You realized of course that 3 months from now this website will be dead

[ThomWV]

Prediction: By the end of January, a week and a half after the inauguration, this web site will not get 1/3 of the daily traffic it does today. Do you agree?

[yardwork]

1. LOL! Apparently you have forgotten the primaries.

Democrats love to fight among themselves.

[Richard D]

2. I hope so.

[Eric J in MN]

3. And in 2010 traffic will go up again.

Political websites usually get more traffic during the leadup to an election.

[Fuzz]

4. Yeah, this is the peak season.

;)

[madinmaryland]

5. I call bull on that.

There is a lot of work that needs to get done over the next four years, that we need to keep working on!

[stillcool]

6. nah..there will always be a Fitzmas..

a war, or some kind of stuff going on. It's life.

[PalinHater]

disagree

It will drop, but not that much. And, once we have a Dem leading the nation, and a whole lot more Dem's in place in general, it's still our duty to hold their feet to the fire. I'm elated to see Obama win, but he's nowhere near "left" enough for me, and moved to the center in recent months as a tactic. We're still spending $500,000 a day for the "war" in Iraq, among a whole lot of other serious problems. Kos has it right - you never stop pushing to institute the Progressive agenda, or the fascist scum will rise right back up. "The struggle is never over."

[plaintiff]

34. Your figure is a little bit off...we're spending 435 MILLION - not thousand - a day.

...
That's $435,000,000.00
:scared:

[alfredo]

7. it will slow down. In some ways it is more fun being the insurgent than

"The Man." So it will be an adjustment for us who have spent all these years in the trenches.

[caraher]

12. We still won't be "The Man"

I think most of DU will be very vigilant about making sure Obama makes good on the promise of "Change." And I think most of us are to his left, so it will continue to be a struggle, perhaps just not as desperate/urgent as before.

[alfredo]

29. Oh yeah, we will have to make sure all our Dem reps do right by us.

We will probably be busy debunking false charges from the right, just like during the Clinton years.

[GreenPartyVoter]

8. It might slow down a little, but we will still be here hashing out ideas of

what President Obama can be doing, complaining about RW hate media, gnashing our teeth over the economy (and rightfully so). Etc, etc, etc

There will always be something for us to talk about. We're gabby people. It's what we do. :P

[Auggie]

9. I don't agree. The need to discuss and disseminate information under conservative

media ownership will keep sites like this relevant. And there's no way the Right is going to take a passive approach to Democratic leadership. You can bet they're ready to hatch their chaotic plans.

[John Q. Citizen]

10. Volume will decrease but many will post and read. We will attack and defend,

debate and denounce, mull over and kibitz.

It will be with more hope though.

[lonestarnot]

11. Well once an addict always an addict, ask cindy McMoosebreath.

[dmallind]

13. Absolutely no chance

I give it less than two months before there is rampant twitter about Obama being a DINO Blue Dog plant and Clintonian traitor because he doesn't immediately end all free trade agreements, institute 90% tax rates on incomes above $100K, have the Feds arrest Cheney and Bush and every single cabinet member who worked for them, or whatever nonsense can be thought up to make him a disappointment and not a "real" progressive.

[slackmaster]

14. No, I don't believe that will happen

Every criticism of President Obama will result in a proliferation of "Did you hear what those racist, sexist, homophobic $%^&*@s said about our President?" threads.

And that is fine with me.

[DinahMoeHum]

15. I got news for you, pal. Our work will only have just STARTED. . .

AFTER the inauguration. Then the real hard work kicks in.

Getting our candidates elected is the easy part. It will be up to people like us at DU to keep their feet to the fire and pass the legislation needed to repair our country.

So while traffic volume may decrease a little bit, it won't be by much. Obviously, some of us will need to vacation, rest and recharge ourselves after all this - but many of us will be back.

:kick:

[Stinky The Clown]

16. Thom, I think you're wrong.

The site will be consumed with internecine warring that will eclipse the primaries. The Democrats have at least three broad factions: uberliberal (progressive) ...... liberal ....... moderate/conservative.

Obama will not be able to serve all three.

All three will fight constantly.

[Forkboy]

40. You nailed it.

You've been here too long. ;)

[katmondoo]

17. We are going to have to fight the right wing attacks

against Obama. I predict they will be far worse than what was done to Clinton. Everything he tries to do in the future will be hit with lies and obstruction

[fla nocount]

18. We're just putting a fresh jockey on the same sway-backed nag,

We've got our foot in the door, we can't stop now. Many so called Democrats need to be replaced in the primaries, simple party affiliation is not enough to represent WE the people.

We are fielding a Presidential candidate who votes to the right of Robt. Byrd...there's plenty to do.

[livetohike]

19. There's always something to talk about such as the recall or

impeachment of Governor Palin :-). There will still be lunatics in the Senate and House like Lieberman for instance.

[Marrah_G]

20. One can hope !

[liberal N proud]

21. Nah, What is left of the republicans will be attacking the Democrats

Night and day and we will have that to discuss.

[Chimichurri]

22. It will be quieter but it won't be dead. Once you look into the abyss of politics,

it's hard to look away. It's finally reached a crescendo this election. People woke up from their deep slumber to discover they've woken into a real life soap opera with real consequences. The pain people are and will continue feeling financially and otherwise has put the desire to search for what the hell happened into their morning routine.

I don't know about you but those around me I've been trying to shake awake to no avail, have finally come around to becoming extremely engaged. They call me now instead of the other way around to tell me about the unbelievable things they discovered have been happening under the Bush nightmare.

It will take a generation before they let go. Like the 1930s generation who are still aware of politics to this day, this new wave of concerned citizens too will remain engaged.

[onethatcares]

33. yeah, it's great ain't it?

my wife, anotherthatcares, woke up the day caribou barbie was selected. She never stops anymore. That's ok with me.:toast:

[ailsagirl]

23. It depends on whether the neocons steal the election, yes?

As you can see, I don't trust those bastards-- nothing is too nefarious for them

[ensho]

24. maybe - the 4th will be chaos

nt

[BR_Parkway]

25. Partly right - concern trolls, agitators and even the occassional reporter

will stop checking in - that's pretty certain.

But a lot of us will still be here holding the ones we send to Washington and state capitals accountable. Unlike the other side, we don't think it's simply important to elect someone with the right Letter behind their name. We think that it's critical that we elect people who will do the right thing when they're there, and listen to us when we think they aren't.

And then of course, we're Dems - we have to fight amongst ourselves - it's part of the dysfunction that makes our family what it is!

[Leopolds Ghost]

31. And people to the populist left of Reid and Pelosi will be labled "concern trolls" n/t

[Crunchy Frog]

26. No.

[devilgrrl]

27. No, this site will be just as busy.

And that's what I'm saying.

[LSK]

28. no way, this is addicting and you cant stop

I thought I would let up after 2006 but no way!!!

[Leopolds Ghost]

30. It will slow down if the mods start locking threads that criticize the administration from its left

Which is the natural progression for most political factions / social organizations.

[onethatcares]

32. Nah, i think it'l get half the traffic,

after all, it's up to us to keep the Democratic Party leaders and our elected representation aware of why they are in office. It's not to eat the cheeze.

Peace.

[Stump]

35. I think it'll be pretty busy...

But not as crazy as now I hope...

[Terran]

36. Very doubtful

There's still plenty to talk about. :eyes:

[lunatica]

37. I don't agree because the republicans are going to either steal

the elections, or start screaming that it was stolen from them. Either way there's going to be shit flung fast and hard.

[dhpgetsit]

38. LOL!

I confess I wasn't here until recently.
But I'm sure glad this site is around. I promise I'll contribute after my wife finds a job. And I like to think I'll stick around because I know we will need to hold the Dems' feet to the fire and make them do right by us.

[Cleita]

39. This website will never die unless the administrators decide not to

sponsor it anymore. There is just too much work to be done and it will take decades. I surely will be gone before then, but I hope to live long enough to see this cancer being excised from my country.