50 states, count them all

[aspirant]

One goal is retaking the House. Wikipedia has it at 201 (D) vs 234(R) = 33 to flip, plus some Blue Dog betrayers.

33 Congresspeople is 1 change/33 states, 2 flips by 17 states, 3 flips/11 states or 4 changes by 9 states, doesn't seem impossible from this perspective.

Remember Bernie is going after Sanders Repubs (like Reagan Dems) and should make more Red seats competitive, not just a handful those pundits point out.

Expecting serious Populist coattails by Bernie to help with our progressive numbers.

[Enthusiast]

1. Kicked and recommended to the Max!

[appalachiablue]

2. K & R. 50 states, even the Red ones like Bernie said at the Louisiana rally. People forget

that the South is the home of populism, like the Midwest since the 1880s before Huey Long. Inroads are being made in Red controlled areas and states with Bernie events and groups in Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee, Tallahassee and others and that's major.

[ColesCountyDem]

3. 17 flips.

17 would give us 218, but I agree with the thrust of your post.

[aspirant]

4. Agree with you too,

just trying to provide a cushion to offset any remaining Blue Dogs.

[Kip Humphrey]

5. we NEED progressives to run for office in every congressional district!

[RichVRichV]

6. I still say the real target is retaking state legislations by 2020.

That is where we turn around gerrymandering for the next decade. No matter what the dlc people think status quo isn't going to reverse the trends in states across the country. We need a political revolution for that and some very big coat tails from our next president to get there.

[aspirant]

7. President Bernie

with control of Congress would be amazing.

The MSM is again pushing the propaganda that the House is out of reach for years and just accept gridlock or only Bipartisan agendas favoring the "Corporatist" in both parties. Simple math and Howard Dean's history proves this wrong and Bernie is on the case without DWS.

IMO, 2020 is important but the "Grass Roots Revolution" must begin now.

[jwirr]

8. It also contributes to getting the Senate back.

[eridani]

9. The demographic more important than Republicans--the 63%

IOW, the percent of eligible voters who did not vote in 2014. Sanders is making serious inroads into this demographic, and Clinton doesn't have a snowball's chance in hell with them.

[rhett o rick]

10. k & r. Thanks for posting. nm