Dylan Loewe: Democrats Still Winning the Long Game

I-and a lot of people I know- am concerned about the possibilities of Republican gains this November.  Not just concerned, but mad and scared!

This column from the Huffington Posts helps look at things in a longer term perspective.  And gives those of us who support a Progressive agenda bright hope for the future.

It’s a longer article than I am comfortable posting in full here, so I encourage you to click the link, after this short excerpt,  and read the whole thing.  It’s not too long…and well worth reading.

I know what you’re thinking. It feels like things can’t get much worse for the Democrats — and that if it can, it will. We had so much momentum after 2008, so much hope and excitement, and now, as we march reluctantly toward the midterms, it feels like all of our efforts are unraveling. Republicans are poised to ride a wave election, conceivably as large as in 1994, and Exhibit A of their success may well be pronounced “Speaker John Boehner.” How’s that for a shiver down your spine?

But there is actually plenty of reason to be optimistic about the future of the Democratic Party — and the progressive ideals it represents. You just have to be able to look past November to see it.

I know that’s a tall order. In a 24-hour news cycle, in a minute-to-minute blogosphere, looking beyond the next election isn’t so easy to do. It’s not even that easy to look beyond the next news cycle. Go to any website, read any newspaper, and the sense you get is that nothing exists after November. Decisions made today, actions taken by both parties, are seen through a narrow lens. We ask, what will their impact be this fall, without any regard for what their impact will be in the years that follow.

But if you step back, look beyond the current moment, and consider the broader context, you’ll see that Democrats are actually in tremendously strong shape for the long term. What happens this November isn’t inconsequential. But it’s also likely to be a temporary bump on a road toward Democratic dominance.

via Dylan Loewe: Democrats Still Winning the Long Game.