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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDemocrats Have Worked Through Their Stages of Grief
https://politicalwire.com/2017/12/14/democrats-worked-stages-grief/"SNIP..........
Amy Walter: The shift in mood among Democrats over the last year has been as dramatic. Its been a bit like watching someone work through the Kubler-Ross stages of grief. Democrats spent much of December of 2016 in a state of disbelief: Did that really happen? How did that happen? By early 2017 they had moved on to anger: Hillary ran a terrible campaign; Democrats had no message; the Obama coalition is unsustainable. By spring there was bargaining: We must not focus our attacks on Trump or his voters. We have to make peace with the white working class electorate who is anxious and angry and desperate for real change. Democratic leaders in Washington tamped down talk of impeachment and focused instead on A Better Deal.'
Today, however, that reticence is gone. Democratic senators are openly calling for the President to resign over allegations of sexual harassment. Not one red state Democrat supported the GOP tax bill. The fear of Trump and his legions of establishment-hating voters has receded. Democrats are now living off the adrenaline and energy that comes with an awakening of their own base; a base that was disillusioned and dispirited in 2016. Anger is the most powerful GOTV force there is.
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Democrats Have Worked Through Their Stages of Grief (Original Post)
applegrove
Dec 2017
OP
+1, Red Don and the Kremlin KKKlan are a true threat not just a bunch of trolls
uponit7771
Dec 2017
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LuvLoogie
(7,011 posts)1. It's not anger. That is what the GOP uses to gin up its base.
I think for us it is a sense of survival. A focus and resolve born of knowing that the opposition means us real harm. They have shown their asses and utter contempt for us. We have to be smart. Anger will take us off our game.
The stealth outreach in Alabama is a result of that sober resolve, not anger.
4now
(1,596 posts)2. I think you have the better explanation
uponit7771
(90,347 posts)3. +1, Red Don and the Kremlin KKKlan are a true threat not just a bunch of trolls