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17. Tired of premature declarations of victory.
Mon Mar 18, 2019, 06:21 PM
Mar 2019

Trump is still president and will stand for re-election in 2020, since Democrats in leadership and too many rank and file Democrats have no stomach to take the risks inherent in prosecuting Trump for his many impeachable offenses. So we sure as heck better win in 2020.

The Mueller investigation has been prolonged for understandable reasons, but its delay may blunt its impact.

The U.S. Senate map in 2020 favors a Democratic majority, but it's no gimme.

The biggest legislative victory of Pelosi over Trump was re-opening the government. If our standard for a win is continuing governmental operations, our expectations of ourselves are too low.

Gotta double up on the efforts to turn things around. I am not buying the preliminary victory lap articles like this. We must put the work in on every level, into the forseeable future, if real change is the goal.

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