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For Democrats, 2010 may not be a good year

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January 3, 2010

Democrats realize they face serious problems holding on to seats in both the House and Senate as the 2010 mid-term elections approach so they plan on turning old themes: George W. Bush is the devil and Republicans teamed up with Wall Street to create the worst recession since the Great Depression.

What remains to be seen is whether or not the American voter buys into the line at a time when polls show the public blames both parties for the nation’s economic woes and President Barack Obama’s popularity is wearing thin.

The coming year may not be the best time to be a Democrat. Retirement announcements have left 11 Democratic seats in the House up for grabs and the list could grow over the coming months.

Four Democratic Senate seats may be in trouble, including Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada and Chris Dodd, a five-term Senator from Connecticut. Obama’s former seat in Illinois and Vice President Joe Biden’s old seat in Delaware are also considered vulnerable.

To make matters worse, a freshman Democrat from Alabama — Rep. Parker Griffith — jumped to the Republican Party over the Christmas holiday break, saying “I can no longer align myself with a party that continues to pursue legislation that is bad for our county, hurts our economy, and drives us further and further into debt.”

Democrats currently hold a 257-178 majority in the House and 58-40 in the Senate plus two independents who normally align themselves on the left side of the aisle.

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5 Responses to For Democrats, 2010 may not be a good year

  1. Sandra Price

    January 3, 2010 at 12:41 pm

    It will depend on whether a thinking Republican group can be found to replace the retiring Demorats.  At this time, the GOP cannot find their butt with both hands.  Neither side of the aisle will pay attention to what the people want in the government and will continue to trash the other party doing terrible harm to all of us. 

    My love of football team-work cannot help but see how one team could not find the weakness in the other and take the damn ball!  Is there even a copy of the game plan (Constitution) anywhere to be found?  Our Congress simply kicks the ball to the other team instead of locating the end-zone.  If the damn teams cannot score they look for a new coach! 

    The Presidential elections every 4 years are the freaking SUPER BOWL!  Can we find a new coach by then?

     

     

  2. almandine

    January 3, 2010 at 5:49 pm

    “To make matters worse, a freshman Democrat from Alabama — Rep. Parker Griffith — jumped to the Republican Party over the Christmas holiday break, saying “I can no longer align myself with a party that continues to pursue legislation that is bad for our county, hurts our economy, and drives us further and further into debt.” Now, why is that worse? Sounds to me like Mr. Griffith finally figured it out!

  3. griff

    January 3, 2010 at 7:43 pm

    That’s because they foolishly believed that winning an election based on repudiation of the past administration means a blank check for their own pet projects. In the midst of an economic catastrophe, no less.

    The Democrats did nothing during their two years of holding the Congress under Bush to reverse or even challenge the status quo, and yet many still believed they would actually do something different once they gained the keys to the empire.

    Hello?

  4. bryan mcclellan

    January 3, 2010 at 11:50 pm

    Faulty Keys,

      tumbling combination’s seemingly lost intentionally ,

    evidence says, Blooey

  5. Sandra Price

    January 4, 2010 at 2:11 pm

    Both parties are jockeying in position for the title of being the least obnoxious of the two.  There is no possible way of trying to get behind a political movement that anyone would work FOR.  After all the years I have seen both parties back and forth and little accomplishment from either one and no plan for bi-partisan actions.  I am giving up the thought of a third person vying for election as I have a reputation of being utterly ignorant of how things work.  My backing Goldwater tore the family apart.  EVentually part of the clan went with Mr. John Anderson and then Wallace.  The Birch Society was waved as a possible agenda for success and I walk away from the family political point of view.  I am guilty of following Buckley, and then Brown (LP) in 1992 I went with Perot  and made many enemies because I did not stick with the status quo.  After a lot of thought I wrote in Ron Paul and was criticized for it just yesterday.  I suggested a team to work FOR a sensible fiscal program and was told flat out that several here do not wish to work FOR anything as a team effort.

    So, what is the use?  Back in the very early 70′s Harry Brown and George Benson met in our home to write up a Liberty Amendment to move the people to sign and repeal the 16th Amendment.  It did not make it in California and we tried again and quit.  I had a small bookstore that sold few books so I opened it in the evening for Republicans to meet and discuss what needed to be done about President Bush 41.  41 made a lot of bad decisions and we thought we could get them out to the public for a possible change.  We were too late and of course Bush 41 lost his reelection.  I realized that the GOP had no agenda worth working FOR.  Why?  Why did people simply stop working for their Party?  Could it really be the television influence in their homes and our meetings had no laugh track. 

    I felt the internet would be the perfect tool to search out opinions all over  America and work as a series of teams to match the candidates with the voters.  I failed time after time.  One last time I flew to Atlanta to meet up with Ron Paul, Lew Rockwell and two leaders of the CATO Institute.  Many candidates showed up and we had several hundred of some of the greatest minds in economics, ethics, and words of integrity.  I came home enthused and willing to work for a downsized streamlined GOP with inspiration from the libertarian point of view.  This was in 1998 and we worked passionately against NAFTA and other Empire-building plans and we all were shocked at the results of the election.  Doug has it right and Bush 43 did not win the election legally.  All our plans came crashing down. 

    I know of over a hundred teams who have tried to influence the voters to stay within the boundaries of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.  Sadly because we could not stay within either political party and we could not make any move of improvement. 

    One caller out of 150 who respond to CSPAN will discuss the future of our government.  The others want only their political party to win under any possible condition.  We are just learning that President Obama’s Inauguration ceremony had heavy duty threats to kill him.  This was openly discussed on the internet but never here. 

    Griff, I will use the back door as it is ridiculous for the two of us to spar on any subject.  Tomorrow night I will attend another group meeting to try and get some logical rational action coming in our districts and try to go point by point in what we really want and need.  I’ve tried and failed too many times here.  This is still the best news coverage that I can find.  I can live without the opinions that seem to have no solutions.  I’m not even certain that I will be able to think straight in the next 8 to 10 years as my memory is so faulty that it scares me.

    Sandy