The Democrats’ lost generation

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[bryan999]

As Democrats take stock of their grievous losses in the 2014 elections, party leaders are confronting a challenge perhaps even more daunting than their defeats in the House and Senate: the virtual wipeout of the Democratic talent pool across the country.

After the Republican waves of 2010 and 2014, the party is depleted not just in its major-league talent, but also in its triple-A recruitment prospects. It amounts to a setback, Democrats say, that will almost certainly require more than one election cycle to repair.

At the start of the 2014 campaign, Democrats envisioned an election that would produce new national stars for the party in at least a few tough states – Georgia Sen. Michelle Nunn or Kentucky Sen. Alison Lundergan Grimes, for instance, or maybe even Texas Gov. Wendy Davis. Even if the party fell short in those “reach” states, Democrats hoped to produce new heavyweight blue-state Democrats – Maryland Gov. Anthony Brown, the country’s only black state executive; or Maine Gov. Mike Michaud, who would have been the first openly gay candidate elected governor.

[Liz]

I really like this map---remember when Boobamba had designs on Texas to turn it blue?

Well, guess what?

[Billthedrill]

I was unaware that an electoral loss took anyone out of the “talent pool” unless the Dems actually execute the losers. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.

[GOPJ]

LOL - great win on our part...

[Interesting Times]

I was unaware that an electoral loss took anyone out of the “talent pool” unless the Dems actually execute the losers. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.

He's right that Tuesday shattered a number of platforms on which aspiring Dems stood or hoped to stand. Kill the snakes, crush the eggs.

Metaphorically speaking, of course.

[stephenjohnbanker]

LOL!

[Alas Babylon!]

We've tried moderate candidates in the last two presidential elections.

Actually, the last 7:

Romney
McCain
Bush W
Bush W
Dole
Bush Pappy
Bush Pappy

W:3 L:4

[Alas Babylon!]

Just damn!

Travis county should have a Berlin-style wall built around it with guard towers and the guns on them facing inward.

[TADSLOS]

No, not this time. Largely because Abortion Barbie dug her own grave. However, take a closer look at the shading along the I-35 corridor that cuts through the middle of the state all the way to Dallas. That is also the most heavily populated region of the state. Many of those lighter shaded red counties in that zone used to be stalwart deep red counties. Liberal locusts from Kalifornia, surging illegals from Mexico and Central America and liberals from the northern mid-west rust belt are gradually changing the demographic. Most of those deep red counties in West Texas are low population density counties. Even the traditionally deep red county of Williamson that I live in just north of Austin (spit) is changing fast. Lots of libs moving in due to the jobs destroying Obama economy they enabled. They bring their liberal poison with them, wreck the place, then move on- see Kalifornia as Exhibit A.

[centurion316]

Democrats will start counting the Gulf of Mexico as their territory, it is blue after all.

[ViLaLuz]

One third were aborted.

[Liz]

Thanks for the realtime report-—and the insightful deconstruction.