Just vote and do as much as you can to help others vote.

Unless people vote, signs are worthless.

Just know that the national mood is with us.

Is that a bad thing?

How did that work out?

FUD

By the repubs: Voter suppression, kicking folks off the rolls and who knows what the russians did to help them. trump only won Michigan by a little over 10,000 votes. Cheating is what the repubs do best.

in Alabama.

We show up, we win. It's that simple.

So GOTV democrats and lets win BIG this fall!

That is, I felt sure HRC would win (and I know she did) but look how it ended up.

I'm still in shock over what happened.

count on anything until it's done. Especially after trump getting rigged in.

But, even before that.. although I was thinking Hillary was going to win.. probably why I was in extreme shock on "election" night.

tRUMPY will move his (RUSSIAN) plan FAST FORWARD i'm afraid!

And having the "wave election" idea get spread sets us up for us up for whatever showing we get being labeled "disappointing".

At this point, there's a real possibility that Trump will be allowed to claim "victory" by the MSM if our gains in the House are held below 50 seats.

We need to see this as a toss-up, as something that could be decided by a single seat.

The prospect of a blue wave is certainly a factor in prompting the record wave of Republican retirements. It's also helping the Democrats in their candidate recruitment, even in districts that were previously conceded without even a Democrat on the ballot.

The widespread expectation of a wave can become a self-fulfilling prophecy.

As for Trump's spin: I'll be happy to take a 40-seat pickup that Trump claims as a GOP victory. Let him have his fun until January. That's when the subpoenas start flying.

when we took BOTH houses and there were no subpoenas and no investigations-when they let Bush and Cheney skate for no good reason.

We're owed better than that this time, wouldn't you agree?

First, although there were certainly policy disagreements with Bush/Cheney, I don't think there was nearly as much visceral personal animosity as is there is toward Trump.

Bush (a governor) and Cheney (former Congressmember and Cabinet officer) were members of the bipartisan club of politicians. Trump isn't.

Second, at least some of the Democrats have learned from the mistakes of last decade. Obama himself started out with a "look forward, not backward" mindset. By the end of his term, he didn't seem quite so fond of post-partisanship. If there's a Democratic majority in the House in 2019, its slogan is more likely to be "Fool me once...."

Third, the Sanders campaign did succeed in some respects. There are now more voices calling for more militancy from the Democratic Party. (Along with Bernie's influence, this is also to some extent the result of the second factor.) We aren't quite in the same situation as the Republicans who cower in fear before the Tea Party. Nevertheless, I think we'll see something of that dynamic. Elected Democrats will be more likely to be casting nervous glances over their left shoulders, and worrying about not alienating some of the previously apolitical people whom Bernie mobilized.

that orange bastard does damage to America EVERY FUCKING DAY

Remember the Russians are still interfering, so that has to be factored in.

suppression before the 2018 elections . It would help .

Trump looks ahead to 2018: 'Good' GOP candidates will 'win BIG'

Dec 23

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10141946455

See post #1

I've seen where some left leaners are working against the Dems trying to take over the Dem Party. I keep telling them get wins in November 2018 and then work to make the changes you want. I've been active in the Dem Party for a very long time. Those of us who sit in the seats at the monthy meetings want what these unhappy left leaners want. I just don't understand many of them.