They plan to let Clinton win but also plan to keep Congress

[struggle4progress]

None of them really know how to do anything else

If that happens, we're in for another noisy eight years of obstructionism

Let's put Clinton in the White House and give her a Congress that will work with her

[Thinkingabout]

1. Yes, get those down ticket candidates elected.

[guillaumeb]

2. And all the GOP really needs is control of the House.

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And given the level of gerrymandering, only a huge Democratic turnout can change that.

The GOP is obviously not a governing party, they are the rear guard of the RACISTS who are still fighting your civil war.

Edited to replace the word South with the word racists.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

4. Controlling Senate will mean Court can be restored to some sanity, e.g. repeal Citizens United. . nt

[63splitwindow]

7. Hopefully get some rational state gun control statutes upheld also. nt

[AlbertCat]

11. they are the rear guard of the South that is still fighting your civil war.

What?????

[GulfCoast66]

12. Just can't stop kicking

We southerners can you? Well, my state has gone blue the past 2 elections and will again this year. As will Virginia and hopefully North Carolina. And maybe more.

Ever notice that there are lots of states in the west that are even more reliably republican than many southern states? But you do not denigrate them.

Want to compare the Louisiana or Virginia governor with the one in Wisconsin or Indiana or Ohio.

[guillaumeb]

18. You are correct in that racists are not confined to the southern states.

And I should have said that the GOP is the party of racists who continue to foght your civil war.

My apology to any southerner who (correctly) felt aggrieved.

[GulfCoast66]

21. Thanks for the clarification.

I do not disagree.

Although it does seem to me that the right wing out west may be even more hard core than even in the south. I am thinking the Bundies and that sort.

And do not give up on the entire south. There are democrats working hard to loosen the republican hold.

Have a nice day.

[uponit7771]

13. +1

[liberalmuse]

3. They figured this out a few cycles ago.

"They" meaning the Koch brothers and their ilk. As long as they can pack Congress with do-nothing, obstructionist conservatives, the POTUS has next to no power and nothing gets done. In the meantime, our infrastructure crumbles.

[rpannier]

5. It'll be 96 all over again

Instead of Do you trust him... it'll be 'Do you trust her...'

[SleeplessinSoCal]

6. And make sure voters understand the ballots and the procedure.

It is always different. In CA we will have reams of initiatives. It will take forever to fl out one ballot.

[mountain grammy]

8. Yes, let's do that.

I will work hard to re-elect Senator Bennet in Colorado, as well as my Democratic Rep. Polis's seat is fairly safe, as we are in Boulder's district, but the loss of Udall's seat was terrible. Can't allow that to happen again. I will also be donating to candidates in other states.

[truebluegreen]

9. Ugh.

As a native (yes, actually born and raised) of Boulder and life-long Democrat, I have to say that Bennet turns my stomach, and Polis (for whom I was a state delegate in his first campaign) is not much better. And Udall was a HUGE disappointment, ran a STUPID re-election campaign (losing to Gardner? Really?) and lost the opportunity to solidify Democratic gains in the Great State of Colorado.

I am so done rooting for the "D". I want actual policies I can get behind--even if we can't get them done--yet.

[mountain grammy]

14. I don't know what to say to such a negative response.

I have issues with Bennet and Polis, but no challenger worth a shit has come forward since Andrew Romanoff, and he couldn't get the support, though he sure had mine.
Who would you support in Colorado elections? Was Romanoff liberal enough for you? Most Dems these days do back the corporate agenda. It's up to people to change that, and I've campaigned hard for change, but I'll damn well support the candidate who gives us the best chance, and that would be Democrats.
In Colorado, I believe not voting, or voting third party, elects Republicans, especially when Colorado media puts lipstick on pigs like Cory Gardner. I think Udall ran the best he could against a candidate so beloved by our idiotic media.

[Crash2Parties]

10. Do they plan on going another 8 years without appointing Federal and Supreme court judges?

[Wounded Bear]

15. They seem willing to do just that...

[flamingdem]

16. Yes!!!!

[Proud Liberal Dem]

17. Absolutely

She will definitely need some support to get things done. She definitely needs the Senate- so that Republicans can't claim that we need to wait until "America has spoken" in 2020 on who they want selecting SCOTUS Justices. You may laugh but I certainly wouldn't put it past them. I'm still incredulous that we have gone 4 or 5 months with Republicans getting away with blockading the appointment of a Scalia replacement.

[greymattermom]

19. So even if they succeed,

congress gets elected every two years. There are twice as many changes to make a change there.

[treestar]

20. And then GOTV in the midterms

People need to vote in those rather than sitting around and then complaining that Congress is full of assholes.

[greiner3]

22. Yeah

That 50 state strategy really works. Whoops.