Yes, I understand that that is the hope.
I also understand that "hope" is all you have to go on at the moment.
Damned shame, really, and entirely avoidable, had the more pragmatic amongst you managed to pull their heads out of their asses in 2015-2016.
No, I go on scientific principle. Of the last 3 Midterms, the president's party lost seats and at least one house of congress. In fact, the party in the White house has lost seats in Congress in every midterm since 1970 except for 2002 (when we were all terrified there was an Arab hiding under our beds) and 1998 (when Congress foolishly insisted on an impeachment no one wanted, and we thought voting some of them out might get the point across).
You see, what you guys don't get is that you didn't win the election, you won the electoral college. People didn't want your guy.
You
DO understand that the only reason why Dems-Libs-Progs
EVER win is because the White Vote is always split, don't you?
In years where the White Vote begins to look a bit more Monolithic, the Pubs almost always benefit from that.
You
DO understand that you made enough White Folk feel like the Democratic Party has turned into the Party of Minorities and Sexual Deviants, to cause your loss, don't you?
Vast numbers of White Americans no longer feel as though the Democratic Party represents
THEIR best interests.
You've had the White Blue Collar Vote since FDR's time, and you just phukked that up, as well.
There is now a Populist (operating under the GOP umbrella) running things., and he/they are going to press that perception and fuel it, subtly, to their advantage.
You simply cannot rely upon historical trends any longer.
The 'old norms' no longer apply.. witness the 'old norms' failing you-and-yours on November 8, 2016.
I would not lean too heavily upon those 'old norms' (historical patterns of recent decades) in 2018 if I were you.
You've had your turn for a while.. it seems unlikely that you're going to recover anytime soon.
For example, choosing a Hispanic DNC Chair and a Muslim Deputy Chair?
Not exactly brightest-crayon-in-the-box thinking, given your recent ass-kicking.
Goes to show that you have not yet absorbed the requisite macro-level lessons that November 8, 2016 has in store for you.
When you get a few more (metaphorical) teeth broken in the Democratic collective jaw in November 2018, perhaps you'll believe it then.
Meanwhile, feel free to continue deluding yourselves.
The Republic needs a sane, competent, pragmatic and effective Opposition Party now more than ever.
As things stand now, "you ain't it" .