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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THE TIDE HAS TURNED.
Well indidividual states and theit electoral votes were won on narrow margins. A lot of work will need to be done to try and even so much as make the playing field closer to even. Given the Democratic Party thrives off hatred of the Republican Party, there’s more threat of a rebound than a lot of people think. Promises need to be delivered on, especially from the Republican majority.
Perhaps they were on the wrong side of History.
If not Barry, then who? Certainly not Herself. lol
The problem with the South Atlantic states is not so much people crossing the Rio Grande but those crossing the Rappahanock. The Southeast has less of a Hispanic problem, but a Yankee problem.
Confidential to the RATs: it is not “message,” not a branding or marketing issue, it is philosophy and approach to problems. But please, keep on keeping on, you are doing great!
May I suggest the dem party continue what they are doing along the lines of: being shrill, having riots, threatening/insulting/name call/smear/yell at people who dont vote for them, and going leftward more. That will work.
The only answer they'll come to is they'll think they weren't mean & nasty enough.
The answer is that Whitey has had enough.
It is very difficult to make rational arguments to promote irrational policies.
How does it get any better? Just do what you say you will do.
My recommendation, just keep doing what you’re doing. No, really...!
That’s right - they lost because they were not leftists enough.
Searching for answers? Dump your proto-communist balderdash, embrace the Constitution and become conservative Republicans. Then you’ll be fine.
Democrats put out lies/spin... in this case the problem was people in the party started to believe the lies...
Along similar lines has anyone seen the left’s talking points for dealing with Conservative relatives at Thanksgiving dinner for this year? They were always funny.
It is worse than that, they are trapped by them. Had HRC won they would have been forgotten by now, all the false premises used to construct flawed narratives are now all they have, they are stuck with them and do not know how to escape, as admitting that it was all propaganda to garner support right out of Alinsky’s playbook is worse than sticking with the lies.
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