I know a lot of people are disgusted with the Democratic Party, as well they should be.

The DNC lawsuit over the primary rigging proves that the Democratic Party is corrupt, and that isn't the only DNC lawsuit.

Polls show that Dem voters are increasingly identifying as independents.

So what's the point, right? Why bother with this corrupt loser of a party?

Unfortunately it's not that simple.

Our political system is rigged against 3rd parties.

If you want proof, just look at how poorly the Green and Libertarian parties did in 2016, despite running against quite possibly the two most unpopular presidential candidates of all time.

If the Greens and Libertarians failed to make a move in 2016, when could they? What extraordinary conditions would be necessary to make it happen? And what evidence do you see if that happening in the near future?

It's one thing to be skeptical, it's another to be defeatist.

This is why Bernie Sanders decided to try and reform the Democratic Party.

Is it a long-shot, uphill battle? Yes, without a doubt. But unlike a real 3rd party challenge, the war to reform the Dems has already begun.

Even more importantly, the stars are beginning to align for a "wave election" for the Dems in 2018.



By a 54 – 38 percent margin, American voters want the Democratic Party to win control of the U.S. House of Representatives. This is the widest margin ever measured for this question in a Quinnipiac University poll, exceeding a 5 percentage point margin for Republicans in 2013.

That's a huge positive for the Dems, which is likely to get even bigger in 2018 for several reasons.

1) The AHCA



A new Morning Consult/Politico poll released Wednesday showed just 38% of people surveyed said they were in favor of the American Health Care Act and 44% are against the bill.

A poll released by The Economist/YouGov on Wednesday also showed 33% approval for the AHCA and 50% disapproval.

Another poll released Monday by HuffPost/YouGov also showed the AHCA was unpopular with 31% approval and 44% disapproval.

Even if the AHCA doesn't pass the Senate, the Repubs are now on the hook for Obamacare imploding in 2018, simply because they took up the issue while they were in control. Passing the AHCA won't stop that from happening. So the GOP failure here will only become a bigger issue.

2) Presidential approval ratings generally peak after 100 days and then decline. It begs the question of how low can Trump's ratings go? At some point the Repubs in Congress will throw him under the bus.



3) Already the third-longest economic expansion in American history, chances are very high that the economy will start shrinking between now and November 2018.



China's bubble economy is also likely to burst before 2018, and that will have negative impacts around the globe.

On Trump's plus side, he's likely to be able to declare victory over ISIS in the next few months. Mosul is probably only weeks away from falling, while the Battle of Raqqa is about to begin.

But victories in the summer of 2017 will be long forgotten in the fall of 2018, especially in another recession.

To sum it up, the Dems have a real shot at taking back the House in 2018.

But if it means Nancy Pelosi being Speaker again, then the change won't mean much.



However, if the progressive insurgency can primary-out a couple dozen corporate Dems like Pelosi, and develop a progressive agenda that goes beyond "Scary Republicans! Racism!", then it could change everything.