Everyone needs to calm down

[merrily]

42. Sadly, Congress is going to fix squat, maybe for the next two or three decades.

I think it was Chris Hayes who speculated that, because of November 4, Republican control of the House is very likely to last for another ten years, minimum. That puts us past the next census (2020) and therefore the next re-districting by a Republican house. If that does not energize Democratic voters, nothing will. But, first, someone has to get low info voters educated about how much is at stake.

Another unfortunate thing: Obama did not apply his executive power to naturalization long before this--also not as returns came in, as he apparently promised (Why would anyone wait for returns, anyway? No internal polling?).

Now, any attempt is a much bigger problem, both politically and practically--and any relief at all that is given immigrants is likely to come from a Republican Congress, after Obama broke two promises. If there is any demographic in the US politicians should not alienate, it's Hispanics.

I am not a conspiracy theorist, even though I know groups like Bilderburg have enormous clout. Sometimes, though, it's just hard to believe everything is an accident. I am not one who believes all the brain power and courage in the Democratic Party is concentrated in DU posters, while Democratic politicians just keeping making stupid, cowardly moves whose blatantly apparent folly only Democratic DUers can grok.