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The Early Word: Post-Mortems
The Caucus —
... care and other issues, the party is also grappling with big picture issues similar to Republicans. Excite the base by, for instance, including the so-called public option in a health care bill? Or push for more moderate policies that could protect the more endangered members of their majority and attract the independent voters who pulled the lever for Republicans on Tuesday? Looking at other post-mortems, Politico’s Manu Raju and Jonathan Allen report that Tuesday’s election has made some of those threatened Democratic incumbents a little more concerned, especially with a ...
Weak knees keep shaking
Political Animal —
... reports that Democrats are "nervous" and "moderate and conservative Democrats took a clear signal from Tuesday's voting, warning that the results prove that independent voters are wary of Obama's far-reaching proposals and mounting spending, as well as the growing federal debt." Politico reports that Democratic incumbents "from red states and Republican-leaning districts" are "worried." The ...
No More Mister Nice Blog — ... reports that Democrats are "nervous" and "moderate and conservative Democrats took a clear signal from Tuesday's voting, warning that the results prove that independent voters are wary of Obama's far-reaching proposals and mounting spending, as well as the growing federal debt." Politico reports that Democratic incumbents "from red states and Republican-leaning districts" are "worried." The ...
links for 2009-11-05
RedState —
... I think CNN should put me on at 8 o'clock instead of Larry King. That's the ticket. And I'm in Atlanta so we could revitalize their Atlanta studio too!
Election result: Red-state Dems worried, rethink agenda
How's that? I thought the Republicans ...
Blue Dogs Determined To Save Jobs-- Their Own
DownWithTyranny! —
... This morning Manu Raju and Jonathan Allen tackled the same story line at Politico under the comforting banner: Red-State Dems Worried, Rethink Agenda. Who could have predicted? Conservative Democrats point to Creigh Deeds loss in Virginia and blame it on the progressive agenda, purposefully ignoring the fact that Deeds killed his own chances of winning the governorship by running away from the progressive agenda. The moment he lost was when he declared, during in a debate, that he would opt out of the public option. At that moment Democrats simply decided he wasn't worth ...
Red State Democrats Read The Election Returns
Below The Beltway —
And, they’re more than a little worried:
Election Day losses in Virginia and New Jersey have congressional Democrats focused like never before on jobs — their own.
While the White House and party leaders are urging calm, Democratic incumbents from red states and Republican-leaning districts are anything but; Tuesday’s statehouse defeats have left them acutely aware that their votes on health care reform and other major Obama initiatives could be career-enders in 2010 or beyond.
“I should be nervous,” said Rep. Parker Griffith, a ...
It's the Base, Stupid
Daily Kos —
... reports that Democrats are "nervous" and "moderate and conservative Democrats took a clear signal from Tuesday's voting, warning that the results prove that independent voters are wary of Obama's far-reaching proposals and mounting spending, as well as the growing federal debt." Politico reports that Democratic incumbents "from red states and Republican-leaning districts" are "worried." The ...
Heather Taylor-Miesle: Fix The Problem: What Tuesday's Election Means for Climate Legislation
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... So, what does all this mean for climate change? Moderates up
for reelection in 2010 from both parties are running scared. They think that the
results from the off year election are a signal that Congress should avoid the
tough issues. If they win that argument, climate change (and healthcare,
and financial reform and…) all lose out.
More fundamentally, abandoning the tough issues misses one of the few
real lessons of yesterday’s off-year election – fix the problem. Stop scurrying
around to keep your job and instead, do your job. ...
Looking Back, Moving Forward
The American Prospect Articles —
... and Virginia were surely rejecting Obama, the House race in New York was "too messy, too local, and too full of jumbly facts to yield a theme that coheres." (Really? How about, "Right-wing extremism is a recipe for defeat?" That's a theme.) After the elections, Andrea Mitchell of NBC asked White House adviser David Axelrod, "Is this going to make it much more difficult for you on the Hill to build the coalitions for health care in the immediate future?" Meanwhile, reporters had little trouble finding conservative Democrats to ...
