How are YOU treating the Midterm Election Hangover?

[bondwooley]

There seemed to be last-minute hope for Democrats on Tuesday, but it was short lived.

So, how are you planning to treat the hangover?

Drop a giant ice bag on the Capitol dome?

Swear off creme DeMint?

Or, are you motivated by Alan Grayson who said in his concession speech:

"We ran a positive campaign against a broken system. Now it's time to begin the work of fixing it."

Let's hear from DU!

Original poll at: http://www.pledge-drive.com/lesterandcharliesurvey.html

[Cirque du So-What]

1. No 'hangover' on my part

Fighting for justice and equality is my life's work - not a goal attained and swiftly followed-up with a victory dance in the end zone. Self-pity is too expensive an emotion for me to indulge; it detracts from the task at hand.

[scrubthedata]

2. I was going to smoke it off, but that got struck down, too. n/t

[bondwooley]

3. I think it's time to focus on un-doing Citizens United.

I felt that the public wouldn't have been fooled by it, but they were. Instead of volunteering for the Democrats, I should have been out there selling the Brooklyn Bridge.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

6. you "un-do Citizens United" by pushing for Public Funded Elections,the only way to get $$$ out

of our elections process

[scrubthedata]

7. I think it needs to be a battle with two fronts:

Agree, one front is public funded elections.

The second is educating people that their votes are being purchased.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

9. It is the ONLY way to save Democracy for our children...I hope it's not too late

[scrubthedata]

10. I guess we really have to *make sure* it's not too late. It's up to us. n/t

[ElsewheresDaughter]

13. we had better get crackin' .. I ain't gettin any younger & these 60 yr old bones are weary

I have been screaming this "public funded elcetion" thing from the roof tops for years already...Where to go from here?

[scrubthedata]

15. Keep screaming!

Particularly with 20-somethings. Even politically interested ones I've met have been completely clueless about funding issues.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

16. I got SUNY New Paltz and Marist covered....it's a beginning

[scrubthedata]

17. That's a big audience!

I'm just lecturing every barrista and bartender I come into contact with...

[ElsewheresDaughter]

21. Public Funding of all federal elections....break big money's grip on our political process.

What It Will Take

Public funding has to become the law of the land. There is already legislation working its way through the Senate and the Congress, where it has bi-partisan support. But putting this legislation over the top is going to take grassroots pressure — meaning, it's going to take you. You and thousands like you whose special interest is a better America. Together we can raise our voices in a roar loud enough to be heard — and felt — all the way to Washington.
Public Funding Works

Public funding is not some experimental theory. Laws very much like the one we're supporting nationally are already proving themselves in Maine, Arizona, Connecticut and in cities from New York to Portland, Oregon. Not to mention, public funding in some form is used in virtually every other democracy on the planet. To find out more, click here. http://youstreet.org /

[bondwooley]

27. Thanks for the link! n/t

[w8liftinglady]

34. I will try out here in Red Hell..Joe Barton will back me up.

...but,you are absolutely right.it is something the tea partiers here have been ranting about...clarifying who is contributing...I say...OK..you asked for it.
Done..in Ellis County,anyway.

[scrubthedata]

35. "Red Hell" ... LOL. How true! n/t

[Kip Humphrey]

4. We fell back! :)

[caty]

5. We lost a battle

but I don't believe we've lost the war. I see this all turning around in our favor in 2012. We get two years of watching the repubs and the teabaggers making asses of themselves and ruining, even more, their credibility. And if we all work together, we have two years to get the word out about Democrats working for the best interest of the voters.

[pipi_k]

11. My thoughts....

exactly.

Democrats lost a bit of ground now, which may prove to be a benefit two years from now when people see that Republicans haven't done much better...in fact, may even make it worse.

At which point public opinion may turn around and make it possible for Democrats to be the majority again.

And Obama to be re-elected.

Yep, I think the next two years should be verrrrrry interesting.... ;)

[bondwooley]

18. It's just a shame that we have to play the wait-and-I-told-you-so game ;-( n/t

[pipi_k]

19. It is, but then, good things are worth waiting for.... ;) n/t

[bondwooley]

20. Not for the poor, jobless and sick :(. nt

[nevergiveup]

8. I do not know why

but I was not depressed over the results last Tuesday. Maybe it is because I still have a hangover from 2004 or maybe I am living in denial or maybe I just plain don't give a damn anymore.

[bondwooley]

29. Nevergiveup is thinking of giving up???? Say it isn't so! n/t

[scarletwoman]

12. I don't have a hangover yet, I've been staying drunk.

Seriously though, I don't think there's much anyone can do anymore except let this play out until the whole thing falls apart.

Electoral politics isn't going to help us, not while the overarching predatory capitalist system remains intact.

sw

[TicketyBoo]

14. One day

at a time.

[CLANG]

22. No hangover, except from all the booze I've been drinking...

I just chalk it up to life not being fair and balanced. We'll just have to hope the tide turns by 2012. I still am looking forward to being amused by watching the republicans self-destruct. Victory can sometimes be very fleeting.

[bondwooley]

23. The self-destruction is definitely something to watch.

But will the teabaggers realize that the GOP is self-destructing? Or just spin it with their delusions?

[Doctor_J]

24. Actively looking for work in another country

I was going to wait a couple years for my sabbatical, but this place is now beyond hope. Hoping to get out for next fall. I was actually optimistic that we would beging fighting back in serious by now, but it's very clear that we never will, that we're content to let the US become a third-world country.

Very sad, but feel blessed that I have options.

[bondwooley]

28. Just out of curiosity, what's on your short list of destinations? n/t

[Doctor_J]

31. Canada, Mexico, followed by anything in old Europe

Australia and New Zealand would be a last resort (too far). But I am not going to live out the end of my life in a 3rd-world dictatorship.

[bondwooley]

33. I know a former military guy who got fed up and he's having a blast in Mexico. n/t

[cliffordu]

25. Jesus and Vicoden.

internet porn

[bondwooley]

26. LOL! What a recipe! n/t

[Tx4obama]

30. Too busy the past three days thinking about Olbermann & not the mid-terms ;) n/t

[AlabamaLibrul]

32. I been too busy getting real hangovers since Tuesday to worry about it. n/t

[scrubthedata]

36. Then it's time for some action! n/t