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In reply to the discussion: Tom Perez is not looking good [View all]still_one
(92,187 posts)running in those critical swing states were progressive Democrats. We were bombarded from all sides. The FBI interference, the news media's double standards and false equivalences, along with at least 10% of those self-identified progressives who refused to vote for Hillary.
In Wisconsin Hillary lost by less than 1%, while Jill Stein received about 1% of that vote. That same pattern occurred in the other critical swing states.
I don't know what is going to happen in 2018, but because of what happened in 2016, it is going to be an uphill battle for 2018, and we will be damn lucky if we get control back of one of the houses.
While the ACA has its problems, it helped millions of people, and because of 1 vote it got a reprieve, but if we don't recapture one of the houses in 2016, I think millions will lose their health insurance. It is just a matter of time before Roe V Wade is going to be overturned unless we can get back the Senate, and that is a more formidable challenge than the House.
The SC is one vote away from making abortion illegal. There were rumors of Justice Kennedy retiring last year, and hopefully either there is no merit in that, or Justice Kennedy is holding off until 2018. I don't know if we can hold the line until 2020, and for those who are hanging their hopes on impeachment, the VP and speaker of the house are quite committed to undo all the progress that has been made in the last 70 years, so unless we can win back one of the houses, we won't be able to hold the line