Although I do believe the Democratic Party will regain control he Senate in 2016, clearly all of the gerrymandering has made the House a lost cause until the next census. However the biggest problem facing all progressives is the very real nightmare scenario that the Republicans will control all the branches of Government after 2016! No doubt the Koch brothers have placed a 1 Billion dollar bet on that outcome!
The biggest challenge for the Democratic Party is more candidates are needed!
For all those who support Bernie Sanders over Hillary, I can only say that I totally agree. The problem however is that Sanders has NO chance of winning the general election when you combine his being an admitted Socialist and recognizing that common sense voters will want someone who can accomplish something after the hell the Republican's put Obama through the last six years. I seriously doubt he could even beat Trump (sorry I like him but I'm just being honest) !!
Turning to Hillary there is no doubt she is a flawed candidate as trust has always been and remains a huge issue. The whole email fiasco is a great example. Even if she did nothing wrong keeping her own private server and wiping it clean only leaves speculation whether she hid anything. Moreover she still has that attitude of entitlement (her turn because she is a woman etc.) that was also the main reason she lost to Obama in 2008. Facing reality the Democratic presidential field looks Dukakis weak!! The only true chance those of us who support progressive change can hope for is somehow Elizabeth Warren changes her mind! Sadly given the terrible trauma VP Joe Biden has been through its obvious he is also not going to run either!! We need an inspirational candidate and quick!!!
I think it is very important for me to update this previous diary taking into account several facts which have changed since I wrote this back in July.
First and foremost it's looking more and more likely that Joe Biden is actually going to make a run for POTUS!
Given the problems that I pointed out in my previous draft about the current field, I have no doubt V.P. Biden will get a huge ground swell of support and overcome all the dirt Hillary and her minions are putting together for their down in the dirt level attacks.
While I'm forced to agree that there is no direct evidence the Clinton campaign sourced the article dirt published by Politico implying essentially that Biden made up the story about his dying son Beau wanting him to run for POTUS, who else would have pulled such a low down dirty move like that but them or someone close?
I will never forget her comment about then candidate Obama in 08 when Hillary responded Trump style to a question about his religion: "he is not a Muslim ..smile..as far as I know"! There are also several other examples showing that both Hillary and Bill been more than willing to say anything for advantage and love showing disdain towards her opponents or those in the way of things for which they feel entitled to. Moreover if motive is any indication it's clear that arrow points directly at Clinton wold as well.
Although that moron Kevin McCarathy exposed how equally perverse the House GOP caucus is on the Bengazi witch hunt, Hillary's big problem is the e-mail fiasco just gets deeper and worse each day. We as Democrats would be absolutely foolish to give her the nomination only to find out she will be indicted for mishandling classified material.
As I stated earlier I do very much like many of the positions that Bernie Sanders has taken, I still feel in my heart of hearts right message but wrong messenger. (Still wished Elizabeth Warren had run!!) So please attack away and comment again as hopefully through discourse we can all find some common sense thinking on our collective future! Thanks for letting me share my thoughts.