What Will Dems Do Now?

[red states rule]

Now that Dems have had their clock cleaned in this election, what will Dems do now?

Will they "talk" about bipartisanship or still stick with tax and spend liberalism? Given that many Blue Dogs and liberals have been fired, it seems to me there are more liberal Demmocrats in Congress, so I do not see Dems giving an inch on policy

Also, will Harry Reid have a fight to stay Senate majority leader? Again, given the ass kicking Dems just took at the polls will someone step up and tell Harry to sit down?

You have Chucky Schumer, Patrick Leahy and Barbara Mikulski who have been around for awhile and have to be pissed the things have gone

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[CSM]

The Dems will do what they always do. Talk about bipartisanship and cooperation then whine about the conservatives and republicans not being fair, etc. In the end they will blame Bush.

[KarlMarx]

What they should do is

abandon class warfare and socialism and the rhetoric of the past 40+ years

and come up with ideas that work for a change

of course, they might lose their kook fringe supporters, but so what?

[gabosaurus]

Now that Dems have had their clock cleaned in this election, what will Dems do now?



Same thing the Republicans did after the 2008 election -- bitch and whine and moan for a while, then dedicate themselves to causing trouble for the next two years. It will be politics as usual, with a different side in control. Nothing will get done, and everyone will lose.

[Little-Acorn]

In the end they will blame Bush.

This election might mark a historic, and surprising, end to that policy.

They'll blame John Boehner instead.

[SassyLady]

Just watched some of the Obama speech ... need to sit down later and watch entire thing...but he doesn't seem as arrogant today.

[gabosaurus]

Perhaps Obama needs to start a war. That worked wonders for Dubya's popularity.

[Trigg]

Perhaps Obama needs to start a war. That worked wonders for Dubya's popularity.

which city do you want the muslim extremists to blow up?

[red states rule]

Same thing the Republicans did after the 2008 election -- bitch and whine and moan for a while, then dedicate themselves to causing trouble for the next two years. It will be politics as usual, with a different side in control. Nothing will get done, and everyone will lose.

It is amazing how the losers of the election are now demanding the winners of the election compromise with them

After what Dems have "accomplished" in two years it would not be so bad if nothing more was "accomplished"

[MtnBiker]

Perhaps Obama needs to start a war.

Obama has started a war. However I doubt that his popularity will improve much from his war on prosperity.

[jimnyc]

Perhaps Obama needs to start a war. That worked wonders for Dubya's popularity.

And just how sad is it that with 8 years of things to blame on Bush and make fun of him for - he's still more popular than Obama (and obviously more qualified, but then again, any kid who successfully operated a paper route would as well).

[gabosaurus]

And just how sad is it that with 8 years of things to blame on Bush and make fun of him for - he's still more popular than Obama (and obviously more qualified, but then again, any kid who successfully operated a paper route would as well).

Silly boy! After all the whining and moaning and bitching that the GOP did two years ago about how the general election should not be a referendum about Dubya, who would have thought that the 2010 midterms would be used as a referendum about Obama.
Bush allowed our country to be attacked, invaded a sovereign country to take care of a personal grudge and ran a re-election campaign that politicized the deaths of over 3,000 dead in the Sept. 11 attacks. His popularity only exists among those who enjoy death and torture and share a longstanding dislike of black people.

[SpidermanTUba]

Now that Dems have had their clock cleaned in this election, what will Dems do now?

We still hold the Senate and the White House. We'll do what the party who holds the White House and half the Congress always does - blame the opposition party in the other house for obstructing everything.

Believe it or not what gets candidates elected to the office of President has more to do with them as individual candidates than their party. That's why Clinton was able to beat Dole - it wasn't because of a groundswell of support for the Dems, it was because Dole was a bad candidate and Clinton was a good one.


Will they "talk" about bipartisanship or still stick with tax and spend liberalism?

As opposed to what the new Republican majority will have to offer "spend and cut tax" conservatism, the same "conservatism" we saw when the Republicans held the entire Congress and the White House.

The teabag movement may have driven the vote but the majority of the Republicans in Congress are still of the cut taxes while bringing home as much pork to my state as possible variety - you may see a bigger tax cut, but don't expect the grandchildren that you and the right pretend to care about getting any less of a debt burden.

[red states rule]

We still hold the Senate and the White House. We'll do what the party who holds the White House and half the Congress always does - blame the opposition party in the other house for obstructing everything.

Believe it or not what gets candidates elected to the office of President has more to do with them as individual candidates than their party. That's why Clinton was able to beat Dole - it wasn't because of a groundswell of support for the Dems, it was because Dole was a bad candidate and Clinton was a good one.



As opposed to what the new Republican majority will have to offer "spend and cut tax" conservatism, the same "conservatism" we saw when the Republicans held the entire Congress and the White House.

The teabag movement may have driven the vote but the majority of the Republicans in Congress are still of the cut taxes while bringing home as much pork to my state as possible variety - you may see a bigger tax cut, but don't expect the grandchildren that you and the right pretend to care about getting any less of a debt burden.

Here is what I want to happen. NO COMPROMISE on repealing Obamacare. NO COMPROMISE on tax cuts. NO COMPROMISE on REPEALING the financial reform bill. NO COMPROMISE on repealing the remaining stimulus

Obama bing his usual arrogant self I suspect wil veto all of them. Then Obama has to go to the voters and explain why he flipping them off and continues to govern against the will of the people

Only with liberals do they openly say the winners of the election must compromise with the losers of the election

2 years ago liberals were giddy and proclaiming conservatism dead, the voters had sent a message to DC, and how America had become a liberal nation. Now those same libs are calling those same voters uninformed, uneducated, racist, sheep being led around by Limbaugh and Beck

[BoogyMan]

What will the democrat party do now? They will, lie, cheat, steal, etc. Just like the did the day before the election. Obama already laid out their strategy and that is to simply pronounce himself above the reasoning for the sound thrashing they took on election eve. Mr. Obama has already flatly denied that America has rejected his agenda and is planning on pressing ahead with his plan to destroy the country through liberal stupidity. Democrats will follow their lemming in chief right over the edge of the cliff.

[red states rule]

The voters know Obama and the Dems all too well. They do not see them willing to change their positions and work with the winners of the election




Most voters are not confident that President Obama can work with the new Republican majority in the House to do what’s best for the American people.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of Likely U.S. Voters taken following the president’s first post-election press conference finds that 43% are at least somewhat confident that Obama can work with the new GOP-run House to do what’s best, with 25% who are Very Confident.

But 56% of voters lack that confidence, including 24% who are Not At All Confident.

Nearly three-out-of-four voters (73%) in the president’s political party are confident the two can work together for what’s best for the American people. Eighty-three percent (83%) of Republicans and 61% of voters not affiliated with either major party disagree.

The president plans to meet with senior congressional Republicans and Democrats to see if they can find common ground.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/november_2010/most_voters_are_pessimistic_about_obama_s_dealings _with_the_gop_house