Over the past few days we’ve seen not just the Trump campaign, but in many respects, the entire Republican party implode.
Trump’s beyond the pale bragging about sexual assault should never have been unexpected. There were signs and evidence of it for years. But hearing it in his own voice made it, for lack of a better term, official. It could not be ignored. The result of this, on top of two truly miserable debates for him, has put his campaign into freefall. The Republican Speaker of the House refuses to campaign for him anymore. Dozens of GOP officials and/or office holders have unendorsed him. The polls have moved overwhelmingly in Hillary Clinton’s favor.
Several polls are showing her up nationally by 10 or more points. Even the aggregates show her with a lead of almost 7 points. Senate races too are moving towards the Democrats who see taking over the upper house as a really likely scenario. Even more incredible, despite the gerrymanders that give the GOP control of the House of Representatives, Democrats stand a decent shot, if not yet likely, of seeing Nancy Pelosi as Speaker once again.
Yet, for all that good news, none of it has actually happened yet. Secretary Clinton is not yet the President-Elect; Mitch McConnell is still the world’s most unpopular Senate Majority Leader, and Paul Ryan is still Speaker of the House.
I was thinking about this last night, and sure enough this morning, I saw a couple of articles via Twitter that wonder if the large Clinton polling leads we are starting to see and Trump’s head first dive into true insanity could lead to a depressed Democratic turnout because of complacency.
So just a friendly reminder: While we sit with our boatloads of popcorn watching the implosion of the right, remember, we haven’t won anything yet. Not a thing. There is a still a boatload of work to be done.
Yes, I think it’s a good bet that Clinton will win the White House. But we need more than that. A lot more. Complacency can’t be allowed in the room. A Clinton White House with a Republican House and Senate will result in more years of total gridlock.
A massive Democratic turnout not only could give us Congress, but statehouses across the land to change some of the horrible things Republicans have done at that level to hurt voting rights, public education, women's’ rights, etc.
If you can vote early, do so. (I really wish New York had that.) If you can get out and campaign, make calls, etc. do so.
There are 28 days left to prevent outright fascism from coming to America. For the sake of the nation and the world, it must be stopped.