We take back the House, close the gap in the Senate and put Obama on the defensive. And we get to run against Obama-Reid-Pelosi again in 2012. The Dems are weaker and decidedly more left leaning considering the moderate Dems took a disproportionate amount of the losses. And there are loads of vulnerable remaining moderates in the Midwest and a few left in the South that we can either coopt with legislation this term or further marginalize if they vote against us.

Do you really want to be a Democrat in a red state in 2012 who has to go on record as voting against Republican votes against Obamacare? Or do you want to go on record as voting against Republican bills to cut spending?

The remaining moderate Democrats are caught in a vice grip. On the one side you have public opinion and Republican legislation. On the other hand you have stiff necked leftist like Obama-Pelosi-Reid who will not do a Clinton pivot and will fight us every step of the way. And in the middle you have these poor moderate Dems who will either vote against their party leadership or be put in an impossible position when it comes time to run for reelection.

This will lead to a smaller, more liberal and more marginalized Democrat Party. Mmmmm, mmmmm, mmmmm.

Quote from: Dan on November 08, 2010, 07:57:39 AM
We take back the House, close the gap in the Senate and put Obama on the defensive. And we get to run against Obama-Reid-Pelosi again in 2012. The Dems are weaker and decidedly more left leaning considering the moderate Dems took a disproportionate amount of the losses. And there are loads of vulnerable remaining moderates in the Midwest and a few left in the South that we can either coopt with legislation this term or further marginalize if they vote against us.

Do you really want to be a Democrat in a red state in 2012 who has to go on record as voting against Republican votes against Obamacare? Or do you want to go on record as voting against Republican bills to cut spending?

The remaining moderate Democrats are caught in a vice grip. On the one side you have public opinion and Republican legislation. On the other hand you have stiff necked leftist like Obama-Pelosi-Reid who will not do a Clinton pivot and will fight us every step of the way. And in the middle you have these poor moderate Dems who will either vote against their party leadership or be put in an impossible position when it comes time to run for reelection.

This will lead to a smaller, more liberal and more marginalized Democrat Party. Mmmmm, mmmmm, mmmmm.

Not so fast bar-rag breath.

Moderate Dems lost out because Republicans are seen as more fiscally responsible. Dems contending for swing districts aren't going to be interested in the left wing party line. So while the congressional Democrats may be more purely left wing, out in the wild left wing ideas are going to be as popular among younger Dems as gun control is among older Dems.

I think the Democratic party is being dragged to the right as surely as is the Republican party and it'll become clearer over the next year or two.

So while Christmas came early this year I think there's reason to rock back and forth with happy anticipation about future Christmases.

I'm sure it was just a coincidence that the vast majority of Democrats who lost their Congressional seats voted in favor of Obamacare.

The PHONEY "blue-dog" Democrats got the boot.  The real blue-dog Democrats are probably safe for now.