Comments on: On the Likely Behavior of Democrats in the 110th

By: pocomoco

pocomoco — Sun, 12 Nov 2006 03:09:54 +0000

"On the Likely Behavior of Democrats in the 110th" I just finished reading the Democrat's agenda on the DNC's web site for the upcoming year. For some reason it didn't include 'revenge' as their primary agenda topic. It must have been an oversight on their part.

By: Pug

Pug — Sun, 12 Nov 2006 03:02:24 +0000

I doubt the new Democrats will repeat the same stupid mistakes of the Republicans. Unfortunately, they will probably invent some new mistakes all their own.

Floyd, it seems the Republicans lacked border guards themselves, but they did have plenty of perversion.

By: geezer

geezer — Sun, 12 Nov 2006 01:17:31 +0000

A certain number of new House dems may have been moderate by dem standards, but each soon-to-be chairman was reelected by voters with the full knowledge of their liberal mindset. If Pelosi can tone these chairs down and get grownup business done over the next 2 years, we Repubs will be in for a hell of fight in '08. Early withdrawal from Iraq, tax hikes and interminable "payback" investigations into the last 6 years of gov't will piss off moderates and conservatives alike in both parties. Pelosi may be a lib, but she ain't stupid. The sting has worn off somewhat; I'm looking forward to seeing how it all plays out. If they screw it up, we have a chance to get back in. If they play to the center and get good things done, it'll make our party work harder and smarter. I trust our fellow countrymen to watch, MSM or no MSM, and act accordingly when the time comes.

By: just me

just me — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 22:13:19 +0000

I do think the voter got rather tired of the perpetual investigations during the Clinton years.

I suspect perpetual investigations, especially with the 14 hour news cycle the way it is now, will also quickly become tiring.

I realize that every democratic chairman wants to get a piece of the investigation, but frankly 2 or more years of investigations probably isn't what the voters were asking for (although some of them certainly may have been).

By: yetanotherjohn

yetanotherjohn — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 21:10:25 +0000

The problem is that I think they will in their heart of hearts think they are being reasonable when they do things that in turn will turn off the voters (see republicans in 1998). I don't know if the democratic left has a worse problem in regards to the echo chamber altering reality for them than the republican right, but it is clearly a problem for them.

By: floyd

floyd — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 20:44:50 +0000

jwb; We can only HOPE that they are disingenuous fakers. If the democrats do as they say, we are looking at the second coming of the Soviet, only with enforced perversions and no border guard.[lol]

By: just me

just me — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 20:40:29 +0000

My vote is with fakers, but I think they will continue to fake it as much as they can for the next couple of years.

By: jwb

jwb — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 20:16:37 +0000

The 104th acted like dunces because they campaigned on a cynical platform in which none of the candidates believed. The major points of the Contract with America were balanced budgets, open committee procedings, term limits, and supermajority votes for tax increases. But these were not the things the 104th actually accomplished. Instead they wasted their time on dead-end investigations of conspiracy theories cooked up by the most extreme of Clinton haters. Welfare reform was about the only accomplishment the 104th can claim.

The only way the 110th can repeat the performance of the 104th is if they are also a bunch of disingenuous fakers. I guess we'll find out soon enough.

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