When I think of that night when I was on my computer watching the live updates on returns coming in from Alabama the smile on my face after the final results is still lingering. It is one of the few bright spots where an actually good feeling has persisted with me in this otherwise horrible political year of 2017. The elections across the nation with Virginia and New Jersey specifically were uplifting and created hope but they were not what brought a smile to my face like this victory in Alabama. I find it hard still to type this about the state of Alabama. But the long odds of winning were achieved and that in itself would normally be enough but there is another aspect to the win in Alabama that is even more satisfying. That being if we democrats can win in the deep red state of Alabama we can win anywhere in the nation.
So now we are not just thinking about defending our senate seats this coming November 6th, we are also thinking about going on the offensive and taking seats from otherwise safe republican control. Not only does this give our democratic party great hope for taking majorities in both houses but it puts the fear in republicans that they have not felt for nearly a decade. They are now on the defensive hoping to salvage what they can from their decision to align themselves with the highly unpopular trumps. They will be in full damage control while we democrats will be taking the fight to them and exposing their working middle poor class condescension.
This unlikely victory in alabama was accomplished in several ways. Our vote came out and their vote didn't. The enthusiasm is definitely on our side since we democrats are the only ones who care about and are willing to legislate to improve the lives of the working middle poor class. They ran a horrible candidate and we ran a great one. Although the margin of victory was small it was enough and to keep things in perspective we know we got the best of what was available to pull off this monumental upset where practically no one thought it would be possible. We democrats cannot take anything for granted and must keep the pressure on the republicans so that they don't make us much worse as a nation before we can vote them out. We must remember that hard work got us the victory in Alabama and hard work will keep getting us victores going forward and for that I am smiling a big smile.
So now we are not just thinking about defending our senate seats this coming November 6th, we are also thinking about going on the offensive and taking seats from otherwise safe republican control. Not only does this give our democratic party great hope for taking majorities in both houses but it puts the fear in republicans that they have not felt for nearly a decade. They are now on the defensive hoping to salvage what they can from their decision to align themselves with the highly unpopular trumps. They will be in full damage control while we democrats will be taking the fight to them and exposing their working middle poor class condescension.
This unlikely victory in alabama was accomplished in several ways. Our vote came out and their vote didn't. The enthusiasm is definitely on our side since we democrats are the only ones who care about and are willing to legislate to improve the lives of the working middle poor class. They ran a horrible candidate and we ran a great one. Although the margin of victory was small it was enough and to keep things in perspective we know we got the best of what was available to pull off this monumental upset where practically no one thought it would be possible. We democrats cannot take anything for granted and must keep the pressure on the republicans so that they don't make us much worse as a nation before we can vote them out. We must remember that hard work got us the victory in Alabama and hard work will keep getting us victores going forward and for that I am smiling a big smile.
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