Ok, I'm feeling worse then 2016.

[a kennedy]

How can this happen?? AGAIN?? I’m sick.

[Wintryjade]

1. Yup.

[mr_liberal]

2. Economy is good, thats what matters. nt

[customerserviceguy]

5. It's like the Clinton campaign in 1992

"It's the economy, stupid."

[SMC22307]

9. Yep. And until it crashes, we're stuck with the bastards.

People talk about race, misogyny, tiny dicks with Yeti pubes, etc., etc. -- it's doesn't fucking matter. "It's the economy, stupid."

[EllieBC]

12. It always is.

If people have money to feed and house themselves and some left over for fun, they don’t give a fuck about social issues.

[customerserviceguy]

3. I knew

we were not going to get everything on our wish list, but, yes, this is not good news...

[CentralMass]

4. Ive kept my feet on the ground.

[RiverStone]

6. Still hopeful we will at least win House

See Texas!

[Codeine]

7. Same here.

Just feeling shitty.

[catsudon]

8. i'm not suprised

this is an echo chamber.... and hell, i bet you there are a lot more closet trumpers out there, who would not admit it in public.

[D_Master81]

10. yeah 2016 was a punch in the gut

but i thought after all the shit show that Trump has been over 2 years the American people would put a check on it.

[Awsi Dooger]

11. I agree

2016 could be argued that we nominated an unpopular candidate and she ignored some pivotal key states.

This cycle is defying situational trends and seems to indicate that white voters are continuing to trend more and more red and vote more and more dependably. It is such a massive block there are very few methods to overcome them.

We lacked a national message and messenger. I think that was a tragic mistake. Running health care ads in individual races is hardly enough. There had to be someone on national television and social media every day providing short sound bite messages on what Democrats stand for. Tom Steyer should have used some of that money to fund someone for commercials like that. As I posted, it was too bad Beto ran for office instead of being used in that big picture role.

Also, we need to face fact that Nancy Pelosi is an easy convenient target and needs to be replaced. Republicans salivate to hate women in positions of power. A bland white male in that role would help our cause immensely, no matter if he is technically less effective than Pelosi.

[mtnsnake]

13. Nothing will ever be worse than waking up to learn Trump won even though he lost. Nothing. n/t