Reply #100: Very true

[rpannier]

But you have to give people a reason to vote for you.
The idea that you should vote for me because I sit at Satan's left hand instead of his right so therefore I'm not as repugnant is pretty pathetic.

The biggest problem last November (and it's been a problem for the last two decades) is that the Dems (Admin included) seem to always be playing response politics. And their response is always too late and too weak.
When the Tea Party was on TV 24-7 the Dems just sort of let it run. They never countered the idiocy with any veracity.
Hell, you had people like Bobby Bright agreeing with what they said and using as part of his campaign, "I won't vote for Nancy Pelosi as Speaker.'

People got hurt are getting hurt, yes they are. And the Dems in Congress, the Administration and the state houses share much of that blame. The one's in DC especially, because they looked inept with 60 votes in the Senate, and they didn't make the case for what they had accomplished.