Both spell doom for anyone who prefers a more authoritarian approach to governance.

Throw in the bias in our economic situation and their denial of anything that helps the population in general becomes more pronounced and irate.

Unfortunately, it appears that people tend to become more rigid and stalwart the older they get. That is counterproductive to being more progressive, diverse, and liberal in our society. Yet, we seem to automatically accept a level of competence solely because one is beyond a certain age. Of course, we have been programmed for the past one hundred years to believe that they are the elite in our society. So, this attitude is not surprising.

I have only been here for 60 years, but in that time I have seen enough to be able to say that age does not foster intelligence nor maturity. I have been around too many 14 year olds that were far more mature and intelligent than most adults, and FAR too many people in their 40s, 50s, 60s, and even beyond who were little more than spoiled brats.

These days, with 12 year old millionaires and 80 year old man-babies, I find it a little sad that we still seem to want to believe that age automatically means maturity and intelligence.

Republican ideology is old and outdated, and they find themselves unable to compete fairly.
They know it and we know it.

Of course now they have to convince voters that they don't want a voice in their state government. The sheep have to be told that voters don't know what's good for themselves.

That's going to take some propaganda campaign, but Republicans have proven over and over that they will vote against their better interests.

They support it when it benefits them, and oppose it when it doesn’t.

In my humble opinion, the biggest failure of Dems in the 21st century is our fixation on national politics and attendant neglect of more local politics. It is the 50 states that elect a president, not the country as a whole. Elections are fought in the trenches, after all. And as long as we're saddled with our anachronistic Electoral College system, four years of fighting at the state level between presidential contests will be crucial.