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In reply to the discussion: Wow. Pelosi got more done in one day than [View all]Hortensis
(58,785 posts)by observing. Many here have now spent their entire adult lives watching Democrats operate as a minority power in a nation that swung majority conservative with the "Reagan revolution" in 1980. It's frustrating to all of us, but we believe the wheel is now turning forward again in spite of all attempts to keep it rolling backward--including by the misuse of conservative power to corrupt our democratic processes for its continuance.
One thing I've noticed is that many fellow liberals, millions of whom had switched to calling themselves "progressive" in the 1990s in an attempt to try to state their positions without being attacked and sneered at in social gatherings, are now proudly calling themselves liberals again. Took 20 years to come back, but that's a huge sign.