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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWILD AND CRAZY IDEA
[center]----------> 2014 <----------
...before worrying about who is or isn't running for president.[/center]
Electric Monk
(13,869 posts)jazzimov
(1,456 posts)Warpy
(111,121 posts)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
(4,252 posts)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
(4,232 posts)go state and local level, as you said. they'll actually listen. wolf-pac.com
grasswire
(50,130 posts)and I wish the Clintons would cool their run for a while too. I, for one, am sick of all politicians right now.
limpyhobbler
(8,244 posts)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
(32,723 posts)Imagine if the media went nuts to hear that the next Lady Gaga was premiering in,....Iowa....
Bernardo de La Paz
(48,938 posts)underpants
(182,585 posts)and yes we should worry about that...oh and the Va Governor's race this year. MacAuliffe vs. The Cooch
saidsimplesimon
(7,888 posts)msanthrope
(37,549 posts)'Cause I think they are.
Buzz Clik
(38,437 posts)msanthrope
(37,549 posts)You Better Believe It!
Buzz Clik
(38,437 posts)Capt. Obvious
(9,002 posts)KharmaTrain
(31,706 posts)...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
(60,071 posts)Initech
(100,028 posts)ananda
(28,831 posts)Just a greedy selfish opportunistic idiotic bastard from Canada.
GoCubsGo
(32,073 posts)rustydog
(9,186 posts)antigop
(12,778 posts)truebrit71
(20,805 posts)...how about we STOP putting entitlements on the table as a ploy to get the Teahadists to the negotiating process?
Cha
(296,771 posts)Mass..
I'm not in Massachusetts but I'm very interested!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251297962
thanks Will
Skittles
(153,104 posts)yes INDEED
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)I hope that we get a better candidate to run against Congressman Grimm.
PADemD
(4,482 posts)We need to vote Gov. Corbett out of office.
cantbeserious
(13,039 posts)eom
marmar
(77,049 posts)Sekhmets Daughter
(7,515 posts)treestar
(82,383 posts)It's insane, this obsession with the presidency. It's not as simple as just having it.
MineralMan
(146,248 posts)Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)Combine a kiddy pool, a shit load of packing peanuts and some ferrets:
Kinda reminds my of the pundits talking about Hillary.
Electric Monk
(13,869 posts)Any excuse to kick this thread
antigop
(12,778 posts)kimbutgar
(21,040 posts)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
(32,723 posts)mountain grammy
(26,598 posts)let's blow their doors in with a huge turnout.
tavalon
(27,985 posts)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
(27,985 posts)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
(8,636 posts)NRaleighLiberal
(60,006 posts)WilliamPitt
(58,179 posts)Hekate
(90,529 posts)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
(39,320 posts)HappyMe
(20,277 posts)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
(5,763 posts)RC
(25,592 posts)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
(96 posts)All the evangelicals can vote for the God party.
Maraya1969
(22,459 posts)we need a Democratic House and Senate and Democratic state houses to fix this country.