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Democrats search for answers to stem a spreading Republican tide
Yahoo News ^ | 22 Nov 2016 | James Oliphant

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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To: mandaladon

They could stop worshiping satan...


21 posted on 11/22/2016 6:39:31 AM PST by Eddie01
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To: mandaladon

Dear Dems...you might want to put some ice on that. Sore losers.


22 posted on 11/22/2016 6:40:22 AM PST by madison10 (Pray for President-Elect Trump, VP Elect Pence and their families)
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To: mandaladon

The answer is to go even harder Left. At least that’s what the idiots think....


23 posted on 11/22/2016 6:40:29 AM PST by Kozak (ALLAH AKBAR = HEIL HITLER)
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To: originalbuckeye

Anyone want to add anything to help the Democrats appear more mainstream? They won’t listen anyway.

Stop listening to the globalists. We are a republic of states but I guess you saw that in the election. We are governed by a constitution and our own laws. Quit trying to make America into a hateful 3rd world nation. Quit pampering yourselves and start earning your keep.


24 posted on 11/22/2016 6:41:20 AM PST by Bitsy
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To: PGR88

And knowing most Dems like I do - that answer will involve even stronger cries of racism, more LGBTQ stuff and smashing up inner cities.


I sure hope so. This is the same thing that happened to the Labor Party in the UK. Eventually, only the hard core lefties remained, which made it near impossible for moderates to influence the party’s message. As a result, it just keeps getting smaller and more radical. It’s a vicious circle.

I really hope they elect Keith Ellison as DNC chair—that’s the ticket!


25 posted on 11/22/2016 6:44:29 AM PST by rbg81 (Truth is stranger than fiction)
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To: mandaladon

Dear Democrats,
Thank you so much for incessantly lecturing the Republicans on how to conduct their affairs.
Now that you’ve turned your party to shambles, might I make a few suggestions?
Stop the race baiting.
Stop the race baiting.
Stop the name calling.
Stop demonizing your opponents.
Stop the race baiting.
Learn how to make rational arguments.
Honestly, people are just getting tired of your bullshit.


26 posted on 11/22/2016 6:44:39 AM PST by JusPasenThru (Well...bye.)
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To: mandaladon

Roll Tide!!!


27 posted on 11/22/2016 6:46:39 AM PST by xp38
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To: mandaladon

“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.”

Best election ever.


28 posted on 11/22/2016 6:47:04 AM PST by Senator Goldwater
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To: ealgeone
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.

And every one of those states have huge illegal alien populations. Wonder if there is correlation?

29 posted on 11/22/2016 6:47:15 AM PST by VeniVidiVici (In 1986, Ted Kennedy said No More Amnesty for Illegals)
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To: Eddie01

The cards are all played out.

race card
gender card
class card
etc...


The new favorite hashtag of a liberal “friend” of mine is #NotNormal. Really? This from the people who spent the last 5 decades asserting that there was no such thing as “normal”.


30 posted on 11/22/2016 6:47:17 AM PST by rbg81 (Truth is stranger than fiction)
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To: VeniVidiVici

I agree with that. I know NV and NM and CA for sure have this problem.


31 posted on 11/22/2016 6:48:17 AM PST by ealgeone
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To: ealgeone
CA, NV, OR, WA, CO, NM, VA were once reliably Red. Now they're Blue.

IMHO, our government, controlled by progressives, have bought the votes of millions of voters. It goes well beyond the 47% simply receiving a Fed.gov check, that Romney spoke about - rather, our elites are organized around access to (and distribution of) government debt and fiat money issued by the Federal Reserve. This includes people as diverse as Bill Ayers and Lloyd Blankfein all part of this system of progressive distribution of government debt.

32 posted on 11/22/2016 6:51:19 AM PST by PGR88
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To: mandaladon
This was a national rebuke...

... of Obama and his pathetic anti-American marxist ideology.

33 posted on 11/22/2016 6:52:55 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: mandaladon
The party’s message, structure and apparatus are broken,

"Hey, America, You Suck!" is not a very appealing message, it seems.


34 posted on 11/22/2016 6:53:51 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: mandaladon

I don’t think a lot of people realize that Republicans have been winning for a while Trump is just the cherry on top


35 posted on 11/22/2016 6:53:53 AM PST by EBH (As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)
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To: mandaladon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ktx8YfHkWU0

At about 1:16:00 in this video, it was early on election night, November 8. Commentator Ben Domenech observed, “The biggest problem Republicans face is that nobody trusts them to lead anymore.”

The House, the Senate, the White House, most of the governorships. LOL.


36 posted on 11/22/2016 6:55:09 AM PST by Buttons12
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To: Bogie
Rush mentioned this as well, but also said,and I believe it to be true, that there is still a vast infrastructure of low level operatives.

This is why it is so important to drain the swamp, at the local and national level. We can just warm their seats until they come back. While we have the chance, we need to cut off their money spigots they have set up to route taxpayer money to themselves. Then they won't have the money to fight back. Go Scott Walker on them.

37 posted on 11/22/2016 6:56:33 AM PST by Vince Ferrer
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To: mandaladon

The Democrat-Media-Soros “all in” effort to destroy America was the Pickett’s Charge of modern American politics, and with similar results.


38 posted on 11/22/2016 6:57:22 AM PST by Ancient Man
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To: mandaladon

“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.”

Three words...Get A Job.


39 posted on 11/22/2016 6:58:50 AM PST by native texan (Drain the swamp!)
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To: VeniVidiVici

Yes there is a connection; some illegal aliens vote and almost all who do no doubt vote democrat.

But the population of democrat-voting legal immigrants (and their first generation children) is much larger. Unending mass legal immigration is the much bigger demographic threat to conservatism. Drastically reducing legal immigration and ending this era of mass immigration is just as important to achieve as are the actions against illegal immigration like border security, deportations, and cracking down on sanctuary cities, maybe more so.

Of course the two are very much connected thanks in large part to the disaster of birthright citizenship and anchor babies. That needs to be abolished too.


40 posted on 11/22/2016 7:06:12 AM PST by Aetius
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