Originally Posted By: King Brown
Obama's back-to-back wins weren't crushing defeats?


No, for a few reasons. The 2008 was a large loss for Republicans, having also lost control of the house and Senate on a national level. The historical aspect of running against the first African American candidate was an almost impossible hurdle.

Obama won again in 2012, against a poor candidate (a la Clinton for the Democrats in 2016) but it was tempered victory.

Since 2010 Democrats have lost over 900 seats at both the state and Federal levels. After the 2016 elections Republicans control 33 governorships, along with both houses in 32 states. Democrats have that type of majority in only 5 states. Those are astonishing numbers.

There has been an overwhelming Republican takeover happening nationwide since 2010 at both the state and Federal levels. The country is decidedly shifting directions, and it is not to the left.

“I left long before daylight, alone but not lonely.”~Gordon Macquarrie