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I agree. There are plenty of great Democrats who are living in red states, or red areas within blue states--maybe it's because I grew up in a rural area myself, and have family from more conservative states, but while I'll concede that there are people who we can't reach, and there are people we have to worry about holding onto, we are still in a minority on every level now--we're at point where we need races of every kind now, from the bottom up. And that includes in rural areas, too. You can still hold onto anger, while also acknowledging the pain of others. They're not necessarily mutually exclusive.

Why not Rita Cosby . While it's still March 25th, in "the universe loves a cruel cosmic joke" news, today is Gloria Steinem's birthday...and Anita Bryant's birthday, too (yes, she's still alive--she's actually six years younger than Gloria). I just find it hilarious and weird that these two iconic, diametrically opposite women actually share the same birthday. I could watch this clip forever. I wonder if Anita still enjoys eating pie. Even better? This wasn't in a so-called godless heathen city like New York or LA. This was in little, All-American Des Moines, Iowa (where I once lived, for the record). Pied by a gay protester in Middle America. I love it. I will say this, though: When I went to the Women's March in DC in January, and got to hear Gloria speak up close, that was such an incredible moment. I wasn't anywhere near the stage, or one of the Jumbotrons, and at times it was hard to hear her over the crowd, but I don't care. I still got to hear her speak in person.

The love child of Ann Coulter and Kellyanne Conway if she were cloned from Hayden Panettiere and sent off to be sold at Dollar General is OUT! And trust me, pro-choice or not, I sure as hell don't claim her. http://thehill.com/homenews/media/324880-tomi-lahren-suspended-at-the-blaze-report (Also, my apologies to Hayden Panettiere and Dollar General.)

He certainly got her mannerisms down, that's for damn sure. That was MERCILESS. And very, very funny.

I love her so much. Sam Bee is almost single-handedly making this presidency bearable for me (well, almost). This is from last night's show--and it's important that Democrats like me listen to this, too. (Mainly the overall message about showing up and voting, but also that it's probably NOT a good idea to show white people rapping a song about a candidate in a special election in Montana. That's important, too. )

Meanwhile, our President's newest target? Snoop Dogg!

I'm sorry. I wasn't trying to lump anyone together. I know that everyone has differences. I hope I didn't sound stupid. I wasn't trying to cause any trouble.

Absolutely. And that's why I'm hoping the Governor's races in Virginia and New Jersey this year will get more attention in the press once their primaries are over--it doesn't start in 2018, it starts this year. And while I understand the distaste by some about thinking the idea that Democrats have to redirect towards rural America/rural white voters, the fact of the matter is the Democrats are in such a minority now--on the presidential level, Senate/Congressional level, Gubernatorial level, and the Legislative level--we have no choice but to talk to and reach out to EVERYONE now. We're just trying to win the lowest ranked seats back, or at all, really. I'm not saying we should cater specifically to Trump voters--to the contrary, there are many people who voted for him that we will never reach--but we do need to show up, everywhere. Campaign everywhere, and talk to people, in part because the idea of a swing state still hypothetically exists. Obviously we need to hang on to the voters we already have, and continue to get younger voters who will voting for the first time these next few years registered to vote, but there are voters all over the country we need to reach, for every level of office imaginable. We're at a point as Democrats where we can't afford to pick and choose anymore. We need to win, and win as big as we possibly can, these next few years. I'm not saying we should waste money in areas we will never win, but we should at least visit/try to recruit people in those districts/areas before we give up entirely. And hell, there are even ways to marry the concerns between rural voters and women/minority voters into one strategy. While there may be a lot more POC living in city areas, there are rural areas--especially in the South--where they make up a significant percentage of that population as well. Obviously that will require work in fighting voter suppression, but it's another factor to consider, too.

It's great to see Kassie looking so well. And at the risk of sounding like both a broken record and a hopeless fan girl, it does my heart good to see a recent picture of JDP again. Have I mentioned how much I love him? I guess it's been awhile. I wish there could be a TV movie where Donna Mills and Morgan Fairchild could play sisters. I always thought they be very convincing.

And then they dare to get upset at those few Evangelicals (or others of faith, for that matter, like the Mormons*) who actually stood up and said Trump was terrible. Hell no. *Well, some Mormons, anyway. Many in Utah wound up voting for Trump after all, although the numbers, I think, and certainly their level of support, was not the same as GOPers have gotten from them in the past.

Oh, there's definitely competition for 2018 against Hogan (it's next year). We have several County Executives who would be good. (For the record, that's as lame as it sounds--it's actually a big position here in MD for our counties. I will say that I'd like to see Congressman John Sarbanes--son of our former Senator Paul Sarbanes--run for higher office here someday.)

I'm just curious what he's going to do until he decides (if he decides) to run for office again (and what he WILL run for). Then again, he did start an organization called Let America Vote, which seeks to end voter suppression, so he does have that. Maryland could use a few rising stars nowadays--we used to have Martin O'Malley, and I still love him, but that hasn't turned out so well as of now. And Chris Van Hollen--and he's great, I've met him a few times before--but he's going to be in the Senate for a long, long time more likely than not (that's certainly not a complaint!). Like I've said before, beating Larry Hogan will be harder than it should be here, but we CAN make it competitive.

A short but interesting interview with Teen Vogue's Lauren Duca on how they are reaching teenage girls (and beyond) with politics now. And it definitely drives me crazy when people act like teenage girls can't possibly be interested in politics. I sure as hell was when I was a teenager--I was 15 during the 2004 presidential election. It IS possible to be both a typical teenage girl, interested in typical teenage girl things, while also expressing an interest in learning about politics. http://www.motherjones.com/media/2017/02/teen-vogue-lauren-duca

Keeping his priorities straight, as always:

I hope she had a good laugh over this, if that's even possible. She's certainly earned it. http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/322288-clinton-spotted-reading-report-that-pence-used-private-email

At least of portion of my dad's family did. And my parents are from Arkansas--they were in Fayetteville in college when Bill & Hillary taught at the law school there. I love my grandfather, but I know better than to talk about this, especially since I'm so active in Democratic politics. It makes me more sad than angry, honestly. ' One of my dear friends from college is a Republican who voted for Trump. She's always been upfront about it, and we still talk, but I sometimes wonder if I'm being a hypocrite because of that.

I'm always afraid of coming across as an [!@#$%^&*] when I disagree with someone. I know for all your bluster, though, you have the heart of a pussycat.

With all due respect Carl--and you know I love you--I just don't see why you keep going back to this narrative. At all. I know some of it may have started out as her being upset with how he insulted her old boss Jeb Bush, but she's certainly kept at it longer than she could have. Amanda Carpenter too, for that matter, although I think she's slowly reversing herself a bit. Yep. Republicans there HATE him. He no doubt would have lost to John Gregg for Governor of Indiana had Trump not chosen him as his running mate. Escaping his ever shrinking poll numbers there was about the greatest thing to ever happen to him...even if it was at the expense of our country as a whole.

Angela Rye is certainly not having it.

Loved it might be going too far, but I didn't hate it.

He IS called Tom, though, so that didn't bother me much. And I don't see him being like John Kerry, but YMMV.

I love Dexter Fowler. As a Cubs fan I wish he hadn't gone to the Cardinals (they're our main rivals ), but good for him for standing up to the idiots out there. All of this. Congrats to Tom, and I'm looking to seeing him and Keith work together.

Didn't some Democrats actually win a few seats in the state legislature there last year, in large part as a response to the damage Brownback has done? That should at least be somewhat promising, especially if people are getting elected at that level.

I don't think they're pointless AT ALL. The Democratic Party is at a true crosswords right now, and with a Hillary/Bernie debate basically going on by proxy between Perez and Ellison, we need to see what they want to do with the party, while also taking steps to unite it at the same time. Well, I have roots in Indiana so it didn't bother me. (Of course, Perez is from Maryland like I am, but that's not my reason for supporting him in the first place--that said, I'll admit he could've been stronger tonight.) But I understand where you're coming from.

I agree. For the record, my top 4 choices are: 1. Tom Perez 2. Pete Buttigieg 3. Jaime Harrison 4. Keith Ellison I LOVED seven year old Toby speaking to Tom Cotton. My parents grew up in Northwest Arkansas, so needless to say, I'm quite proud of those roots right now.