If the Democrats Sweep the election: President, Congress, and ultimately the Supreme Court

[Chasstev365]

Will they go bold with a mandate or go Republican lite out of fear?

[yeoman6987]

1. From the past 2008-2010. How'd they do?

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

3. They governed. Senate Reps blocked everything

they and ReThugs tried to accomplish

[yeoman6987]

4. I would imagine the same scenario then if not worse

Repugs aren't just going to wake up and do what's best for America cuz they lose to Hillary. It will be status quo for Repugs probably forever.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

7. I'm hoping that we got rid of most of the conservative Democrats in the House and Senate.

There are still some left, but hopefully with a new generation of progressives in Congress, maybe more will get done.

Yeah, I know. Wishful thinking.

[Ligyron]

2. Hopefully, they've learned their lesson about being nice to the GOP.

Problem is: we're more fair in general and always wanting to get along with opponents by giving them a chance.

We can't do that anymore.

PERIOD.

[stevenleser]

5. Hard to imagine the House going even in a Goldwater-esque landslide.

I would love to see it though.

Even if it happens, Democrats will control the house by the slimmest of margins and only for two years.

[MohRokTah]

6. The House is at a tipping point.

What people forget is to gerrymander their minority held majority, most of the "safe" red districts had to be much tighter than the "safe" blue districts they put in place.

The tipping point is Generic House Polling at D+8.5% and we were approaching that prior to the GOP convention (8% in last Generic House Poll).

[zipplewrath]

8. Fear?

GOP lite is where many of them sit. It only takes a small minority of conservative democrats to leverage the opposition from the GOP to move the entire agenda right of center. That's how we got mandates, no PO, and no negotiated drug prices. The DLC is alive and well and will advocate governing from deep in the center.

The most progressive things that might happen will be minimum wage increase, and some form of college loan assistance. We'll get a better SC out of it too. But foreign policy will stay militaristic. Taxes will hardly change. The fed won't change. Environmental policy will stay static. It MIGHT be the case that if somehow the TPP doesn't go through in lame duck, then it will die altogether.

[Snotcicles]

9. I think it all depends on how intact the Sanders enforcement wing of the party remains. nt