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Originally Posted by wittynickname
Oh, you mean like the more than 1000 Progressive candidates who have signed up to run for office since Trump's inauguration? That kind of constructive effort?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/...b08a14f7e7263e
Or the workshop after the Women's March to teach women the ins and outs of running for public office?
http://fortune.com/2017/01/09/emilys...on-washington/
Or maybe the fact that various senators and representatives are throwing hissy fits because democrats/progressives are absolutely obliterating their phone lines and voicemail inboxes and showing up at their offices to voice their views and to try to influence those representatives to actually do their jobs and represent their constituents?
http://nymag.com/thecut/2017/01/virg...-my-grill.html
Perhaps its that the GOP is now looking to fix the ACA rather than repeal it, because all this "bitching" is forcing their hand to realize that taking healthcare from millions of people is maybe not a good idea.
http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare...o-repairing-it
This isn't just "bitching," this is a lot of bitching backed up with lots of action. This is people getting involved in the democratic process in a whole mountain of different ways. This is the best thing to come out of a Trump presidency. It forced a whole lot of people out of complacency and apathy. |
But... but... but... the Democrats were completely destroyed in the last election. Didn't you hear that?
Politics is all about activation of the base. The Republicans have a much smaller base, but have been extremely effective at driving their conservative base to the polls with their fear based identity politics tactics. The progressives have been very complacent as many of their big issues have been pushed trough in the past 20 years. They didn't think Trump had a chance, and were correct in many ways, but Trump lucked into an electoral path on a measly 107,330 votes. He got crushed in the popular vote, but won the electoral vote by the slimmest of margins. Progressives have no one to blame but themselves for not working hard enough to keep the base engaged in those swing states. Fortunately, Donald Trump is the tonic this nation needed, and he has activated the progressive minority. The challenge for the Democrats is to capitalize on that activation and make sure those voters get to the polls in the mid-terms and in 2020.