WILD AND CRAZY IDEA

[WilliamPitt]

[center]----------> 2014 <----------

...before worrying about who is or isn't running for president.[/center]

[Electric Monk]

1. YES

[jazzimov]

2. AGREED. First things first. KNR

[Warpy]

3. No kidding. The prize has got to be Congress

because this country has a nasty habit of changing the president's party after each administration.

We will desperately need a Democratic Congress to counter the next lunatic the Republicans and low information voters put in there.

[riverbendviewgal]

4. you got it!

Get a house and senate majority. Get organized personally, get in neighborhood groups for local and state elections. Spread the word and be an example.

[theaocp]

7. too much emphasis on fedz

go state and local level, as you said. they'll actually listen. wolf-pac.com

[grasswire]

5. thank you

and I wish the Clintons would cool their run for a while too. I, for one, am sick of all politicians right now.

[limpyhobbler]

6. It might not up to us. If candidates start running now, we have no choice but to engage.

If Hillary starts trying to lock up support, starts showing up in NH and Iowa, throwing money around and fundraising, flexing muscles, etc., then for those of us who don't want Hillary, we are compelled to respond.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

18. If it was anyone but a politician....

Imagine if the media went nuts to hear that the next Lady Gaga was premiering in,....Iowa....

[Bernardo de La Paz]

8. Well, well, fancy that, common sense intrudes into our fevered debates. +1 nt

[underpants]

9. We bedazzled by your DU -graphics work

and yes we should worry about that...oh and the Va Governor's race this year. MacAuliffe vs. The Cooch

[saidsimplesimon]

49. underpants, the MacAuliffe brothers are indeed a political force. I'm not a fan.

[msanthrope]

10. Ever wonder if those presidential spec threads are all about driving down turnout?

'Cause I think they are.

[Buzz Clik]

12. I wonder the same thing about the hundreds of threads concerning Social Security.

[msanthrope]

25. You mean the inaccurate ones that parrot crap right off of FireDogLake?

You Better Believe It!

[treestar]

28. +1

[Buzz Clik]

29. It strikes me how weak-minded we can be.

[Capt. Obvious]

47. BINGO!

[KharmaTrain]

43. I'm Not So Sure About That...

...most people I know pay little to no attention to the news yet go searching out a message board. I'd venture to say a large majority of people who voted last year are busy with their day-to-day lives to show the same poutrage I see here regarding the proposed proposed proposals that still haven't been officially proposed and that they're not even thinking about two months from now than staying home from an election 18 month or 3 years away.

What all the catfighting around here is doing is ruining what was once a fine place to get the latest news along with some insightful discussion. If there's a demoralization or fatigue its from all the angst and antagonism around here that has driven many good people away...

Now back to my DU "vacation"...

[alfredo]

11. big kick! and Recommend

[Initech]

13. Hell yes!!!! Let's fire the fucking Tea Party!!!

[ananda]

41. I wish we Texans could fire Ted Cruz!

Just a greedy selfish opportunistic idiotic bastard from Canada.

[GoCubsGo]

14. Wish I could rec that more than once.

[rustydog]

15. 2014, I second your motion

[antigop]

16. but, but, but....we have to buy into the "inevitability" meme NOW, William nt

[truebrit71]

17. I have an even crazier idea...with that date in mind...

...how about we STOP putting entitlements on the table as a ploy to get the Teahadists to the negotiating process?

[Cha]

19. AND, 2013.. The Senate Race in

Mass..

I'm not in Massachusetts but I'm very interested!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251297962

thanks Will

[Skittles]

20. THANK YOU

yes INDEED

[hrmjustin]

21. Great Idea! I live in a swing district here in NYC.

I hope that we get a better candidate to run against Congressman Grimm.

[PADemD]

22. Absolutely

We need to vote Gov. Corbett out of office.

[cantbeserious]

23. That Would Not Be Any Fun - Sparring With The Hillary Supporters Is The Highlight Of My Day

eom

[marmar]

24. Amen.....I'm sick to death of Election 2016 already.

[Sekhmets Daughter]

26. Ordering priorities....what a great idea! n/t

[treestar]

27. EXACTLY.

It's insane, this obsession with the presidency. It's not as simple as just having it.

[MineralMan]

30. YES, THIS!^^^^

[Spitfire of ATJ]

31. Want to see another wild and crazy idea?

Combine a kiddy pool, a shit load of packing peanuts and some ferrets:

Kinda reminds my of the pundits talking about Hillary.

[Electric Monk]

33. Awesome threadjack! I have never seen a ferret mosh pit anything like that before :()

Any excuse to kick this thread

[antigop]

45. LOL! Awesome analogy. Kick. nt

[kimbutgar]

50. This video is too awesome

They look like kernels of popcorn.

That said we need to get voters to the polls in 2014 in crazy numbers to stop these rethugs the organized crime party of this country. I live in San Francisco and feel hopeless we can stop middle and our southern states from destroying this country. These low information or fox brain dead are stopping this country from moving forward.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

51. I think young people got the message that mid-terms matter.

[mountain grammy]

32. 2014, local, state, and federal!! 2014!

let's blow their doors in with a huge turnout.

[tavalon]

34. Not wild, important

Yeah, not as much fun as a Presidential election but in fact, far, far, far, more important. I've joined up with Howard Dean on his plan to work on the state legislative area. I think that we have neglected that for far too long at our peril.

[tavalon]

35. Oh, and some advice worth exactly what you are paying for it

If your child is asleep, your wife should be asleep and you should try to rest, not hang out here. The next few months are going to be magical, life changing and brutal to your sleep.

[LongTomH]

36. +1000

[NRaleighLiberal]

37. Yes. n/t

[WilliamPitt]

38. Up

[Hekate]

39. KnR

If nothing else, for that awesome ferret post upthread.

But you know I'm always with you on the 2014 meme. This place has gone nuts again -- this weekend has been like a long mad bender of some kind. I hope a whole bunch of folks woke up on Monday morning with pounding headaches.

[Grateful for Hope]

40. Totally agree.

[HappyMe]

42. Agreed.

It's at the point where I trash can most of the Hillary threads. She hasn't said a word about her running or not.

[caseymoz]

44. K&R!!

[RC]

46. NEWS FLASH! Hillery ain't runnin'

We do not need another 3rd Way, Republican Lite, Right of Center, as President, anyway.
DU is supposed to be a Democratic Center and Left of Center political message board. What is with all the support and excuses for Conservative values around here? Stop it already!

That said we need to retake control at the State level, State legislatures and governors, to stop the gerrymandering, so we can have honest elections and then we can control of both houses of Congress to get our country back on course.
Then we can worry about who to run for President. Preferable, someone Center or Left of Center - The REAL Center, not this perceived center between the Right Wing, Tea swilling lemmings running off the cliff and the 3rd Way Democrats, running them, to fill in the gap.

[Billy Pilgrim]

48. Hopefully Mike Huckabee will form his own party by then.

All the evangelicals can vote for the God party.

[Maraya1969]

52. A million recs. I wish people would get off the President and realize that

we need a Democratic House and Senate and Democratic state houses to fix this country.