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I'm incredibly cynical about the prospect of offering genuine checks on the office of the Executive. Any attempt to reverse course, particularly in light of the election of President Trump, will look to conservatives like his opponents are simply attempting to lick their wounds. Conservatives have long offered the rhetoric of limited government, though it appears that time has faded. I'm incredibly curious to see if there are any factions of either party that take up a genuine concern for the checks and balances of our government and protection of federalism, not just "democracy" broadly.

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Thanks so much for bringing this discussion to a higher level: What is Obama doing in the campaign?? His presidency is over. Why is he pressuring Democrats to vote for Kamala because he says so?

I lost my faith in Obama just months after he was elected. I began to see through the veneer of politics, and now can't see anything else but that. Kamala's 'anointing' is not democratic. We the people have the power to keep on keeping on, no matter who is the president.

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