If Democrats can not take the house in 2018, we'd better make plans for a decade and more of having Republicans in control of everything.
A decade or more of environmental destruction, voter suppression, complete deregulation of financial markets and the possible consequences from this, the destruction of any affordable medical care for anyone except the most wealthy, the removal of all welfare for the less fortunate, the loss of a free media, suppression of internet neutrality, the corruption of the judiciary and so much more.
Just how do we plan for this future?
We plan for, and assure this future, by ignoring the state level elections that will be held next November.
I've received assurances that we're capable of multitasking, and that just because we write multiple posts daily devoted to Russiagate, doesn't mean that we're ignoring the very real problem of electing governors and assemblymen in our own, or a neighboring state.
I suppose we won't know if this was true until after the 2018 elections, but it would be mollifying to read some breathless prose telling us all of the campaign strategies being taken in purple states , the difficulties of setting up a campaign office this early in the cycle, or even the reasoning one used when dividing his donations between local and statewide candidates.
Those of us outside the country have fewer options because of the attention to foreign "interference" that Russiagate has placed in the spotlight. I'm going to find a state senate candidate, hopefully in Southern Nevada, who has a reasonable chance to "flip" the district.
I can't send cash, but there are two local newspapers that print letters to the editor, and perhaps he or she will accept other assistance.
At the present I'm learning what I can about the recent, volatile state of Nevada politics. As it stands if we can hold the assembly and senate while electing a democratic governor, we'll hold all of the political cards when the critical redistricting occurs.
Ballotpedia is where I've begun my re-education.
Terry