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pat_k

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12. Hear, Hear!

Wed Feb 1, 2017, 08:03 PM

Feb 2017

Take back the state houses!!

If we don't, we're going to see more insanity like this:

http://www.npr.org/2017/01/31/512636448/bills-across-the-country-could-increase-penalties-for-protesters

In North Dakota, where protests have gone on for months over construction of the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline, a lawmaker has introduced a bill that would allow motorists to run over and kill any protester obstructing a highway as long as the driver did not do it intentionally.

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2020 is the year Democrats regain control of the US Senate. [View all] nkpolitics1212 Feb 2017 OP

Not unless we fix our broken election system. milestogo Feb 2017 #1

Start by sharp_stick Feb 2017 #4

Our legislature is dominated by Republicans who have created the mess. milestogo Feb 2017 #8

Gerrymanders can be broken Demsrule86 Feb 2017 #34

Well, what do you suggest we do? MoonRiver Feb 2017 #36

Hear, Hear! pat_k Feb 2017 #12

How do we take back state houses when electronic voting machines are rigged against us? milestogo Feb 2017 #20

Support effective organizations like pat_k Feb 2017 #23

thanks milestogo Feb 2017 #25

we are pretty much at the mercy of whether the russkies/repugs feel like hacking things or not. TheFrenchRazor Feb 2017 #30

If you are (or know) an attorney crazycatlady Feb 2017 #32

And fix money in Politics. JDC Feb 2017 #2

Ff we don't take control before then madokie Feb 2017 #3

Thanks! Much as I would like to agree that VA is spooky3 Feb 2017 #5

Democrats hold 4 seats in the VA US House. nkpolitics1212 Feb 2017 #13

I think you mean Comstock. spooky3 Feb 2017 #21

Ok--mcEachin just assumed office--a Republican spooky3 Feb 2017 #22

There will be no GOP wave in 2018. GOP will lose both House and Senate seats. LonePirate Feb 2017 #6

The only seat I see them losing is Nevada yeoman6987 Feb 2017 #26

Not listening to you yeoman6987. We will win both Houses. Kingofalldems Feb 2017 #27

Not if we get up off our asses and do some organizing. athena Feb 2017 #39

You are right. GOP have 8 seats total in 2018. yeoman6987 Feb 2017 #40

Trump and the Republican Party may be extremely unpopular by 2018. athena Feb 2017 #41

It stuns me but you are right yeoman6987 Feb 2017 #42

HOW?? What election? We now live in a dictatorship!! pangaia Feb 2017 #7

And Kaine is up for reelection in 2018. It might spooky3 Feb 2017 #9

AZ and NV are the two Republican held seats up in 2018 that are highly vulnerable to a nkpolitics1212 Feb 2017 #17

Thanks. There is also web speculation that Carly Fiorina spooky3 Feb 2017 #19

Not if they don't... pat_k Feb 2017 #10

Democrats have not learned their lesson during the Bush/Cheney era. nkpolitics1212 Feb 2017 #18

Yes. It's a tragedy. To date they've missed every opportunity ... pat_k Feb 2017 #24

It's pretty hopeless Calculating Feb 2017 #11

Yep Cosmocat Feb 2017 #33

Don't think like that crazycatlady Feb 2017 #35

We need the House to end these gerrymandered districts. muntrv Feb 2017 #14

Actually, its the other way around. Cant get the house without fixing the gerrymandering first. Warren DeMontague Feb 2017 #31

If Lindsey Graham loses a primary South Carolina could be in play. StevieM Feb 2017 #15

There will be no election in 2020... madinmaryland Feb 2017 #16

We are going to have to sustain momentum every day between now and then. joet67 Feb 2017 #28

If 45 has four full years, no country left, not hyperbole. sarcasmo Feb 2017 #29

Susan Collins won't lose her seat but she may run for governor in 2018 Zing Zing Zingbah Feb 2017 #37

Do you see LePage running against Angus King in 2018 or Do you see him running in 2020 to succeed nkpolitics1212 Feb 2017 #38

She'd be governor starting 2019 if she got elected Zing Zing Zingbah Feb 2017 #45

And the white house coolbreeze77 Feb 2017 #43

Democrats will take the White House in 2020. nkpolitics1212 Feb 2017 #44