re: #525 ObserverArt

I got static for being melodramatic in regards to some of the Lizards that are always so negative.

Where is the criticism for this same melodrama only in the face of being positive?

Damn it. Pick up the fucking flag and fight. It might even make you feel better.

Was that too much? I’m trying to cut back….

Special elections across the nation in state legislatures to school boards are flipping from safe R seats to Democratic wins, sometimes in areas that haven’t seen a Dem in office in ages.

This is hardly over, Trump is below the crazification factor in polling, and voters are deeply R districts are the ones becoming disillusioned as their candidate and Congress is failing to deliver on any promises.

There are elections for VA and NJ governor and the VA House of Delegates this year. Next year’s election is coming in on a whole slew of Democratic wins in Republican districts.

The press isn’t covering that well, as local elections are not of much interest to those in other states, but momentum is there (see also the March for Science and the Women’s March on Washington).

This is not “unbridled optimism.” The local and state elections are examples of Democrats being motivated and Republicans being disillusioned.

In Iowa and Nebraska, two Republican state senators have abandoned the Republican Party and became Libertarians. The LP is gearing up to challenge Republicans in many local elections across the nation (that will draw off conservative voters from the Republicans).

Things aren’t as bad as it seems… .