Democrats and a lot of right thinking people across the political spectrum simply didn’t believe that Trump could win. Our unshakable American faith in the founder’s soaring rhetoric and the democratic process put us to sleep. And it helped put Trump over the top. The possibility of a Trump victory was too nuts get very worked up over. Even Hillary Clinton took her foot off the gas.
If you really believe something is impossible it is hard to talk yourself into taking the possibility of it happening seriously. It isn’t being lazy it is just being human.
For all of his faults Trump has had one positive effect on the country. He has taught us that the impossibly absurd is totally possible if we fail to act. That’s why so few Republicans are running unopposed this year. Nobody says, “It will all work out in the end.” We don’t have that luxury to be passengers on the bus anymore.
Democrats may not win back congress. They may fall short in some close races. But one thing is certain. If we fail it will not be because we didn’t take this mid-term election seriously.
This is a movement, not an election.
We are now awake.
