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Hullabaloo — Dropping The Anchor by digby Good God, I hope this is just rhetorical bullshit. Democratic leaders are tamping down on expectations for rapid change and trying to signal they will place a calm hand on the nation’s tiller. “The country must be governed from the middle,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Wednesday. Repeating themes from election night, she said she plans to emphasize “civility” and “fiscal responsibility.” After saying the word "change" at least 175,000 times in the last year, the ...
Stuck in the so-called middle
Corrente —
No one could have anticipated…
Democratic leaders are tamping down on expectations for rapid change and trying to signal they will place a calm hand on the nation’s tiller.
“The country must be governed from the middle,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Wednesday. Repeating themes from election night, she said she plans to emphasize “civility” and “fiscal responsibility.”
How about in that other chamber?
Tamping down expectations -will it work?
QandO —
After feeding off of emotional rhetoric and high-flying promises of the campaign, Democrats are now trying to lower expectations. ...
And So It Begins: Pelosi: We Must Govern From The Middle!
Riehl World View —
... not quite match the reassuring rhetoric. Is there room under the now Obama/Pelosi bus for all the liberal bloggers? Or will Democrats attempt to get away with running over the majority of voters who believe they've elected a moderate?
As the Democrats built their entire message and credibility on "blaming Bush" for years, what does it do now that there is no one else to blame and a country is looking to them for results?
A very good question, that!
by digby Good God, I hope this is just rhetorical ...
This is not the change you seek
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... While some Democrats celebrate what they see as a game-changing election, others have decided to start scaling back expectations already . Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid both said yesterday that they had learned from previous failures of both parties in overreaching and antagonizing the middle of the electorate. For those who voted “change”, this may sound a sour note through the revelry over Barack Obama’s victory: Democratic leaders are tamping down on expectations for rapid change and trying to signal they will place a calm hand on the nation’s tiller. “The country must be ...
Quote of the day
Sister Toldjah —
Via the Hill:
“The country must be governed from the middle,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Wednesday. Repeating themes from election night, she said she plans to emphasize “civility” and “fiscal responsibility.”
Uh huh.
Flashback 1: Democrat “bipartisanship” promises from 2006
Flashback 2: “Leaving partisanship at the front door”?
"Rhetorical BS"
Shadow of the Hegemon —
So Says Digby: Good God, I hope this is just rhetorical bullshit. Democratic leaders are tamping down on expectations for rapid change and trying to signal they will place a calm hand on the nation’s tiller. “The country must be governed from the middle,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Wednesday. Repeating themes from election night, she said she plans to emphasize “civility” and “fiscal responsibility.” After saying the word "change" at least 175,000 times in the last year, the Democrats had ...
The Hill: Dem Leaders Trying to Lower Expectations Already!
Flopping Aces —
... they no longer get to blame failures on Bush. One of the thorniest issues will be passing legislation that is paid for without raising taxes, adhering to the party’s pay-as-you-go rules.
This time, you will be held to account.
This time, there are no scapegoats.
This time, you cannot point fingers and make excuses that it’s Bush’s fault (so ends Bush Derangement Syndrome)
This time the people who voted for you will see that you lied.
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Dems: The Whole "Change" Thing?
The LLama Butchers —
Dems: The Whole "Change" Thing? Eh, maybe not so much . Except for the mindless automatons who've been walking around like brain-eating zombies chanting "yes we can", this really shouldn't come as a total surprise: Democratic leaders are tamping down on expectations for rapid change and trying to signal they will place a calm hand on the nations tiller. The country must be governed from the middle, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Wednesday. Repeating themes from election night, she said she plans to emphasize civility and fiscal responsibility. Her comments ...
