In response to:
"[We] lost to an out-of-touch, incompetent, petty man who centered his campaign around Mitt Romney's bank account and Big Bird."
Newsflash: It was Mitt Romney who refused to be transparent regarding his income and wealth. It was also Mitt Romney who made Big Bird an election issue.
"We didn't get beaten by Bill Clinton in a great economy; we got beaten by another Michael Dukakis in the midst of a terrible economy."
And to think - I'm always trying to educate TH READERS on basic facts. But John Hawkins has, once again, shown himself to be a rube.
Keep up with the sagely advice on "how to win" an election; 2016 will be here before you know it and our side needs clowns like you to ensure another Democrat wins the Whitehouse.
Let's not sugarcoat it: we got our teeth kicked in on Tuesday. Sure, we added governorships and held our ground in the House, but we went backwards in the Senate and lost to an out-of-touch, incompetent, petty man who centered his campaign around Mitt Romney's bank account and Big Bird. We didn't get beaten by Bill Clinton in a great economy; we got beaten by another Michael Dukakis in the midst of a terrible economy. On the upside, if people have ever wondered what Jimmy Carter's second term would have looked like, then they're about to find out.
Since...
Gotta love that - you must be using the word "professional" loosely. Or just referring to the fact that you get paid not that you behave professionally in the sense that you have the integrity to act responsibly or tell the truth.