Pic Of The Moment: 2018 Is Coming: Keep Calm And Carry On

[EarlG]

Montana's at-large congressional district

Kansas's 4th congressional district

Georgia's 6th congressional district

South Carolina's 5th congressional district

Thoughts on the Disappointing Result Out of Georgia 6

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[herding cats]

1. Thanks, I needed this reminder today.

I'll put my pity party to bed now and get back to work.

[disillusioned73]

2. The contrast in the..

reaction to the losses of those 4 races (all close), Montana & Kansas vs. Georgia & South Carolina is striking..

[NewJeffCT]

3. If I'm not mistaken

I heard last night that the GOP lost the 3 special elections leading up to their big wave in November of 2010. So, hopefully history will repeat itself

[dmr]

4. Yes! Thank you! These are remarkable gains, and

the worry warts belong to the GOP.

For us: we have to continue to presevere, and work hard.

Ignore the naysayers, and realize there is more than one way to succeed. Good success takes time and effort.

I'm disappointed about last night's results, but then smiled at the thought of Republicans sweating bullets because they're losing ground - which is long overdue.

[enid602]

20. Shade

More importantly, the news has shifted back to Russia this AM. These victories won't give tRump much shade.

[George II]

5. But to many "Democrats" and the pundits, the Democrats failed.

[Demsrule86]

6. Thanks...we needed that today!

[niyad]

7. thank you for that--needed the reminder.

[erpowers]

8. I Agree With Josh Marshall

Democrats should not be too upset about these loses. Democrats have managed to keep races close in districts have been strongly red. There is a chance that Democrats can do really will in 2018 if the organize and conduct a strong GOTV program.

[Gothmog]

9. K&R

[Stuart G]

10. K and R....!!!!!

[AllyCat]

12. We have to fix rigged elections.

We are never going to make the gains we need without a fair process

[LenaBaby61]

27. We have to fix rigged elections.

It's like some Dems don't, won't or can't believe that we're being specifically targeted/voter-suppressed.



Gerrymandering, voter-crosschecking, voter-purging, voter-ID laws--all run amok and ruskie meddling with Dem voting rolls, Dem data bases and who knows what ELSE in 2018 & 2020

[spooky3]

14. Thanks, but Trump's Georgia 6th margin, per your link, was

<2 percentage points, rather than 4.

[EarlG]

16. The margins of victory in the graphic

show the 2016 House race in each district compared to the 2017 special election.

[spooky3]

17. Sorry; I misread it.

[Hortensis]

15. Good perspective. Republicans are slipping badly,

and that when most people still don't know what they've been hiding behind Curtain #3. They just don't like the creepy smell seeping out.

[OKNancy]

18. Interesting the race that didn't get our attention was closer than Georgia

of course the Democrat there was more inline with the local population, i.e. a Moderate to Center-Right Democrat.

[cubbies01]

19. The thing we need to improve

More than anything is we still are completely getting out maneuvered with how the press handles things. Our message is always lost or not covered or flattened by false equivalency.

As the graphic elegantly shows, in a mere five months of Trump, Democrat candidates made giant gains in what should be untouchable districts. Five. Months. Couple this with the Russian hacking, obstruction of justice, unpopular healthcare debacle and an extremely poorly favored republican president, and the story is clear. The GOP is in serious trouble.

Message shouted all over the radio/TV and print/internet news? The democrats lost big.

That needs to change. They never should have put so much context into winning as much but instead indicated how big the gains were and how amazing it was to be competitive. Lower the bar of expectations for realistic results. And if you win, even better. But we just do not get our message out there and are treated differently.

[broadcaster90210]

21. Ok to NOT keep calm and carry on?

That's my plan. 😇

[Skittles]

22. hopefully time will take care of the power of racist assholes

[Thinkingabout]

23. Trump and gang does stupid things but have to give them credit on where they took their cabinet,

doing this in a purple state or district would have resulted in a majority change in the Senate. We worked hard and we got ourselves out for all to see, we are working on 2018 where there is a possibility of picking up some seats. We may get some relief in the SC ruling of the gerrymandering, this would change lots of seats.

[Grown2Hate]

24. I wanted to post something like this last night, but couldn't have said it better. Keep in mind...

...part of the calculation in plucking these 4 out of the House for cabinet positions was that these seats were SUPER safe, and were sure to stay in Republican hands.

The face that we pressed in ALL FOUR, when normally we'd give zero national attention to these particular races, and swung THAT much in just a few months of the disastrous Trump pResidency, should give us all heart and make ALL of us look forward to 2018 with even more passion and intensity.

"When are the Democrats going to get a WIN on the board, though?". Not in these four races. We weren't SUPPOSED to be close (as much as GA-06 hurt last night). Yet, we were. We've already made a difference.

Imagine the House seats that we only lost by 5-10 points in 2016? In my mind, those are ALL in play (and then some).

We have between now and then to continue to craft the message and wake people up. And Trump WILL fuck shit up worse for his party between now and then. #RESIST

[GoCubsGo]

25. Geez, Georgia and South Carolina...Gerrymander much?

Keeping my fingers crossed that the Supreme Court does the right thing regarding the gerrymandering case that is before them.

[Jamaal510]

26. No time for

sulking. Giving up and declaring all hope lost at this point is unacceptable. D's need to continue fighting in addition to keeping calm.

[guss]

28. Hacking

Are the Russians still hacking the Machines?

[Loubee]

29. The GOP candidate usually accumulates enough votes

to win by just enough points, regardless of polls or how much skeevy baggage they are dragging. GOP election officials work wonders.

[Demsrule86]

30. Thanks Earl...and with this healthcare bill, we might get the Senate...and shut down any

court picks for Donald Trump...an illegitimate president and quite probably a traitor.