Where R statehouses get elected and propose ridiculous right wing laws, redistricting, and attempts at voter suppression or changing the electoral college to favor the Rs in the next Presidential election.

Believe me I know.

lost its freaking mind. We are overcome with idiots who want to destroy a great state. Destroy our fantastic higher education system, not to mention the local level schools, destroy the safety net for the unemployed and destitute. Next on the block will be reproductive rights I suspect. Right wing advocates will not rest or be happy until the entire state is Raging Red. I hate what my state has become. I am surrounded by idiots in my rural part of NC....

In Wisconsin the Republicans controlled the legislature following the 2010 election. One of the first acts was to gerrymander the legislative districts. Then, after a number of recall elections the Democrats gained control of the Wisconsin Senate but the damage was already done. While Obama won the State by 8 points the Republicans were able to regain control of the Wisconsin Senate thanks to these gerrymandered districts. And this happened in all kinds of States which means that we have to live with this for 10 years. And this is what makes the 2010 election such a disaster -- it has 10 years of consequences.

to gut everything for the GOP before they are voted out of office. Unfortunately, they adopted Dean's 50 state strategy and have doubled down on the states they own. WI, MI, OH, PA they do not own.

I don't think the GOP cares about the polls, really. They have their orders.

Some parts are different.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022406902

And I know there are other Red States but it is then mentality of most Southerners that is shared by other Red States that has caused the USA problems from almost day one...It has always surrounded race & in the last few decades religion...These people impede progress on almost all the major issues.

We are being held hostage by Rural America!! It really sucks!!

progress; the US falls back due to the fears of those who want to cling to an ancient biblical philosophy and the politicians who cater to them. Although an Agnostic, I often wonder why it never occurs to the religious right that "God's mysterious ways" might be working to allow mankind to progress into the modern world?

... POTUS and the Dems have bully pulplit and still keep half-steppin' away from what the people are saying plain as day that they want.

99% of DC is self-promoting thieves.

...for the rushpublicans public opinion means jack shit. They're owned and controlled by their big money backers...and that's whose voices matter. Also many of the teabaggers are from crimson red areas where you can turn that poll upside down and it'd be an accurate read from the gerrymandered districts they represent.

Americans haven't been buying rushpublican bullshit for a long time...but there's enough concentrations that have put them in power in state governments that enabled the gerrymandering and encourages the gridlock. Rushpublicans want to destroy the federal government. Their games won't change until they start losing on the state level...a big, big goal for the Democrats in 2014...

I agree. This has got to be THE biggest push in 2014 - get the red out.

"Get The Red Out"...fits nicely on bumper stickers!

Cheers...

Majority of the State Senate and House are Democrats.

We expect to keep it through 2022 and beyond.

The next step is the federal level of morons . That means Cory Gardner, Mike Coffmann, Scott Tipton and Doug Lamborn.

Lamborn can stink in El Paso Fundyland for all I care. But for the betterment of the district represented, I would recommend a Democrat.

this country would of been on the mend by now. If only Obama had the means of fixing things as quickly as GWB destroyed them.

Indeed.

They only need to intimidate enough of us into silence, and exhaust the rest of us. Their Supreme Court will soon be able to prevent any legal challenges to their rule, too.

because of voter suppression and ID laws. The people will become even more screwed. And North Carolina was such a forward state now it is going back to republican swampland and ignorance.

All of it has served to give fuel to the Republican War In The States (which is primarily where they've decided to wage the bulk of their RWNJ Teabilly war it seems).

It is IMPERATIVE that Democrats fight tooth and nail to regain blue control of the states from the Grand Old Psychopath party in 2014.

GET. THE. RED. OUT.

After losing two elections in a row they're irrelevant and they know it.

did I completely misunderstand your post?

I think we will need scuba gear to survive the coming shitstorm. I hear many Democrats who don't post here or anywhere else talking about jumping ship to the republican party next time.

When will the DNC ever learn???