Our Only Way Forward

[angrychair]

Where we are at, like it or not:

250 House seats.

54 Senate seats.

31 Governor seats.

most state legislatures are red.

This election was historically bad for Dems, compared to any election cycle in modern history. The worst midterm losses ever. House super majority for Rethugs.

What we can do to fix it:

We must shift, almost completely, to state government races. The only way forward is to capture and hold state legislatures. To capture and hold as many state government elected offices at every level. We have to build from a strong base. Its the "long road" view but, at the end of the day, the only way out of the cold a decade or more from now will be to go back to the beginning and start over from the state level. We must hold as many state legislatures as possible so that in 2022, the new Congressional lines are more in our favor. Hopefully, we will all live long enough to see it.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

1. As a political scientist, I've been screaming this for YEARS!! Many years! But, no. We're far too

busy blaming Obama.

Grassroots recruiting of Democratic Party candidates used to be a #1 strength of the Democratic Party. I'm not sure what happened, but it appears that the GOP has taken our strengths and expanded on them.

They will run a younger crop of Republicans, more right-wing and more extreme while we continue to send Harry Reid back to the Senate. I'm not sure what happened tonight.

[angrychair]

2. I agree Liberal

Can't stand the "Its Obama's fault" crowd. Blaming PBO is like blaming the fire department for a house burning down before they were called.

So tired of it all.

[Scootaloo]

3. We can't build on a foundation of shit

It's worse than sand.

"Vote for us because we're not Republicans" is shit. "Don't worry, we're not as liberal as Reublicans say we are" is shit, too. "We want to work with the republicans"? Also shit.