It's all good!

But we know better.

To win elections. Without that, they would never be elected to office, and they know that.

after (has it only been a year?) the long, dark gloom of tRump and clan.

... those things they're a dead party

By running dozens of good candidates and knocking on thousands of doors.

We'd have a monarchy of King Obama and Queen Michelle installed in no time! We'd send Trump to the Tower. Healthcare for everyone! A power contract for Puerto Rico!

if we stopped with the circular firing squad.

Re. the Democrats. Not exactly news ...

It's the only way they can remain alive, I guess.

in 2016 because Hillary Clinton wasn't their ideal candidate. Look what it got us. I still want to slap each and every one of them.

You have to take baby steps sometimes. But take steps. Show up.

or are you just making an assumption you WANT to be true. Very few dems sat out the election is a better assumption because it's true. Jill stein took votes away from Hillary while Bernie convinced his supporters to vote for Hillary. And Hillary won if you count the provisional ballots and the ones Kobach stole from the voter rolls but non of that really matters now. Now we learned from our missteps and are untied in our ideals and this special election shows we are moving forward to get dems, especially progressive dems elected to office. The FDR party of the people is standing up for its ideals and the working poor and middles class to take our country back from the oligarchs out to destroy it

I personally know at least ten people who refused to vote for Hillary. Two I know for sure voted for Jill Stein and the rest stayed home (despite Bernie throwing his support behind Hillary). I can’t be the only one who knows one or two or ten people who did the same. That can add up quick.

I am aware that this election was stolen from us. That’s why it’s that much more important to win by wide margins, to simply overwhelm the cheating and dirty tricks and gerrymandering.

there is a paper trail, so the gop can not "fix" these elections AGAIN.

And with the Popular Vote...not the Electoral College!!

That IS worth thinking about. 👍🏾💙

... and their pathetic little cries of outrage that 100% of everything isn't ALL ABOUT MEEEEEEE!

Democrats were able to flip seats in spite of alleged Republican collusion with Russia, in spite of fake news, in spite of gerrymandering, in spite of voter suppression, and in spite of dirty tricks.

Oh, and a big K&R

I personally expect a bunch of those others, though not all of course, to come slinking back, even if they're not admitting regret to pollsters. Notably, most or basically all really expected Hillary to win.

It'd be interesting to know what percentage of DU members are "working class" whites without college educations.

Interestingly, an article in The Economist said Americans mostly define working class by lack of a college degree, rather than income or occupation as in Europe, because here most laborers with only high school educations were able to afford what was considered a middle-class lifestyle. Up until fairly recently. But in any case, bet it's a fair number.

I mean, all those things were still happening. Democrats won in spite of the R's doing them all once again, not without them. Except maybe the Russian collusion.. They did their thing, now its in their favor to step back and let trump weaken the US, so they probably stayed out of this one

their own resumes, or their plans and agenda.

... gerrymandering and in spite of voter suppression, ..."

Voters can see beyond the hype and come to their own conclusions.

K&R.


MDN

redouble their efforts in voter suppression, gerrymandering, and all-out cheating. You didn't honestly think the GOP would go through a period of soul searching and change their party line or their tactics to reach the voters, did you? No, they're not built like that. They're the party of few ideas, and many bludgeons. They don't back down, they don't "re-invent" themselves, they learn how to cheat bigger, better, and faster.

Democrats have a right to be somewhat giddy after the elections, but the real fight has not yet begun. There should be no resting on laurels, and if anyone thinks for one second that we've discovered the magic method to defeat Republicans from here on, you're wrong. Dead wrong! The next time the GOP will come with every dirty trick known to man, and many that aren't yet known.

Gird your loins Democrats. The fight has not yet begun. We're going to have to work our asses off just to remain in the same place, let alone turn around control of both Houses of Congress. Republicans play dirty, and it's up to US to figure out how the GOP is going to suppress voter turnout so we can be ahead of their dirty plans and SHUT THEM DOWN!

So enjoy the rest of the week. Thank a veteran for their service Saturday, and come back Monday, refreshed and ready to go. BECAUSE IF WE RELAX FOR ANY MORE TIME THAN THAT, WE'LL BE LOSING GROUND TO STEVE BANNON AND THE REST OF THE GOP DIRTY TRICKSTERS!

What are we doing to prevent the voter suppression in Cali? There are those attempting to split the state into many parts. That is what I meant by "hunting for bear". Also, I detest twitter and cringe when anyone links their activism to a platform that does not unite US.

K & R

According to their election strategy book, that should have been impossible.

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