Bless your heart.

Plus, demographics are swiftly changing.

The Blue Dogs were rapidly destroyed in 2010 and there haven't been many running since.

I'll note that "liberal" democrats cheered the loss of the Blue Dogs even though they were objectively left of the far right fascist teabaggers.

We won seats in 2006 because we ran Blue Dogs, objective fact. The 50 state strategy requires Blue Dogs. Fact.

Since the question was about seats (gerrymandered districts).

Yes sometimes Blue Dogs don't vote the right way with regards to legislation. So what? I count maybe a handful of the past ones who were more Republican than Democrat, if that. Generally when the votes are needed, Democrats show up, Blue Dog, New Democrat, Progressive, it doesn't matter.

progressive legislation and the voters spoke about that clearly. In two mid terms now.

They also voted for Progressive issues on local ballots so we know that Progressive ARE popular which is why they got rid of those who do not support Progressive issues.

how to do it with Moral Mondays and fusion politics.

but I have been fighting these bastards for more than 40 years, and am a bit sick and tired of it.
I plan to retire outside of the US, while I still have a defined pension. The soonest I can do this is in about 2 1/2 years from now.
I just am hoping that they don't turn this place into a TOTAL police state by then.

Get progressives elected to school boards, city councils, and country commissioner seats.

We won the house in 2006. It can be done but requires a national approach instead of a each local politician tries to redefine the Democratic party to suit the day of the week in the area he's currently standing in.

It requires hard work and forethought.

Start doing what the Republicans are really good at. Re-start local and build a coalition from the ground up. It is the only true reason the brand image of Republicans stays around. They have been great at it. Local school boards, city councils, county seats, etc.. Many are fearful of this because results aren't rapidly seen. Fact is it is how Republicans keep themselves in the position to gerrymander. Start local.

I read and re-read my title line. It is exactly what I want to say but the words "your mindset" are often taken poorly. Your mindset is understandable and is shared by many. That line has no offensive tone to it.

my mindset is meant to be hard-eyed realism, but your points are valid.

We need to rebuild local progressive politics(as Kshama Sawant has helped do in Seattle and the Richmond Progressive Alliance has done in their little oil town in the Bay Area.

local politics mindset. I live in a blue area surrounded by a sea of red. Get onto the local boards and win local elections and it does spread. It is a tough road to follow. Local republicans are relentless and it is has been a proven winner for them. Start local, build it up. People want to just laugh at republicans. As a Floridian I have seen their ground game first hand and it is nothing to laugh at. They run municipalities using this strategy.

Recently, I have joined DSA, taken a union job, and support local liberals and business. I am also going to try divesting myself of as much US currency and US currency backed investment instruments as possible. Long term, I may leave.