Republicans Crush Democrats At State Level, Control Two-Thirds Of Legislatures Now

[Karmadillo]

http://www.ibtimes.com/republicans-crush-democrats-state-level-control-two-thirds-legislatures-now-1719717

Republicans Crush Democrats At State Level, Control Two-Thirds Of Legislatures Now
By David Sirota
November 05 2014

On the eve of this week’s election, HBO comedian John Oliver delivered a hilarious reminder of how important -- yet ignored -- state legislatures are. Democratic donors didn’t seem to get the message, as they dumped almost 16 times more money into the party organization that waged a handful of Senate campaigns than into the organization that runs their national campaign for state legislatures.

According to data compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) raised more than $146 million in the 2014 election cycle. In that same time, the party’s group that finances state legislative races, the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee (DLCC), raised just $9.3 million. That haul was dwarfed by the nearly $26 million raised by the Republican State Leadership Committee.

To put the DLCC's fundraising total into context, consider Kentucky’s election. Democratic candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes raised almost double the amount of money for her single unsuccessful U.S. Senate bid than the national party apparatus raised for its campaign for more than 6,000 state legislative seats.

To be sure, other groups not officially affiliated with the political parties spend money to influence state elections. But the parties’ fundraising groups like the DSCC and DLCC provide a significant chunk of the total campaign cash that is spent in elections.

The election results starkly reflected the decision by party donors and operatives to direct so few resources into state races. As the National Conference of State Legislatures reports, Democrats are now “at their lowest point in state legislatures in nearly a century.” In this week’s election Democrats lost their majorities in legislative chambers in Washington, Colorado, Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York and West Virginia. In all, NCSL reports that there are 67 legislative chambers controlled by Republicans and just 29 controlled by Democrats. Republicans gained seats in every region; with a pickup of between 350 and 375 seats, they control more than 4,100 of the country's 7,383 legislative seats.

more...

[onehandle]

1. America is dead. nt

[newblewtoo]

2. Kick and Kick again

Please read and re read this thread. "Think globally and act locally." "All politics are local." " Words? Mere words?"

Think about it. We are being bled white. This is no accident. While we are spending millions against the likes of Scott Brown, the Republicans are taking over the local State House. When they control the States they can convene a Constitutional Convention and pass to amendments. What is the long term strategy at play here?

[Adsos Letter]

3. Constitutional Convention?

Would push for Christian Nation language if the Religious Right gets it's way.

[Odin2005]

4. If they try to do a state-led constitutional convention we are fucked.

They will try to turn the US into a Authoritarian-Theocratic shit-hole where only white male Protestant Christian property-owners can vote. California and the northern blue states will try to secede, the Fascists will not allow it and it will be Civil War 2.0. Millions will die and 10s of millions will be displaced, injured, and traumatized. The republic will be destroyed.

[Karmadillo]

5. Kick