Embittered election postmortem (please let's just have this one thread to vent)

[retromike22]

I'm down but not depressed. This is not as bad as how down Democrats felt right after 2004. Just 2 years ago we won the presidency and kept the Senate. And now you guys are like lemmings jumping off a cliff.

People need a reason to vote for us. Instead of saying 'This Republican will do (blank), don't vote for them' we should have doubled down on what the democratic party has actually done since 2008. Where were all the ads promoting Obamacare? Oh no, we passed something significant?! Let's run away! Instead of owning up to it. Hell, even the GOP is still mostly confident that invading Iraq was a good thing.

Democrats need DISCIPLINE. There's such a lack of coordination between Obama and the Congressional Dems. I always thought there would be since he was a former senator, but i guess he wasn't there long enough.

What gives me hope is that on the specific issues... Democrats actually support those issues. ARKANSAS voted to increase the minimum wage. Run on that fools! Want an expansion of Medicaid? Vote for us! How about... expanding Medicare so that everyone under 18 is covered? Democrats need to remember what they stand for and stand proud for it so voters know. Remember those 'keep government out of my Medicare' folks? Go up to them and remind them who gave them Medicare in the first place.

You can't win by having flimsy positions or running against your own party's accomplishments. Stand up for what you believe! Americans actually support many of those same beliefs. Democrats just have to remind them that we support these causes, we have a great record of enacting these changes and with these beliefs we will continue to move forward!

FORWARD TO VICTORY 2016!