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I'm a lot less independent than that.
However, even the despised Bill Clinton realized that "It's the
Economy, Stupid." This group hasn't seemed to grasp that most fundamental outlook, despite the supposed brain power of this administration (I'm unimpressed? Oh hell yeah.). A lot of people don't care about Health Care Reform when they are standing in the Unemployment line. They would rather have a job. And there are quite a few who don't want a government job. The priority of the economy hasn't seemed to penetrate the dense skulls in DC. Those that have health insurance are mostly satisfied with it. Add those all together and you have more people who would rather that they do no harm (do nothing) than do a top down major overhaul. Yet they are still (mostly) pushing the overhaul when a tune up would probably fix things. And since Obama's attitude towards Republicans has been basically "I won" and not adopting a SINGLE Republican idea, it shows that the typical Democratic idea of bipartisanship hasn't changed: Bipartisanship is when the Republicans give the Democrats what they want. The other way? Fuggetaboutit. Compromise is meeting in the middle. Not for this crowd. I'm satisfied being in the "party of no" (actually, for me, I'm in the party of "HELL, NO") for now. David "Suppose
you were an idiot; and suppose you were a member of
Congress...ah, but I repeat myself."—Mark
Twain On 1/20/2010 8:02 AM, Chris Hahn wrote: As an independent my attitude is wait and see. I am disgusted by the hyperpartisanship in Washington. I doubt if a 41/59 minority in the senate is going to make much difference.Chris -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dr. Ernie Prabhakar Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 10:37 PM To: [email protected]; Radical Centrist discussion list Subject: Re: [RC] Coakley concedes! Hi Lennart, On Jan 19, 2010, at 6:24 PM, Lennart Johansson wrote:http://www.drudgereport.com/ A win for independents everywhere - right?To be honest, I don't know, since I haven't been following the details. Clearly this is a black eye for the Democrats, and a "new dawn" for the Republicans (long-term or short-term, it is unclear). Will it help / give more power to the independents? Theoretically, yes, since it makes it clear to Obama that he can't sustain his majority without them, and that they aren't inclined to cut him any slack. But if the Democrats react in anger and blame (as they are wont to do), and the Republicans with arrogance and pride (ditto), then Independents may still be left out in the cold. :-( -- Ernie P. _______________________________________________ Centroids mailing list: [email protected] http://radicalcentrism.com/mailman/listinfo/centroids_radicalcentrism.com Archives at http://radicalcentrism.org/pipermail/centroids_radicalcentrism.com/ _______________________________________________ Centroids mailing list: [email protected] http://radicalcentrism.com/mailman/listinfo/centroids_radicalcentrism.com Archives at http://radicalcentrism.org/pipermail/centroids_radicalcentrism.com/ |
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