that doesn't involve Congress?

I so like that in Our President!

He is amazing in his determination to make things happen.

Just say [font color=blue] [font size=large]"YES WE CAN!"[/font][/font]

If Democrats do all they can to work in favor of their constituents rather than side with corporate Republicans, the people will return the favor when they're up for re-election. It never ceases to amaze me that some Democrats forget that very simple yet very fundamental fact: scratch our back and we'll scratch yours.

President Obama understands this simple truth, and he's conveying it to the Democrats who have forgotten.

Thanks sheshe2.

If they keep nominating people like Akin we will keep winning.

But in the case of the war between Rove and the Tea Party.

Pass the popcorn.

these folks don't live in the same world we do. You try to argue something with facts and they come up with all these what if crap that doesn't make any sense. It's so dang frustrating to try to talk to a tea party clown.

Just enjoy the GOP blowing winnable elections.

if I'm on facebook or if I spot them on here I ignore them. I figure MIRT will get them eventually.

The republicans have heavily gerrymandered a number of districts, but they still haven't made all of those districts shoe-ins. At least two of the seven districts here in SC were close enough in 2012 that they could potentially go to a Dem next year. If enough people in those close districts throughout the country get sick of the tea bagger crazies and republican obstructionism, I think it's quite possible we'll have Speaker Pelosi again.

Thanks freshwest!

I can't stand it when people who should know better keep spouting off the two-year crap, especially Democrats. Pay attention, folks and try to keep up.

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I decided to not get angry, but present the facts. We're dealing with enough factually challenged rightwingers, we are supposed to know our facts before we spout off here. I blame the pervasive toxic media atmosphere that encourages sneering at Obama, Democrats and the Democratic Party as a sign of intellect. It's important to know the sources and who's paying to talk about us:



http://www.amazon.com/Obama-Hate-Machine-Distortions-President/dp/1250031028

See Freshwest's post, above.

Sorry to be a cynic.

I think we'll retake the House in 2020.

We better take several STATE Houses in 2020 or the Gerrymandering will get worse.

AKA, not bought off.

It's very obvoius when a district is gerrymandered.

Since the practice gives unfair advantage, it should
not be allowed. Why is it allowed to exist in today's
society?

If the house will not address the problem then who is it that needs to be contacted in order to put an end to the problem?

I would imagine it is the same group that can have an impact on
voter supression.

The Republicanaires are at a disadvantage now and are fighting with every little dirty trick in the book. This is the best time to make a full force effort to get all this crap stopped (wich should be considered illegal in the first place!).

Citizens United is another thing that should never have happened with a congress that is not bought and not playing by the rules.

Anybody have any ideas as to where to start? My congressperson?

they taking it up in a court action within the state of North Carolina? I would imagine citizens within the gerrymandered District can take the Party to court or the representative. If I found myself in a new gerrymandered District from my old District, then I would file a law suit against that representative for disenfranchising me or diluting my vote.

This state rule stuff really drives me nuts.
Here we have each stare allowed to make up whatever crap laws they want and they don't base it on the constituent desires. They just throw something together and then the people have to fight to get it reversed.

Look at all the crap going on with voter supression.

I will talk to my B-I-Law. He used to work for the elections dept in MA. I asked at Xmass and he said that MA has rules that need to be followed so that the district boundaries are redrawn after each sensus for the specific purpose of making sure they are fair.

With all these Republicants making all these anti-people laws in their states, it's going to take years to get all this crap straightened out. There needs to be some sort of oversight committee to tell a state when they are overstepping their legal bounds.

What a mess!

to remain open to concessions with Liberal Dems, instead of the other way around. I think we've had far more than enough of that already.

are in red states. If you take a look at the Governorships though, the Dems should be going hard after them in Florida, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvannia and Virginia. That is where the President's ground organization can help. Gaining those Governorships should help the Party on the local level.

Conservative Democrats may not be representing all of their constituents, but only the more conservative ones. Democrats can find candidates just like the Tea party to primary these candidates too. Just like the Republicans, more Liberal Democrats need to go into those Districts and communicate with people one on one. I do think there is a lot of race baiting going on, but it doesn't serve anyone's interests. Republican constiuents also have their best interests in Social Security or Medicare threatened. They are being lied to. They are on record now which is new. They need to take it in those elections and use it on the Republican candidate towards people benefiting from those programs.

overcome and even then it will require taking back several Governorships

during an off-year election!

And I do hope the door hits their asses on the way out!

unless, of course, anyone stands up to them. Both are as useful as football bats.