Posted on 11/22/2016 6:24:07 AM PST by mandaladon
(Reuters) - Still sifting through the wreckage of the Nov. 8 election, Democratic leaders nationwide are struggling to find a new message to claw back support and avoid years in the political wilderness.
Not only do Republicans control the White House and both the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives, they now hold 33 governor’s offices.
New England, long considered reliably Democratic, is a prime example of the party's demise.
Republican Phil Scott won in Vermont over Democrat Sue Minter who was criticized, like presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, for failing to develop an economic message that resonated with voters worried about good-paying jobs.
Considered a liberal bastion, Vermont has a tradition of sometimes choosing a Republican governor to keep one party from having too much control.
Elsewhere, Republican Chris Sununu will replace a Democratic governor in New Hampshire while Maine and Massachusetts already have Republican governors.
“We lost the governorship of freaking Vermont,” lamented Washington-based Democratic strategist Chris Kofinis. “We didn’t just lose an election. This was a national rebuke. This was biblical.”
Republicans also command 32 state legislatures and have full control -- meaning they hold the governor’s office and both legislative chambers -- in 24 states, including swing states such as Florida, Ohio, Michigan, and Wisconsin. When President Barack Obama was elected in 2008, they controlled just nine.
“There are more Republicans at the state legislative level than there have ever been,” said Tim Storey, an analyst with the National Conference of State Legislatures.
Republicans scored a major coup when they seized the Senate in traditionally liberal Minnesota, giving it full control of the legislature, and they gained full control of next-door Iowa.
“The party’s message, structure and apparatus are broken,” said Kofinis, who was chief of staff to moderate Democratic Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia.
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And knowing most Dems like I do - that answer will involve even stronger cries of racism, more LGBTQ stuff and smashing up inner cities.
It’s also funny how, just a few weeks ago, the Democrats were smugly bragging about the electoral advantage that their blue wall gave them. Now they’re crying about the popular vote for some reason.
My recommendation would be that they all go home and spend more time with their families. Leave the job of running America to the adults.
Hopefully they keep Nancy Pelosi to help carry the Dems into the future
Dems - it’s not us - it’s YOU.
Lets look at the map.
CA, NV, OR, WA, CO, NM, VA were once reliably Red. Now they're Blue.
NC and FL were red and are now purple.
GA was way closer than it should have been.
The gop better start paying attention.
Maybe “Kill Whitey” was a losing message?
I can help them with this.
First: decide the LAWS of our country are to be enforced.
Second: start respecting people with whom you disagree. AND stop calling them names.
Third: start respecting those who have faith and do not want to go against their beliefs. AND stop calling them names.
Fourth: stop overtaxing the hard working people of this country.
Fifth: stop spending our money like it’s yours to spend. The people are fed up with funding all your pet projects and your voters (legal and illegal)who cannot be bothered to work.
Anyone want to add anything to help the Democrats appear more mainstream? They won’t listen anyway.
The cards are all played out.
race card
gender card
class card
etc...
...and I’m expecting our new law and order president to bring in whatever force is necessary to crush rioters. There will be blood, but it will be theirs.
Democrats could try patriotism.
Democrats could try protecting jobs for the working class.
Democrats could try respecting the Bill of Rights.
Democrats could try following the law.
Democrats could try protecting our borders.
Democrats could try repealing unpopular laws that limit freedom.
Nope, I don’t see any realistic answers that could slow their losses, none that their party leaders would accept.
Or it would be, if any of your voters owned and read Bibles.
Personally, I think a good, hard, loud, screeching, "in your face" turn to the left is exactly what the Democrats need to do. They just haven't gone left far enough or fast enough. Say it loud, and say it proud - "Karl Marx is my home boy".
Maybe the fact they ignored the people in ram rodding their agenda through congress when they held power and refusing to do a course correction in the last 4 years of Obama?
Democrats sided with leftist college professors over average, hard working Americans. Trump sided with workers. Makers vs takers. Makers won. He needs to follow through on trade and immigration if he wants to keep the working class with him.
There are no answers to failed propositions.
There you go again, thinking proggies are fair, reasonable, inclusive, tolerant, diverse people.
Amazing what real Climate Change can accomplish.
I've often found myself asking, "How did a dope like that get to be superintendent?"
Political coalitions built on a combination of small minorities, especially when some of them can be reasonably defined as suffering from one or more severe mental illnesses, are going to be inherently unstable. By going overboard in appealing to aggressive homosexuals, transvestites, pedophiles, radical man hating lesbians, Muslims, convicted felons and wannabe cop killers, the party of slavery and the KKK deserves to wander in the wilderness for a generation.
Search for answers??
1- Advocate market economies
2- Less government
3- Back off of PC obsessions
4- Support the Constitution, esp a FREE press and Freedom of Religion
5- STOP the excuses for your dysfunctional constiuencies
6- Grow up
Problems solved
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