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MineralMan

(146,341 posts)
Wed Dec 20, 2017, 10:42 AM Dec 2017

2017 is just about over. The Republicans Are Doing

exactly what they want to do, and we can't stop them this year. So, I'm moving on. 2018 is less than two weeks away. A new year, and a mid-term election year, at that. Thinking Democrats should be aware, by now, that the outcomes of the 2016 election were not good for this country. In fact, they were disastrous. This last half of December, 2017, makes that very clear.

2018. We get another chance at Congress. It's still almost a year until the mid-term elections. That should be enough time for us to field and elect a winning panel of Democrats for House seats and the Senate seats that are up for grabs. It should be. It should also also be plenty of time to find fresh Democratic candidates for state legislative seats and to do what Virginia voters did in November. It should be.

Will it be? That's up to us and to other knowledgeable Democrats throughout the nation. If we start now to work on the elections in November, we should be able to win handily, even in places, states and districts where electing Democrats is a tough pull. If we start now. We should be.

If we begin to plan GOTV efforts in every district and precinct, we should also be able to motivate people who often don't bother to go to the polls. We should be. If we begin now.

Shall we? Are you ready? Have you just about had enough? Look at Virginia. Let's go do the same wherever we live.

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2017 is just about over. The Republicans Are Doing (Original Post) MineralMan Dec 2017 OP
We have something like 200+ Democratic challengers in 2018 Proud Liberal Dem Dec 2017 #1
I have been ready. BigmanPigman Dec 2017 #2

Proud Liberal Dem

(24,450 posts)
1. We have something like 200+ Democratic challengers in 2018
Wed Dec 20, 2017, 10:50 AM
Dec 2017

compared to something like a measly double-digit count of Republican challengers. Plus, a lot of Republicans are resigning for one reason or another. Hopefully, we can pull together and retake Congress, or at the very least whittle down their numbers in both chambers to the point that they can't so easily push their regressive agenda.
*fingers crossed*

BigmanPigman

(51,646 posts)
2. I have been ready.
Wed Dec 20, 2017, 10:52 AM
Dec 2017

Indivisible is really pushing to win local and state elections and the midterms. They are very serious, dedicated and smart with their stratagy...to win with a Dem candidate.

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