New England now free of Republicans in Congress

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Well, it was only a matter of time...

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Perhaps, it's time to think of creating a new second party for the region?

That's only worked twice in the last century, AFAIK (Farmer-Labor in MN and the NPL in ND).

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Perhaps, it's time to think of creating a new second party for the region?

That's only worked twice in the last century, AFAIK (Farmer-Labor in MN and the NPL in ND).

The thing is, the conditions seem to be perfect here. NE does not have any real impediments to democracy (it is not the old Solid South).  Given the near death of the R party in the region, it should not be hard to compete. And there are signs this is happening. There is Sanders (and a bunch of his supporters in VT legislature). There is Lieberman in CT. Actually, it seems an independent is managing to get into the MA House this time (still not called, though). The space is there - either the local Republicans do something, or it will be taken.

If somebody (say Chirsty Mihos) were to put up the money for a coherent anti-Democratic party, I'm sure it could be done: the Democrats have had their share of scandals. But they are also the party of incumbency, and they have the establishment on their side.

This one-party state is unnatural, but I think it's the Republicans who will fill the void, once they get competent leadership and some money. The two-party system is entrenched on all levels, and regional parties are very rare. Though it would bbe more fun to have one.

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Who needs two parties to have a democracy?  Not us.

The thought of any place as populated as New England voting single-party in the 21st century is beyond repugnant. Perhaps we will need to bus twenty-something Freedom Riders at the risk of their lives into the region to register suppressed right-leaning voters there.

Don't blame the voters - the Republican Party just moved away from them both ideologically and geographically.  A more reasonable two party system for the Northeast would be 'New' Democrat and Social Democrat.

Likely true. That still doesn't mean the rightists there, all 40 of them, aren't in fact "disenfranchised" by being a permanent helpless minority there.

I really don't feel sorry for them. Anarachists everywhere feel that way, don't they?

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Meanwhile, here in the Commonwealth, Democrats picked up 3 more seats in the State House: 8th Middlesex, 2nd Bristol, and 2nd Hampden.  All were open GOP held seats.  Republicans are now pushed back to 16 out of 160.

LOL.