There were some painful loses, Florida obviously being the worst. But overall it was a very good night. Note on history the House has never flipped from the president and then flipped back to his party. Trumps legislative agenda is done.

Had we not lost so many Senate seats in 2014/failed to pick up enough in 2016, we would not be in this predicament. The 2014 midterm had the lowest turnout in 70 years, which led to Republicans winning back the Senate and Mitch McConnell blocking Merrick Garland (and then blowing up the 60-vote threshold to advance nominees). If we had picked off just 3 more seats in 2016, we wouldn't be here either.

So yes, we have every right to be pissed off about Kavanaugh's confirmation, but this is what happens when we lose elections. It should be clearer than ever that sitting out even one election can have long-lasting, catastrophic consequences. Keep the crummy feeling of these past two years in the forefront of your mind, and vow never to let it happen again.

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Paul Ryan tweeted then deleted a message about his tax bill giving a woman a raise to the tune of $80 per year. My power bill is more than that monthly.

Bernie wants to raise the minimum wage to $15/hr, which would give millions of people who make just the minimum wage a raise of nearly 14,000 yearly and would give even more folks a smaller raise depending on where they fall between 7.25 and 15.

Which plan sounds better, y’all?

EDIT: For those of you who are saying "how are corporations going to afford $15/hr? Won't they have to raise prices?" Corporations in America just got a GIANT hand out in the form of huge corporate tax cuts. We were promised that corporate tax cuts would lead to an increase in wages. Guess how you guarantee that corporations use that hand out to raise wages? Implement a $15/hr minimum wage.

Chris Murphy is a smart peader who speaks honestly and refreshingly and has great politics. He is one of the few people who can garner support from the left and the centre as well.

Like her or not, Tulsi Gabbard is a goddess to some on the left who Democrats are goinng to need to turn out. She's undeniably great on a lot of important issues.

Pete Butigieg was the best candidate to lead the DNC, look him up he is an extremely impressive individual.

Is there anyone here who feels the same? Of course I want Dems to win. Of course I want everyone to have access to affordable healthcare. Of course I want people to have to access to good paying jobs. Of course I want people to have access to social welfare programs if they need it. But that doesn't mean government has to control everything. Market based solutions can work. We don't need to charge everyone super high taxes. There are other ways.

I want everyone to be able to live with dignity but socialism is not the answer...

I can't be the only centrist on here, right?

Correct me if I’m wrong, but Nate Silver has pointed out that they’re using numbers from red wave years to do their modeling.... for a blue wave year...

Siena makes it seem like we’re significantly behind in almost ALL of our best pickup opportunities. I don’t buy that for a second, not in this climate.

I say Siena polls are a cancer on this sub rn, because every time one of those disingenuous polls shows us down by a lot, people start saying “time to divert funds elsewhere” or “damn I thought we really had a chance” — we still do have a chance!!

These polls are demoralizing people for no good reason. So can we PLEASE stop collectively sucking off the Siena polls and get our heads on straight again?