I wonder if Justice Ginsberg can hold out another 4 to 8 years, or will we end up

[LiberalArkie]

with another justice Thomas?

[shenmue]

1. I just hope

she can.

[SoCalNative]

2. She only needs to hold on

until 2016. Then Hillary can appoint a nice liberal, and by then the Senate (and maybe even the House) will be back under Dem control.

[LiberalArkie]

3. The republicans still control the voting machines and tabulators

The Democrats had a chance to change the laws on the machines, but they did not.

[Phlem]

7. you forgot the media as well.

[GitRDun]

4. Two words

Richard Posner. Let's see them try to block this Reagan appointee

[Calista241]

5. I don't believe we'll win the house back until a new census and new districts

are drawn. Sucks, but the structural makeup of the country is against us. Tom Delay was definitely an evil genius when it came designing that system.

[sabbat hunter]

6. we would need

the democratic party to win state houses to get new districts drawn that would help out our candidates.

I would prefer that an unbiased committee draw the lines (like what is going to happen in NYS now that the voters have approved of a new ballot measure)