Reply #79: It was a close race.

[AtomicKitten]

An election that close makes recovery more difficult. It is up to Cegelis to pull up her socks when she is done licking her wounds, and the timing of the unity event was perhaps too close to the loss.

My concern here is the seething resentment that continues to fester here at DU, and that doesn't bode well for the multitude of races that will be held across the country. It seems people choose up sides according to how they perceive the establishment versus the little guy (progressive ?) meme, losing sight of the bigger and more important issue, kicking the shit out of the Republicans in the fall.

In elections, somebody wins, somebody loses. Mourning a loss is understandable. But at some point people need to acknowledge it's over. Rather than perpetuating the incessant turmoil within the party - which I have no doubt is the real reason some are here at DU - it would be nice if people exhibited just a teensy bit more maturity in processing disappointment.

Flame away. :)