Comments on: Massachusetts Senate Race (Update)

By: mary b

mary b — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 12:27:14 +0000

“Firing Rahm, Summers, and Geithner would be a good start.”

Agreed.

By: Propagandee

Propagandee — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:07:05 +0000

Another consequence of losing the super majority is that it will lessen the need for doing politically damaging deals with the likes of Nelson, Landrieu, and LIEberman that play right into the Rethugs' 2010 corrupt, anti-government narrative (them being authorities on the subject, and all) . As I wrote in early December: One would hope that the Democrats realize that “populist rage” is likely to be the determinative issue of the 2010 and 2012 elections. And wrote in the month before that: It would be the irony of all ironies if the Rethuglicans, who engineered this mess, succeed in grabbing the populist mantle from the Dems and become identified in the public mind as fiscally responsible agents of change. From his back room deals with the medical industrial complex; to his bailout out of Wall Street at the expense of Main Street; to his lackluster efforts to date to produce good paying jobs for the millions of unemployed; to his doubling down in Afghanistan; and, according to Politifact his breaking of some 15 campaign promises in just his first year, Obama's best days may be behind him. I look forward to his State of the Union address next week. It may be his last chance to turn things around, to rescue his presidency. For that, he's going to have stop tilting at bipartisan windmills, to convince his progressive base that he doesn't take them for granted. Firing Rahm, Summers, and Geithner would be a good start.

By: mary b

mary b — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:11:39 +0000

Maybe there is a silver lining in that huge storm cloud after all. We counted heads as 60 in the senate but we really never had 60.
Hopefully Obama will get the message and stop being so fucking bi-partison. He needs to open up some whoop ass on the Blue Dogs.
If he gets some HCR passed AND enacted before the polls open again, we just might get some real Democrats elected. By reconciliation, if HCR gets started as soon as possible, it would give a lot of relief to Americans. And I don’t think the GOP is that stupid. No. Even though they won’t vote for it, they’ll sure as hell take credit for it. And they won’t let it expire like the tax cuts for the wealthy should.