So where do we go from here . . .

[beachmom]

I just wanted to start a new thread in terms of how everyone plans to react to this bad election. I actually am of two minds. On one hand, I really wish I had never registered to vote in Georgia. Why? Because my vote doesn't count, nor will it count for many years to come. Worse, this has opened the floodgates for jury duty here which in my view is a major hardship. In my county, people are constantly being called up. Much more so than anywhere else I have lived. Not only that, the jury duty is located at a courthouse in Atlanta where Brian Nichols shot up the place and killed all those people; on a bad traffic day it is a 2 hour commute one way. It is in a bad neighborhood, and I got struck with a horrific trial that lasted 5 days that gave me nightmares. Atlanta is a very rough city with many very bad criminals who do bad things. That's just the reality. It was a hardship on my family as well. If anyone wants more info on my trial, I will PM you, but obviously, I need to keep my anonymity here. For all that, I got to vote for a bunch of Democrats who all got clobbered, plus I had to do a write in against Tom Price who was unopposed. (My write in was "Not Tom Price"!) Bottom line: Georgia is completely red and a hopeless state for Democrats. I don't think the DNC or DCCC or DSCC should waste money here except maybe for the few remaining Congressmen.

http://www.ajc.com/news/georgia-politics-elections/georgia-election-gop-rides-714415.html?cxtype=rss_news

Georgia Republicans on Tuesday finished the job they started in 2002: consolidating control of state government by sweeping every major statewide office.

Republicans control the governership, both state houses, both Senators, lieutenant governor, attorney general, insurance commissioner, secretary of state, state school superintendent and agriculture commissioner. Plus we lost another Democratic Congressman (a blue dog, Rep. Marshall); we only have a few Congressmen left most representing carved out minority districts. I mean, it is beyond pathetic. Oh, and the new Governor is massively corrupt, was brought up on ethics charges in Congress, and only got out of them because he resigned to run for Governor.

I just don't care about Democratic politics in Georgia. We are basically a cult and that's it. I did go to some meetings, and will in the future but purely for social reasons.

But before you guys think I am totally pessimistic, I actually think prospects maybe good for Democrats in '12; in other states that is. I plan on opening my wallet for '12, and not just for Obama. So I will be more active in that sense.

So there you have my schizophrenic reaction to all of this. I don't believe in a 50 state strategy when it comes to a state like Georgia but I do think we can gain some ground back in the midwest and maybe other parts of the South by '12. What do you guys think?