A Pretty Rough Day for Liberals

This will probably have to go down as Black Wednesday. Geeesh.

This smattering of headlines pretty much says it all. 

That bump one heard in the middle of the night was a primary result that shook the Democratic leadership to its core, illustrating the thin bench that exists for team blue. Then the day started with digesting the news that the Supreme Court upheld the President's authority on immigrant bans (bad policy, but I think the Court was right). After the breakfast dishes were cleaned up we see public sector unions dealt a nasty blow (mortal? maybe . . . we'll see) by the Court. Oh, and then the news breaks that Kennedy is retiring and the Republicans promise to red ball his replacement.

Shame the Republicans can't find the energy to tackle immigration with such diligence.

To those on the left (from one who is center-left): I'll simply urge ya'll to take heart and remember that payback is a b*tch. That payback will just have to wait until about 2022.

In many ways, the liberal portion of our political spectrum and the party that comes closest to representing it (the Democrats) aren't quite ready for prime time. And the next few years will offer the chance to find definition and leadership. In the long run, the Republicans' policies (which aren't really policies . . . aside from a tax cut their policy is to prevent legislation from going through so that resentment continues to simmer, motivating their base to come on out and vote against Nobama and Crooked Hillary in 2018 . . . will degrade workers' pay, build resentment among communities of color, and will balloon the national debt to levels we can't ignore. Then will begin the Republicans' forty years in the wilderness. The Democrats may as well have a leadership that can act on that opportunity when it arrives.