Every Congressman that took part in this seditious act should be censured on the floor of the House.

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22. All of this makes perfect sense. Re major adjustments...

History has shown most Democrats that any new development that has Repubs sounding like Democrats is suspect. But not to Democratic leadership. Democrats still keep denying Republican bad faith. I've seen too many Democratic leaders, including Obama, fall for the Lucy with the football.

Re Repubs, voters as much as leaders, any change of heart that "rejects" what they've done since Reagan would have to show in their actions as much as talk -- for at least two election cycles. I refuse to ever trust them again to remake themselves into the pre-Reagan that actually had some liberal Republicans in it. I want to. But I must discipline myself to refuse for many elections ahead.

Thankfully, even though gerrymandering will again skew representation, we still have a growing urban archipelago, which still might not be enough at state levels to change majority rule. Hopefully we can keep that sleeping citizenry awake and engaged.

Rural America has a mindset that's hardwired to their own parameters of distrust -- over women's and Blacks' equality, science expertise, tech, xenophobia, health care and everything else that wafts through their radios. Add to that the 84 million people in this country, regardless of politics, who don't have broadband access, and the ground work Democrats have to do will be big.