Reply #15: It's depressing, I get it, but now what? [View All]

[Nuclear Unicorn]

If Obama gets primaried the election is as good as lost because you set the narrative that we chose poorly the last time so why should the independents trust us this time.

Try as we might we cannot win without independents.

We have to give them a reason to vote FOR US.

Heck, we need better than "Obama: at least he's not republican...mostly"

But with a GOP controlled HoR and a solid filibuster in the senate and Obama in the WH I think we're looking at a lot of not-much for the next 2 years.

Viewed objectively, the GOP has a minor advantage. All they have to do is pull some cheap stunt such as not include NPR in the annual budget. They don't have to vote it down, they can simply neglect to include it. Suddenly, they get tons of free press and their base salivates with glee.

Meanwhile, the democrat reps and senators sit there going, "Golly, we wish we could get something onto the floor."

Along comes 2012, the dems look impotent and divided while the GOP claims, "We were fighting for YOU!"

We may well be in a place where we have to come back in 2014 or 2016 with the rallying cry, "Had enough?"