Joy Reid: Republicans Weaponize James Comey’s FBI To Kneecap Hillary Clinton

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6. Flipping the Senate from red to blue will head off anything Chaffetz can do.

It won't get out of the House of Reps if we have the Senate in Democratic hands. At least we can hold him off that way. Not sure there's a way to defeat him out of his seat yet, though - which would be the most satisfying. Remember how good it felt to see that smug Eric Cantor get the heave-ho? Unfortunately, somebody even worse replace him.

I do take comfort that this is what President Obama has already decided will be his post-Presidency priority: Flipping enough states - state legislatures and governor's mansions - from red to blue. That takes us to victory over gerrymandering that will mean many of these "secure" House seats will no longer be locked in, because they'll be more fairly redrawn after the next census. That is, if we dare hope to make that much of a change by 2020. We HAVE to make some big changes by 2020. Including the midterms in 2018. Midterm elections are always where Democrats don't bother. THAT has to change.

We have the numbers. Any time our side turns out, IF they turn out, we win. But they HAVE TO turn out. EVERY DOGGONE TIME.