2014 Is Pretty Much Here

The Dems had better not be waiting for Obama to lead on anything.  The campaign for Congress in 2014 is not about Obama for the Democrats; with all the Dem Senators bailing, it will take a national campaign to rally Democratic voters for the upcoming off-year election.  There are now four guaranteed winners for a national Democrats go get behind: minimum wage increase; voting rights; women's rights and health care; immigration reform.  If Democratic leadership is interested in controlling both the House and the Senate in 2015, they should be formulating a vibrant national campaign based on national issues to unify the Democratic party voters.  In many places gun control, marijuana legalization, gay marriage rights and other issues are also winners--and certainly should be used to pummel Republicans in the ballsack over and over during the campaign--but those four core issues are huge winners everywhere, and should be molded into a singular, rock-ribbed Democratic message.