This was the message from voters to the Dems...

[FLyellowdog]

47. And we Democrats did a really crappy job

of contradicting the Republican message. We could have; we should have; and then perhaps we would have won.

The GOP repeated their lies often enough and loud enough that people began to believe them and with few people calling them out on the misinformation, how could they NOT win? They ran on a platform of fear, gloom, and doom and we offered nothing in rebuttal. In fact, some of our candidates actually fueled this narrative by running FROM the truths about this administration's accomplishments and now we're paying the price.

I'm unclear about what exactly Pres. Obama's failed policies are and how the GOP would have done things differently. But it's evident the majority of those who voted know. How in the world did I miss it? Maybe I don't watch Fox News enough or maybe I have a tendency to check what I do watch for facts. Certainly one precludes the other.

My favorite political quote of all time is from the movie the American President where Andrew Shepard explains his nemesis' plan of action by saying the following: " And whatever your particular problem is, I promise you, Bob Rumson is not the least bit interested in solving it. He is interested in two things and two things only: making you afraid of it and telling you who's to blame for it." Insert "the GOP" where Bob Rumson's name is, and you have the authentic reason of why we took such a beating last night.

The GOP lied time and again about what's wrong with our country, exacerbated fears about Ebola and ISIS. et al, and blamed our President for not doing things they repeatedly prevented him from doing. And all this in addition to overlooking any good that has come out of the Obama presidency. Is it any wonder that our candidates were defeated?

Somehow we have to take back the mindset of the voting public and do everything we can to engage those who don't vote so that a greater percentage of the population will vote.

One of our jobs as the Democratic base is to unite behind our principles and stand with our candidates by being better at exposing the lies of the opposition. If we don't take up the slack where our candidates leave off, who will? Failure to take a proactive stance will simply ensure that we will continue to lose elections.

Last night I was deeply saddened and greatly discouraged by what had just happened, but in the light of day things have cleared up a bit in my mind. I know that I have to become better informed on issues, better aware of opposing candidates' records, and better prepared to dispute untruths and twisted facts. I don't have to convince everyone; I just have to convince a few. Imagine...if each Democrat did that, what a landslide for the Liberals we'd see in 2016!

IMHO