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We needed Howard Dean back leftofcool Jun 2017 #1
I second this.. townie Jun 2017 #13
I'm sure he would of liked to have continued to be DNC Chair or appointed HHS Secretary liskddksil Jun 2017 #19
You are right leftof cool. His 50 state strategy worked, fight for every state, and recognize some still_one Jun 2017 #26
A lot of things zipplewrath Jun 2017 #2
There wouldn't have been any gerrymandering between 2008 and 2010. FBaggins Jun 2017 #5
1) Democrats get excited by presidential elections. Midterms are booooring. Or something... Hekate Jun 2017 #3
Good points. YoungDemCA Jun 2017 #4
Solid. nt. NCTraveler Jun 2017 #7
I've been one of the Democrats who hasn't always voted in midterms. Never again! Buckeye_Democrat Jun 2017 #10
Everyone I know votes in every election... Salviati Jun 2017 #27
We are not a midterm party Awsi Dooger Jun 2017 #12
I think many people won't self-identify as liberal because it's become a "bad word"... Buckeye_Democrat Jun 2017 #18
Newt Gingrich wrote the alt-vocabulary list & he was media-savvy. Look to Newt & the long game. nt Hekate Jun 2017 #20
+1 treestar Jun 2017 #14
Exactly my point. I get so disgusted with "our side" I could spit. Hekate Jun 2017 #21
Lazy Democrats thinking only Presidential Elections count! I've seen them, I've known them. And, RKP5637 Jun 2017 #6
The politics of healthcare, recovery and successful GOP messaging, and gerrymandering. SaschaHM Jun 2017 #8
Worked the phones in Wisconsin 2010. "Obamacare" and Greybnk48 Jun 2017 #9
The president's party generally loses in midterm elections mythology Jun 2017 #11
because the party leadership since 2008 has not cared about local/state offices and so msongs Jun 2017 #15
They voted for healthcare and to save the economy. They were voted out because of that emulatorloo Jun 2017 #16
A lot of infighting and lack of coordination between campaigns crazycatlady Jun 2017 #17
Ask Tim Kaine? moondust Jun 2017 #22
It was fucking RIGGED. THAT'S what happened. nt LaydeeBug Jun 2017 #23
they were blue dogs that lost and people bragged about not supporting them JI7 Jun 2017 #24
Gerrymandering and voter suppression. Starry Messenger Jun 2017 #25
"I'm going to keep telling people this until it finally fucking penetrates." LenaBaby61 Jun 2017 #29
Organizing for Action (America) damaged the DNC. To such a degree that karadax Jun 2017 #28
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