2016 Postmortem

DemocraticWing

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8. Rand Paul is a snake but it looks like he's gonna stand up to Trump on some stuff.

Tue Dec 20, 2016, 12:01 AM

Dec 2016

I really hope all his rhetoric on standing for constitutional is backed up by action, because it will be tested a lot in coming years.

Others to watch: Mike Lee, Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Rob Portman, Jeff Flake, Ben Sasse, John McCain, and Lindsay Graham. It's no secret that was basically the cohort of Republicans that voted against Trump this year. We'll see if they all fall in line or if they have some backbone on the occasional issue.

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Our fate as a Party and a country may depend on 5 or 6 Republican Senators [View all] kentuck Dec 2016 OP

It's quiet... too quiet, curious to see what the morning brings. Ellipsis Dec 2016 #1

I think they may be very busy trying to reach all the electors? kentuck Dec 2016 #2

So, we're screwed? jfern Dec 2016 #3

Not entirely. kentuck Dec 2016 #4

That assumes that every Democrat in the Senate sticks together. totodeinhere Dec 2016 #5

Bingo! Txbluedog Dec 2016 #6

Not happening. 40 Democratic Senators just voted to give Trump more propaganda powers jfern Dec 2016 #7

Rand Paul is a snake but it looks like he's gonna stand up to Trump on some stuff. DemocraticWing Dec 2016 #8

Profiles in courage? kentuck Dec 2016 #9

More like 3. Tatiana Dec 2016 #10

We need to present our values in their core language. There is some overlap, after all. JudyM Dec 2016 #11