Time to take back congress begins now...sitting around wringing our hands is of no use....

[beachbum bob]

trump is playing right out of the Heritage Foundation Playbook...and this is only just started as they have only touch on a fraction of the "change" for america...considering 55% of voters voted against all of this....2018 is coming.....democrats must be ready to take back congress AT ALL COST....and the more conservatives do to destroy america and negatively impact american workers, families...the greater the price they will pay come 2018....no more excuses for not voting...WE outnumber THEM...time to take the fight to the state and local elections. Hopefully we have the liberal versions of the Koch Brothers to start funding the offense. We have to do what we can to survive. That may take some doing as Israel looking for a nudge to start war with Iran with suckering trump and his idiots in....the downside risk is pretty much brinks on nuclear annihilation....much to the joy of the christian evangelical zealots

[Cary]

1. We have to vote

It frustrates me to be in the majority and to have now 2 Democratic Senators and a Democratic Representative. I can pretty much just encourage people to vote Democratic.

Vote Democratic!

[beachbum bob]

3. we can encourage others in other circumstances with funds and actions

hand wringing and all that crap is of NO FRICKEN USE....we all knew the stakes and those who could have made the difference pretty much said screw you democrats , screw you america...and they had the MOST TO LOSE....we have 2018 to retake our country

[Cary]

7. 100,000 or so of us could move into Janesville

And vote Paul Ryan out.

[Blanks]

14. He struggled to get reelected in 2012...

He had to stop running around with Romney and go back home because he was down in the polls.

I think he's vulnerable if some of his positions were better known in his district.

I was thinking Wisconsin had to redistrict because of gerrymandering too.

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/11/21/us/wisconsin-redistricting-found-to-unfairly-favor-republicans.html?referer=http://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=AwrSbgFwEo1YVTAAlXVx.9w4;_ylu=X3oDMTE0dG01dWRwBGNvbG8DZ3ExBHBvcwMzBHZ0aWQDVUkyRkJUM18xBHNlYwNzcg--/RV=2/RE=1485669104/RO=10/RU=https%3a%2f%2fwww.nytimes.com%2f2016%2f11%2f21%2fus%2fwisconsin-redistricting-found-to-unfairly-favor-republicans.html/RK=0/RS=.J7k_QTuk1XabVaoGMuGu4CzDhI-

[HassleCat]

2. And I hate to say this, but we can't impose litmus tests.

We will have to tolerate some stinky DINO regressives, much the same way we used to tolerate Dixiecrats. They will betray us at critical moments, but they have to vote party line on procedural votes, and we need that. For progressive Democrats, this is going to suck, but we have to do it to save our country.

[beachbum bob]

4. not true at all, and its a cop out....we are the majority and when we vote, we win

democrats are a big party party and we all have SHARED goals that right now is being trashed by trump, the Hertigage foundationm and Breitbart....

[HassleCat]

5. I'm talking about recapturing Congress.

In red-leaning states, we may have to support Democrats who act like Republicans, candidates who take money from bad people, candidates who will vote against us on abortion or gun control, etc.

[beachbum bob]

6. in the end the principles of the democratic party are more than JUST abortion or gun control....

[HassleCat]

11. That's something we have to consider.

How important is it to get Congress? How much variation from core principles will we tolerate? In the past, we embraced some candidates who were weak on supporting our core values, our president, etc. We need to get progressive Democrats in office, but they might have to find common cause with DINOs.

[Blanks]

15. The representatives have to represent their states...

But you're right. We need to be the majority party, even if that means getting a few that fight the overall agenda.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

8. I have a confession... I haven't voted in midterms in the past.

That's apparently a big problem for many Democrats! No longer for me!

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/democrats-midterm-demographic-problem/

Historically, about 30 percent fewer people turn out for midterm elections than presidential — 40 percent vs. 56 percent on average. Midterm voters tend to be more engaged, older, whiter, and wealthier than the population at-large or in presidential elections. In what is already a playing field tilted toward Republicans, the demography gives the GOP yet another edge. Base Democratic voters – women, African Americans, Latinos, young voters – are among the least likely to vote in midterm elections. That trend is likely to continue, as polls have shown many of those voters are the least interested in this election.

[beachbum bob]

9. 2018 will have to defy every metric of the past if we wish to save our country

[starshine00]

21. I know

but it may be the only time that a significant amount of minorities feel motivated to vote in non-presidential elections together. This has been such a rotten lesson but I hope that the left is never so divided again.

[NoGoodNamesLeft]

10. Here is a list of all state representatives by state and district

Each Republican needs to be pressured, taken to task, watched, reported on and kept track of.

http://www.house.gov/representatives/

[NoGoodNamesLeft]

12. And the governors...

https://www.nga.org/files/live/sites/NGA/files/pdf/GOVLIST.PDF

[NoGoodNamesLeft]

13. Senators and phone numbers list

https://www.senate.gov/general/resources/pdf/senators_phone_list.pdf

[marylandblue]

16. We need to start registering people to vote now.

There is a huge untapped field of voters out there who don't participate, don't get polled and are likely Democratic voters. Trump brought in a few of these people, but there are a lot more out there.

[beachbum bob]

17. we need to find candidates to run for every single elected office and we need the liberal versions

of the Koch Brothers....we have the voters...we just have too many lazy ones that don't get off their asses to vote...and we pay the price for it as we see now

[starshine00]

20. I agree

I think Congress is where all our energy needs to be focused and never let them own the house and senate again...then we can do to them what they did to obama and just stymie every move they try to make...we could stop the casualties in 2018 if we do.

[Vinca]

18. In places where people have trouble getting the proper identification, we should organize to make

sure they get it. If it takes chartering buses to transport people from their neighborhoods to the one place in the county that issues the I.D. required to vote, we need to do it. I've also been reading about the new GOP plan to divvy up the electoral college votes in the same way they've gerrymandered congressional districts. That can't happen.

[NCTraveler]

19. I sent the Heritage Foundation an email.

Asked them if they would kindly send Comrade Trump and his team a copy of the Constitution.