I, too, hope they are in for the long haul, but am afraid that the midterm election may not be as much of a start as we hope, new voters notwithstanding. We need candidates to vote FOR, not a party to vote against! Would that we had candidates who'd get the kind of loyalty the NRA backed have in abundance. Without electable candidates, a great influx of voters won't be any more effective than CPR for an assault rifle victim.

Where I am, in Ohio, a critical batch of elections may bring no change, or a swing to the right, because the Democratic Party is squabbling amongst primary candidates, in a place where we need a HUGE majority due to republican biased gerrymandering. This election's version of Berniecrats can screw the whole shooting match (so to speak).

I believe energy spent on expressions of outrage should be matched with effort to find candidates who have clear intentions to correct unjust situations. While we all vote with the heart, and emotions, being pissed off shouldn't be the primary reason for voting for someone, not if we want resolution rather than conflict.

I pray that the urge to inclusiveness that these young people show fuels their activism, and that they don't blame the current state of affairs on ALL of my generation.

Joanne, in the Democratic enclave of the east side of Cleveland