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Top Dem: Trump will win again if Dems are too liberal
The Hill ^ | October 16, 2017 | Jacqueline Thomsen

Posted on 10/16/2017 12:16:58 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) predicted that Democrats would lose to President Trump again in 2020 if they are too liberal.

Durbin — the second highest-ranking Democrat in the Senate — said on local Chicago radio station WLS-AM on Sunday that Democrats shouldn't “overdo it” by acting too liberal in response to Trump.

The senator was responding to comments by Rep. Cheri Bustos (D-Ill.), who the host of the radio show Durbin was on said warned Democrats against moving too far to the left out of fear they could lose votes to Trump.

"We need to be balanced. She's right about that,” Durbin said.

“We don't give up on our values, but we better be sensitive, too, that there are people with more moderate views, and people who may disagree with some parts of the Democratic platform as they are presented. We've got to be open to that possibility," he said.

The host asked Durbin if Democrats could lose seats by “being too liberal.”

"You can," Durbin replied. "I think you can overdo it. We have to really appeal to that sensible center. It's a thin stripe now. It used to be a lot wider stripe, but it's an important and determining factor in most elections."

Democrats are facing an internal battle over how to move the party forward in the wake of Hillary Clinton’s surprise loss to Trump. Some lawmakers are eager to court votes from backers of Sen. Bernie Sanders's (I-Vt.) presidential campaign, while others remain wary of progressive policies like Sanders's single-payer health-care bill.


TOPICS: Campaign News; Issues; Parties; State and Local
KEYWORDS: 2020; democrats; durbin; trump
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To: Lurkinanloomin
Nasty Democrats trying to put all the bullets back in their gun.


21 posted on 10/16/2017 1:01:48 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: blackdog

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt3aLev041E


22 posted on 10/16/2017 1:12:13 PM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

There’s nothing lil Dick can do. The marxists control his party and Trump will be re-elected in a landslide.


23 posted on 10/16/2017 1:17:20 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Sorry Dick! The “democrats” passed “too liberal” a long time ago.


24 posted on 10/16/2017 1:18:23 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Has Sheila JACKSON LEE changed her name yet?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Americans are increasingly left, however, the rat party has become bat-crap crazy leftist.


25 posted on 10/16/2017 1:36:54 PM PDT by vpintheak (tFreedom is not equality; and equality is not freedom!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
.....and Trump will win again, if Dem's are too far left.

People want change. They will vote out Rino Republicans who don't get with the program and change the way WA DC is operating.

26 posted on 10/16/2017 2:22:35 PM PDT by Robert357 ( Dan Rather was discharged as "medically unfit" on May 11, 1954.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Little Dick Durbin is a senator thanks to Bill Clinton's FEC Commissioner, Lois Lerner:

Lerner Intrigue Goes Back to 1996 US Senate Race.

27 posted on 10/16/2017 3:08:20 PM PDT by Jacquerie (ArticleVBlog.com)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I almost want to plant a “Hillary: I’m still with her” sign in my front yard, but i am afraid it will impact my property values...


28 posted on 10/16/2017 5:05:44 PM PDT by GraceG ("It's better to have all the Right Enemies, than it is to have all the Wrong Friends.")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Such evil people and they rationalize their dishonesty.
29 posted on 10/16/2017 5:11:55 PM PDT by Vision (If you can't respect the Anthem, then it's time for you to find another home.)
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