It's fair to say that Hillary Clinton had the weight of the world on her shoulders Monday night. Lose the debate—or screw up even a little—and a fascist thug with makeup by Chester Cheetah gets one step closer to the White House, edging the world one step closer to the brink. If you weren’t anxious, you were nuts.
Feeling a little better today, right?
Not only did Clinton avoid even a single stumble, she completely eviscerated Donald Trump and left him gasping and flopping on the debate stage like an orange roughy. Everyone agreed: Debate watchers and political pundits alike said that Clinton totally killed it—and that Trump utterly biffed it.
But as long as this campaign season has felt, we're still a long way from Election Day. There’s a lot of game left to be played, and the race is still very tight: Our poll-based forecast gives Clinton a 64 percent chance at victory, which means that Trump still has a 36 percent shot. That’s still way too high for comfort, which means Clinton still needs our help, and plenty of it.
We also need to make sure that if Clinton wins, she has a Democratic Congress behind her, because you know the GOP will be out to thwart her at every opportunity. And we need to make sure that our first woman nominee in history has other good women at her side, because heaven knows we're far from enjoying equal representation we ought to have.
So if you’re feeling charged up today by Clinton’s performance last night, please give to these Daily Kos-endorsed women candidates, including Hillary Clinton!