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Note: this topic is from 10/20/2015. Thanks Kaslin.

Now, I have been pointing this out since 2010. The midterm elections 2010, the first Tea Party midterm... The Democrats lost 700 seats across the country. Governorships, state legislatures, mayorals, city council, you name it -- and they lost another close to 700 in 2014. They are down nearly 1500 seats, between 12,000 and 1500 seats/elected positions nationwide. And Yglesias has stumbled across this. I hope I do not damage his reputation or career by citing him here. But it happens. But I just want to say, because young Millennials are reading this today... "The presidency is extremely important, of course. But there are also thousands of critically important offices all the way down the ballot. And the vast majority -- 70% of state legislatures, more than 60% of governors, 55% of attorneys general and secretaries of state -- are in Republicans hands," and the brunt of that since the 2010 midterms nationwide. There has been a rejection of Barack Obama and the Democrat Party that they don't want to talk about. And, folks, I have to tell you: It has not been an embrace of the Republican Party because the Republican hasn't run for anything. The Republican Party strategically in both midterms stayed mute. They were afraid of saying anything that would anger people. So they didn't say diddlysquat. They didn't criticize Obama. Individual candidates out there did. But the party itself did not. So the people of this country, it is accurate to say, in the midterms in 2010 and 2014, rejected Democrats all over this country. Exceptions, of course, California, New York. But the numbers are still what they are: "70% of state legislatures, more than 60% of governors, 55% of attorneys general and secretaries of state -- are in Republicans hands. And, of course, Republicans control both chambers of Congress. Indeed, even the House infighting reflects, in some ways, the health of the GOP coalition... Not only have Republicans won most elections, but they have a perfectly reasonable plan for trying to recapture the White House. But Democrats have nothing at all in the works to redress their crippling weakness down the ballot. Democrats aren't even talking about how to improve on their weak points, because by and large they don't even admit that they exist." Now, there's a reason for that, too. And it's time to throw some cold water on this.