Often enough. And I try not to underestimate the ability for Congressional Democrats to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. Republicans have dug themselves a mighty deep hole indeed and one that is likely to keep them on the outside looking in for awhile. But how long depends on whether Republicans can remake themselves and whether Democrats can seize the opportunity and do something constructive. The closest thing to a bold new initiative from the Democrats was Dean's 50 state strategy. Now that he's gone as head on the DNC, so is that strategy. Can Republicans take advantage of that and forge a new identity? Can Democrats solidify their majority by doing constructive, useful governing?
My worst fear is that Democrats won't do anything besides trying to hold onto power instead of trying to move the country forward. And they'll end up digging themselves a hole like the Republicans did and Republicans will come back to power without remaking themselves into a positive force either. That would be a recipe for continued ugly muddled mess. I wish that Democrats had come to power with a more clear, positive vision than they did. Obama had a much more clearly articulated vision than the party as a whole and perhaps he can help coalesce a message and vision for the governing party. I wouldn't bet the farm on it though. Judah On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 10:02 PM, Robert Munn <[email protected]> wrote: > > what goes around comes around... > > On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 9:26 PM, Judah M wrote: > >> >> Didn't they call that the "Permanent Majority"? >> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:288959 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
