. It shouldn't be! Analytical types can see that there

is something wrong. And it makes total sense to analyze to determine root causes and possible tactics. Merely saying we are not in charge and things will be different when we get in charge is the defeatest approach imho. Because if you still keep doing things the same way even if we take control they will figure out a way around it - a way to turn things against you

[MineralMan]

32. That happened in the last election.

Do Democrats have the majority in the Senate? Case closed. In fact, our party has no majority in either house of Congress. We do not have a President in the White House either.

Nothing else matters, frankly, in today's political environment.

We'd better pay attention and correct that situation soon. If we do not, the system will be changed in ways that make regaining majorities almost impossible.

GOTV 2018 or give up your chances in the future!