There is a difference, people, between seats and votes. The right understands this. The left does not. This is why 41 is greater than 59. When the time comes to actually pass legislation, it's not about the number of seats your party has- how many people have the right letter behind their name, but rather how many elected officials stand up and say "yea", even if they have a different letter after their name.
Stating it plainly and simply, like this, everyone goes "duh! Of course! Obvious!" But this fact isn't accepted by many people on the left (including a large contingent of people on this blog), and this is why the Democrats are perpetually weak and spineless- and why it is that 41 is greater than 59.
So I'm going to spell out the logic. And many people, including probably you, Reader, won't like the implications. But until we come to grips with this simple fact, and more importantly the implications of this fact, we are doomed to failure.
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