The incredible shrinking party of Donny Rotten.

[LBM20]

Yup, as another poster has said so well, the R's are between a rock and a crazy place.

They have allowed Donny Rotten to eat their party. Now they sit in his bowels, unwilling to upset him lest they get shit out in their primaries, but they ARE shit in their general elections. And it will only get worse.

In this midterm, with bad results for R's still coming in, the FORMER Republican Party, now Donny Rotten's Cult, have been taken to the woodshed and SPANKED by a powerful coalition of WOMEN in a big way, men, African Americans, Hispanic Americans, young people, college grads, urban and suburbanites, and Independents. They are sick to death of Donny Rotten and his R enablers and their rotten policies of ripping away healthcare, ripping away education, endless tax cuts for billionaires, no infrastructure, etc. and, of course, Donney Rotten's endless SHIT TRAIN of abject INSANITY. That have HAD IT!

So, no more R House members in New England. Bye bye. Only one lonely R House member in NJ. FORMERLY HEAVILY REPUBLICAN Orange County, CA is now very BLUE. R's getting washed away by the blue wave in NV and AZ. 336 new Dem state legislators, 7 new Dem governors, and countless new Dems in local offices all over the place. Blue wave in WI, PA, and MI which so narrowly gave Trump his 80,000 votes to win the electoral college in '16. And since Donny Rotten is only going to get crazier, he can probably say goodbye to them in 2020.

Yup. This is what happens when you allow your party to go BatShit Crazy and glue itself to a whack job like Donny Rotten. Now the R's are screwed, blued, and tattooed. If they go against him they're fucked in their primaries. If they don't, they're fucked in their general elections. And the powerful new blue coalition above will hate Donny Rotten, and his cult, even more.

In the meantime, we need to unite firmly around the bread and butter issues that Americans want addressed and advance legislation to make those things happen if we can: healthcare, jobs, infrastructure, campaign finance reform, etc. Between Donny Rotten's insanity and our focus on the bread and butter issues, we are well positioned for 2020.

[underpants]

1. Great post. The 3rd full paragraph is an especially good summary

[brush]

8. I like the part about them "resting in trump's bowels" too...

and afraid to get "sh_t out".

It doesn't get more earthy or descriptive than that.

[kentuck]

2. They are the Party of Treason.

Somebody in another thread had written that he thought the Republican Party would disappear after Trump? They may not disappear but it is very likely they will be greatly reduced in numbers?

They have no guiding principles.

[UpInArms]

3. One of the first orders of business should be to reverse that permanent tax cut

eom

[LBM20]

5. Remember, can only win what the R Senate will also approve and Donny Rotten will sign, BUT pushing

these GETS THE R's ON THE RECORD.

[dembotoz]

4. All well and good but in red America Donnie rotten still in charge

My county had more blue than it has for years. Alas the red is now only a bit more purple.
We have a fuck load of work to do to even look purple.

I pause and tip my hat to those candidates who stepped up, investing time and treasure to try to get us closer



I as part of local party leadership stand in awe of the good folks.
The end result is Walker did not win again and several gop counties are blamed for underperforming for him
One of those is mine.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

7. Hats off to you for your hard work, patience and endurance!

.....

That's exactly what it going to take in the long-term in many areas of the US.

[brush]

9. You guys did major work in getting Walker out. Kudos.

[LBM20]

11. We gotta get in there and get rid of the gerrymandering, and get as many rural folks with bread and

butter issues. Won't get all of them, but can get some of them focusing on economic issues, healthcare, etc.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

6. K&R. Good summary, LBM20.

I'm having visions of hundreds of right-wing billionaires throwing hissy fits in their board rooms and golf course change rooms saying "what, we can buy elections any longer?" and "what have we wrought?"

.............

[malaise]

10. Rec

[lildDemz]

12. Advancing legislation list

is missing anything about war. I wish we could talk more about ending wars.