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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIf, and it's such a big If, but not as big an If as it used to be....
If we take the house and the Senate...can Single Payer be a reality before the next election? It would have to be done before the midterms...
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If, and it's such a big If, but not as big an If as it used to be.... (Original Post)
fadedrose
Sep 2012
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bluestateguy
(44,173 posts)1. Tell you what
If you can tell me what your plan is for getting Joe Manchin, Mary Landrieu, Mark Pryor, Mark Warner and Max Baucus to vote for cloture on a single payer bill, then I am all ears.
fadedrose
(10,044 posts)3. A landslide that gets a majority in is the plan...
Even they're not so stupid as to not "get it" . . .
How about Lieberman?
elleng
(131,067 posts)2. Let's not overreach, please.
Need an economy first. NEXT Dem administration, maybe.
fadedrose
(10,044 posts)4. It's now or never...
The Repub candidate is a gift, and our President is a gift...
We will never have an opportunity like this in most of our lifetimes...