re: #47 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I take it as given that the GOP will hold or gain seats in the off year…

Sorry, but I fear that news has to get a LOT worse before it can start to get any better.

Yeah unfortunately I think the outlook for the moment is rather bleak, given the Senate seats Dems will have to defend in 2018. Add to that the problems with redistricting which has added more safe House seats to the R’s.

However.

Trump hasn’t really made any decisions affecting real people yet. And he hasn’t delt with any crises. Congressional R’s have talked, but have not yet overreached.

While some faultlines are revealing themselves now (Russia, cronyism, wingnutty appointments) we don’t yet know what situations will arise, what kinds of issues will emerge to cause the Trump team problems, which Dems can exploit. And Trump doesn’t have much public good will to rely on. But it might take a few years for Dems to gather themselves and formulate an effective response, as situations develop.