2014 Will Be A VERY Bad Year For The Democrats.

[Savannahmann]

32. I am not pro gun.

But I have also seen the Gallop numbers he mentioned. 4% of those polled said Guns and Gun Control were the biggest issue facing us. Almost a quarter mentioned the economy in general. So the backlash, if there is one, against the Republicans, will probably be small. Especially if they pander to the ones who say the economy is the biggest issue with some insane bill that they can get some talking point traction on.

After the vote in the senate, I watched the news, and while the commentators and guests were outraged, I didn't see much in the way of outrage from the rest of the nation. I was forced to conclude that they didn't care. That's when I found those Gallop numbers, and it seemed fairly reasonable to assume that Guns were not going to be an issue this election. At least not unless some right winger's go nuts, one right after the other, and cranks up a few massacres. Statistically we get one a year or so, usually with plenty of time for people to forget or get over it. Short of one happening right before an election, I don't see Guns being the deciding issue.

So what can we do to expose the Rethugs? Obviously guns is a next to dead topic for the voters. That leaves the economy as the biggest issue according to the polls. We need to use that issue to push the Rethugs into exposing themselves as the vallie nt defenders of the 1%. We need to propose legislation that the Rethugs will not pass, so we can show the nation what they stand for, and who they stand for. I don't think a Minimum Wage bill is the answer. I'm thinking a massive reconstruction effort.

Replacing and Upgrading the existing infrastructure. New electric lines that are more efficient. New bridges and highway projects and new tax breaks to corporations to increase production of items domestically. Make it five percent of the cost of the item, and watch the greedy bastards tear the boards off of the closed factories. They pay more than that in shipping costs 9 times out of ten. We could do it, and the Rethugs would oppose, because it would increase the pools that the Unions can get organized.