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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is what happens when seats go uncontested and the GOP is given full reign to rule with no accountability.[/quote]
That sounds like you’re dumping responsibility for this in the lap of the Democratic Party. Is there any reason you can’t just assign blame to the forced birthers, the GOP? This isn’t on the Democrats. [/quote]
The Democratic Party of abandoned state & local elections in favor of the presidency and Senate. They  abandoned Howard Dean’s 50 state strategy when Obama was elected. This is just a fact.

The good news is that Democrats now understand the importance of state and local elections and are kicking butt. Look at Michigan and Pennsylvania. North Carolina, Ohio, Texas, even Arkansas had an incredible filing cycle this year. In all but Arkansas, Democrats are contesting every single state Senate seat and almost all state house seats. I am very optimistic of the trajectory, but it will take time to crawl out of the hole that the Dem party put us in when they abandoned Dean’s strategy.

As a Democrat, I think it’s very important to be clear eyed how we got here. Yes, the GOP ante awful but we let them have the seats. We let them become so powerful that they can redraw the lines so that we could not compete.

If you want to change this trajectory, I donate and volunteer to organizations that are doing this. 
I give monthly to Blue Ohio & Blue Texas help fund state legislative races and register voters.

I volunteer with Betos group to register new voters. Last cycle I knocked doors and made calls in VA. I’m not complaining. I’m just stating fact and I’m taking action.
Beto [/quote]
This is all lovely, but I’m still going to put the blame on the forced birthers and their willingness to ignore democracy and cheat to the point that you can go ahead and run candidates in all 50 states - and I think we should - but Democrats are chiseled out of representation that they vote for in a heck of a lot of places. Put the blame where it belongs: on the people who have forced these laws down our throats at multiple levels. Like three stolen Supreme Court seats, for example. Not sure how you think we should have planned our way out of that one. [/quote]
I’m on your side but things don’t just happen. Everything was a series of choices. For the GOP, they realized that investing money in state govs would be a huge return on investment. They realized that getting mega churches would yield a big return.

What have Democrats done? We elected a Black man and thought that was it. We left states and local gov uncontested. We didn’t argue the stakes or point out GOP horrors., heck, Di Fi was hugging Lindsey to the end. For too long Democrat establishment has refused to see the GOP for what they are.

But this is thankfully changing. The GOP has been playing this game for 30 years. Dems are now catching up. But we MUST stop acting like we don’t have agency. We can change this. Not The Party, not the DNC. We. Everyday people.

Find a swing state to donate and volunteer with. Start today talking to friends, family, colleagues about importance of voting. Have HS students in your life? Encourage them to start a voter registration drive. Have your college student join Young Dems in their red state college. And for gods sake, stop playing defense.

The Democratic Party is strong and is delivering for Americans, especially for women. PERIOD.

There is no , but… the party is strong, the grassroots are fired up, I’d rather be us than them.[/quote]

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