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The Republicans never had a 60 seats in the Senate when they were the majority party and they ruled with an iron fist.
On the other hand, I can imagine the Democrats with 60 seats and imploring the Progressives to go slow and move to the middle to keep the majority.
It all depends, and part of it is Obama getting elected and setting an aggressive agenda. If he does that then he puts the pressure on the Republicans to not be obstructionist then they should not need 60 seats.
On the other hand, again, Democratic Congresses are famous for eating their Democratic President alive. Ask Bill Clinton about his fist two years in office.
by The Wizard on Fri Apr 04, 2008 at 06:07:05 PM PDT
The party is a little too big tent sometimes.
"Victory means exit strategy, and it's important for the president to explain to us what the exit strategy is." - George W Bush
by jfern on Fri Apr 04, 2008 at 06:26:03 PM PDT
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It's been so long since we've had a Senator become the President that we really don't know what the effect will be. It could be that Obama works very well with a Democratic majority in the Senate. We'll have to wait and see.
But if we vote Obama into office with a clear mandate (more than what Bush imagined he had in 2004) than I think the Republicans will kick and scream and force fights whenever they can, but they'll be in the can. And from what I've read, the 2010 midterms will be also friendly territory for Senate Democrats. If we don't reach 60 seats by the end of this year, we'll get there in 2010.
But I really want Inhofe and Tubes out of the Senate. They are a waste of space.
Nothing is more powerful than an idea whose time has come -- Victor Hugo
by BasharH on Fri Apr 04, 2008 at 06:53:24 PM PDT
wide narrow
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