Hope for the Democratic party? Maybe so...

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The missing story of the 2014 election
Posted on November 10, 2014 | By chrisladd

GOPlifer
Which way is right? With Chris Ladd

"Few things are as dangerous to a long term strategy as a short-term victory. Republicans this week scored the kind of win that sets one up for spectacular, catastrophic failure and no one is talking about it.

What emerges from the numbers is the continuation of a trend that has been in place for almost two decades. Once again, Republicans are disappearing from the competitive landscape at the national level across the most heavily populated sections of the country while intensifying their hold on a declining electoral bloc of aging, white, rural voters. The 2014 election not only continued that doomed pattern, it doubled down on it. As a result, it became apparent from the numbers last week that no Republican candidate has a credible shot at the White House in 2016, and the chance of the GOP holding the Senate for longer than two years is precisely zero.

For Republicans looking for ways that the party can once again take the lead in building a nationally relevant governing agenda, the 2014 election is a prelude to a disaster. Understanding this trend begins with a stark graphic.

Behold the Blue Wall:


MUCH more:
http://blog.chron.com/goplifer/2014/11/the-missing-story-of-the-2014-election/?adbpr=182503471&adbid=534531482866311168&adbpl=tw#28114101=0

[randys1]

1. If Democrats are allowed to vote, that is...There is a TREMENDOUS attack ongoing

of voting, whether it be voter ID or crosscheck etc.

Make no mistake, the republican party is at war with america and democracy...

[trof]

2. According to him...

We have two years to help people get the necessary IDs, etc. to combat the repugs 'purges'.

[TheKentuckian]

3. Would be a lot cooler if our fuckwits didn't join the TeaPubliKlans in destroying ACORN

[BillZBubb]

4. The map is a little bit optimistic on the blue areas.

States like WI, MI and PA seem to be building right wing majorities at least at the state level. I wouldn't count any of them as Democratic locks.

The red areas are locks for the republicans and I would add AZ to that group. That gives them a solid base of 160 EVs no matter who they run. Missouri and Georgia are also still heavily tilted to red. So that puts them near 200.

The good news for the Democrats though is if they win Ohio, or Florida, or both Virginia and North Carolina, they are not going to lose a presidential election. The bad news is most of them have right wing state governments.