Okay so the Democrats got a big kick in the shorts today!! Big Deal....
The media who is beholden to the big corporations that enrich their coffers are basically trying to present the idea (to the dolts that don't read) that everything is lost and Obama's agenda will no longer fly...
If everything is lost then how in the hell were the Republicans from 2000-2006 able to get all of their bullshit passed with even a smaller majority than the Democrats hold with 59 Senate seats?
I'll tell you!!
They had the balls to do what they felt (not what we felt) was right to appease their base. They used reconciliation to bypass the Democrats back then because in their skewed way of thinking, they felt it was important enough to do.
Let's not forget that the Mass. Democrats are usually solid and 22% of the Democrats crossed party lines because they felt the Democratic agenda was off base and I would have agreed with them (I wouldn't have voted for Brown but I probably would have stayed home). The Democrats bailed out Wall Street instead of focusing on Main Street America to create jobs. Do you realize how many green jobs could have been created with the money they lent used to save the financial institutions?
I feel (as a New Mexican voter) that the Democratic leadership and some of the Obama agenda took our votes for granite. When you win with the margins Obama did in the election, you come out swinging and hold to your campaign promises. Do what your base elected you to do.
Closed door meetings such as the backdoor deal with the pharmacies (who don't have to worry about importation of drugs from Canada)to the occupation of Iraq where last I checked seems to still be going on. Speaking of which did those Republican voters give him any credit for this in Massachusetts? well I think the election tells you otherwise.
So to the Democrats who against the "Change" we are not seeing" hats off. You have the guts to demand that your party do what you want them to, not to the Wall Street Greed or Special interests dictate.
Warning to all the future Democrats running in 2010. You have nine months to turn this around and start acting like you care about your base. Talk is cheap!! Furthermore the Supreme court is about to open the gates to the corporations to interject however much money they would like into our political system (beginning the rise of even a more corporate owned government) Grow some courage and start taking on the greed that is prevailing on Wall Street!! Create jobs and build the middle class otherwise starting packing your bags in 2010. The Republicans will never vote for you, ever. Also remember it's not too late to turn thing around. FDR started off slow and became the greatest President ever with the help from his fellow Democrats.
A disenchanted typically votes Democratic voter from New Mexico!!
Massachusetts is your canary in the coal mine!! Get to work!