The Democratic Party has been in steep decline for more than two
decades. And the pace of their descent has accelerated in recent
years.

Thanks to Democrat hero Bill Clinton, the Democrats have gone from
ruling the U.S. House of Representatives (they had a 267-168 majority,
as recently as 1991), to being a trivial minority party that often
watches -- like pedestrians on street corners -- as arch-conservative
measures sail through the lower chamber, often with 250 or even
300-plus votes in their favor. They've gone from having 56 seats in
the U.S. Senate to only 48. They've gone from holding 30 governorships
to only 22. The GOP, on the other hand, has gone from holding 18 state
houses to holding 28 of them; including those of the four largest
states by population. And, finally, the GOP has gone from controlling
the bi-cameral legislatures of merely 5 states, to being in complete
control over the legislative processes of 21 states. And the
Democrats? Over the exact same period, they've gone from running 21
state legislatures to merely 17.

The Democrats have fallen. And they're not getting up anytime soon.

The Democratic Party has been in steep decline for more than two decades. And
the pace of their descent has accelerated in recent years.

Thanks to Democrat hero Bill Clinton, the Democrats have gone from ruling the
U.S. House of Representatives (they had a 267-168 majority, as recently as
1991), to being a trivial minority party that often watches -- like
pedestrians on street corners -- as arch-conservative measures sail through
the lower chamber, often with 250 or even 300-plus votes in their favor.
They've gone from having 56 seats in the U.S. Senate to only 48. They've gone
from holding 30 governorships to only 22. The GOP, on the other hand, has
gone from holding 18 state houses to holding 28 of them; including those of
the four largest states by population. And, finally, the GOP has gone from
controlling the bi-cameral legislatures of merely 5 states, to being in
complete control over the legislative processes of 21 states. And the
Democrats? Over the exact same period, they've gone from running 21 state
legislatures to merely 17.

The Democrats have fallen. And they're not getting up anytime soon.