well the Dems. have not stood up to the challenge and I see it as the party has lost its way. Proof is in the votes, so many dems. have lost heart in the party and not voted that the republicans, who saw the chance, got out and voted. Thus the republican canidates won even though more then 50% of the populace did not vote.
So now we have a man who may or may not be our president and both the house and senate going to the republicans, we are in for some hard times and few choices.