Watching the election results roll in, I'm sure most of you are as disenchanted as I am.
It's sad to see a bunch of great Senators go down the drain... Kay Hagan... possibly Mark Begich... and of course others. It's a sad day for progressives...
Or is it???
Haven't we all known this was going to happen eventually? The Republican takeover of the Senate, and of course the House due to their gerrymandered districts???
Yet again, Nate Silver (aka Poblano) pretty much nailed the forecast. Surprise!!!
So what is there to celebrate??? Not much...other than the Republican leadership making an ass out of themselves...
So... let's look at the map of the races that are open in 2016.
Pardon the Wikipedia link, but I've had a few beers and I'm lazy:
http://en.wikipedia.org/...
But you get the point. See all that RED?!? The story of 2014 is simply that there were a lot of Democratic seats up for sale this time around, and of course we lost. The odds were horribly against us.
The next two years are going to be a circus. Republicans are going to beat their chests, thinking they have a mandate. Of course no governing will occur. The more people see this, the more people will see Republicans' true colors. They don't want government to work, but they want to sneak into office so they can SABOTAGE IT.
BUT 2016. 2016!!!!!! Let's allow the pundits make as big a deal as they want about the 2014 election, because it's only temporary. In 2016, the map shows that the odds are in OUR favor to take back the Senate.
Would anyone like some coattails...? It's very likely that Hillary will bring a lot of white, women voters into the fray. History shows us that they will likely vote all the way down the ticket to the Senate, House, etc. With any reasonable effort, we will have the Senate back in 2016.
We probably won't win the House because it's so horribly gerrymandered. FOCUS ON 2020!!!! That may be the most important election of them all. This is my deepest regret of the 2010 election; not focusing enough on the states, and therefore allowing Republicans to rig our elections for the next 10 years.
CENSUS ELECTIONS ARE IMPORTANT!!!!!
But we can have a major victory before 2020. 2016 will be the end of the Tea Party Dynasty, as all the Senatorial idiots who were elected in 2010 will be sacked. But ultimately it's up to us. We must be frank and call the Tea Party out on their shiznit. Own up to Obamacare, because it's working....
In other words, don't crawl into a corner and be ashamed of what we've done for the United States of America; despite what the pundits on Faux News say.
WE NEED TO STAND UP FOR THE POLICIES WE'VE FOUGHT FOR.
Otherwise, get used to Republicans running the show, because that's what's going to happen for the next few decades if we're ashamed of what we're doing for the American People.
Are you???? I didn't think so. See ya in 2016. <3