What happened to the ‘Blue Wave’ from just 2 years ago?
They still have a majority….
But it’s actually smaller even with the coming Joe Biden move to the White House….
One thing for sure?
The power to be are gonna have to make some space from the Progressives , who make noise and media , but cost the party votes….
The full extent of fallout was just beginning to become clear on Wednesday morning, with lawmakers and aides expecting a far tougher internal leadership process, with Pelosi herself facing trickier math as she attempts to seal another term as speaker.
None of the roughly dozen Democratic lawmakers or aides interviewed said Pelosi should step down or would face a challenger. But several of them privately speculated that what was just days ago expected to be a glide path to the speakership will be more difficult as Democrats lose seats in the House.
Meanwhile, GOP lawmakers — overjoyed after they unexpectedly padded their ranks — were beginning to shore up their leadership teams, including House GOP campaign chair Tom Emmer, who began making calls Wednesday morning to lock up support to serve another term.
Democrats were already engaging in rapid-fire finger-pointing about who is to blame for Tuesday’s embarrassing showing, with the private angst likely to spill out into the public in the coming days as the full House landscape becomes known. Several centrist Democrats blamed their more progressive colleagues, saying moderates in Trump-leaning districts couldn’t escape their “socialist” shadow.
Others argued that the DCCC had been far too bullish in seats the party was realistically never going to pick up — citing races such as Arkansas’ 2nd District — while missing the looming disaster in South Florida, where incumbents Shalala and Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell were ousted. Several Democrats said the party operation was not focused on a cohesive, proactive message that went beyond simply opposing Trump, who proved to remain popular in many districts.
And some said DCCC wasted time battling the party’s left flank with its contentious policies designed to stymie primary challengers.
So far, House Democrats have flipped just two seats — and they were guaranteed pickups created by court-ordered redistricting in North Carolina. They had not ousted a single GOP incumbent or won a single open-seat contest as of Wednesday morning. Instead, they suffered a string of demoralizing losses….
Erica Werner
@ericawerner
Spanberger on the Dem caucus call: We lost races we shouldn’t have lost.
Defund police almost cost me my race bc of an attack ad.
Don’t say socialism ever again.
Need to get back to basics.
(Is yelling.)
Rough days ahead for both major parties.
For years I was saying the Democrats were getting closer and closer to resembling the Republican Party once it began to be dominated by the Tea Party.
Yes, 2020 did turn out much like 2012. You guys got the Presidential win because Trump Fatigue is so real, but down the ballot, really bad missed opportunities.
Which directions will Democrats be headed towards? People in my party were all upset after 2012 (not that it was anywhere near primarily Romney’s fault) and talking about autopsies and how to go forward in a way to be more electable… and then Trump took it over.
I HAVE been broadcasting about the Democratic ‘civil war’ for a long time here…
Some her get annoyed at me for doing so….
It’s ok…
I KNOW what I’m talking about…
And I have NOT backed down….
The parties future is NOT turning to the ‘hard’ left….
It is NOT trying to get progressives to vote….
They do NOT in large numbers….
The protestors just don’t come out a vote in Red or Purple states….
There will be some soul searching…
But it better be quick….
Democrats have year before House races start up again…
And I was afraid of the 2010 thing….
But it COULD be lurking in the shadows …..
Again?
Democrats need to get their shit together…..
Moderate House Democrats lashed out at their liberal colleagues Thursday, using a marathon caucus-wide conference call to bash progressives for advancing an agenda that, the centrists said, cost the party a number of seats in Tuesday’s elections.
An impassioned Rep. Abigail Spanberger, who squeaked to victory in central Virginia, took liberals to task for promoting the policy of redirecting funds away from police departments, an idea that took off following the death of George Floyd in May — and that Republicans used on the campaign trail to hammer Democrats with charges of nurturing crime.
Spanberger called the Democrats’ campaign strategy “a failure.”….
More…
The House Dems have quite a leaker or leakers…
Laid all their s&#t on the table for the media.