I don't know about the rest of you, but I feel like a huge weight has been lifted off my existence

[stopbush]

Victory feels great!

Listening to Nancy surrounded by the adults in the House is inspiring.

I have felt so beaten down by the tRump era, by the Rs and their assault on everything that is good and decent about this country. Our nation was truly on the brink, staring into the abyss. But now, there is hope. Real hope!

[Harker]

1. I'm smiling.

The momentum has shifted.

[BigDemVoter]

2. My sentiments EXACTLY!

[stopbush]

4. You are wrong to believe you have no one representing you.

You now have a Democratically controlled House representing you. Of course, you can ignore that and wallow in misery, but why?

For some, the glass is always half empty.

[stopbush]

9. I have a problem with people who find a major win by their political Party

to be an occasion to grieve.

And, yes, it is nice to live in a blue state. But I live in Orange County, CA, which was decidedly red when I first got here. It has only recently become purple and is trending blue. My district has had Mimi Walters as its rep for years, but there’s still hope that D Katie Porter might pull it out. If she doesn’t, well, I won’t grieve over it.

[mrsv]

6. Last night

Was the best sleep I've had in 2 yrs

[Bob Loblaw]

7. Same here

nt

[Fatemah2774]

8. I'm not sure...

Steve King wants to introduce the heartbeat bill in lame duck...I'm tired and sapped but happy about the House.
I'm just not sure if we are on time or will bandage the damage before 2020.

Maybe someone will talk me down later.

[gopiscrap]

10. me too

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

11. It is a step in a good direction for sure

There's still work to be done. Dems need to do better in rural America. The next two years should be spent working on changing attitudes in those areas.

[Lanius]

12. It feels good, but there is 2020

With RBG retiring soon, as well as other judicial appointments that will need to be filled, the Democrats have to win either the Senate, the White House or both in 2020. If the Democrats are smart and lucky, they can turn the SC into a liberal majority over the next decade, but this will require keeping RBG's seat and stealing Thomas', which is possible now that McTurtle has scuttled the filibuster.

To accomplish this, the Democrats need to do better in the rural areas, and get back what they lost in the Midwest.

[Greybnk48]

13. Double that for me! We got rid of Scott Walker

in addition to WINNING BACK THE HOUSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Lanius]

14. What was the reason Scott Walker lost?

I don't follow Wisconsin, so why did he lose? People tired of him? Did he screw up the local economy? Corruption?

[whathehell]

16. He tried to destroy the teachers union..

Do you remember all the big union demonstrations that occurred in Wisconsin in 2010?

[Lanius]

17. Yes, I remember that. I thought he did something more recent.

[whathehell]

20. He probably did, but I'm not sure what it would be

I'm in the "neighbor" state of Illinois , so I'm not completely in the know... Thank God our state just ditched our lousy repuke governor Rauner.

[Poiuyt]

21. He gave a multibillion dollar tax break to a Taiwanese company

Walker never lived up to his initial campaign promises about more jobs, so he sold the state to Foxconn to build a plant here. Huge risk that probably will never pay off.

[Lanius]

22. I find Republicans never live up to their promises to "create more jobs" or "raise wages".

They get elected then shift to cutting taxes and "growing the economy" as the metric for success.

[whathehell]

15. I do too!

Even a partial victory feels like heaven to me. I haven't had one WHOLLY relaxed moment since Trump won the election..Seriously.

[unitedwethrive]

18. Yes! But now I'm worried about what could happen between now and January.

Desperate people (i.e. Orange people) could do things that we might not even currently imagine.

[realmirage]

19. It was a good night for Democrats. Very big and much needed win. A big check on executive power

[California_Republic]

23. Corner turned

[Marcuse]

24. We are better off than we were last week.