That's an oxymoron if I ever heard one.

Look, I know it is easy to just say "fuck the racist South."
But the problem is that the South is guaranteed a certain number of seats in the Congress due to population and geography. And in the old Confederacy right now, there are only a handful of Democrats left. The GOP has done a marvelous job of painting the South completely red since Obama was elected. We don't have the population numbers in the North necessary to drown out that united South. That's just mathematics.

As it stands right now, we are looking at a GOP majority in the House through at least 2022. The only way we grab the House is to grab some of these conservative districts. We have lost considerable power in the state governments since 2008. If we don't get some of it back by 2020, we can't change how these districts are drawn. They will continue to be gerrymandered to favor the GOP. Then we are looking at a GOP House through 2030.

And even Florida can't be counted on. Yes, it went for Obama twice...but it also voted for Rick Scott twice. It's a purple state in presidential politics, but when it comes to state level offices....it's completely red.

We must find a way to start winning state races again. In a republic-form of government...that's where the real power is.

The Democratic Party can't win a majority in either of the Chambers of Congress without Rural voters. You can't win Rural voters with a platform of Gun Control, aggressive taxation, or single payer healthcare. You damn sure can't win them while calling them racist/sexist bigots. Even if they would vote for you, insulting them is not the way to get them to the polls in your favor.

But blaming the voters for being racist/sexist/stupid or whatever is a lot easier than admitting that the Party had a mind bogglingly stupid plan for this election.

The "You Forgot the 'Not From the Onion Disclaimer'" Category.


rocktivity

There is nothing mainstream about it - they represent the interests of the 1%

that most old-school Republicans are now "far-left liberals".

How much farther can it go? Heck, these days Newt is a centrist.

for the 1%, and end the traditional role of our Democratic party as protectors of the people against the predations and control of the wealthy.

What they want is for us to become our own enemy.

Fuck this, the oligarchs just milk our politics.

are real or not.