tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post2535091385620737894..comments2023-10-16T07:13:12.123-05:00Comments on A plain blog about politics: Catch of the DayJonathan Bernsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15931039630306253241noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-59003865455470399792011-06-15T09:41:30.342-05:002011-06-15T09:41:30.342-05:00Well, the Dems only need 41. And if they lose the ...Well, the Dems only need 41. And if they lose the majority in '12, it's gonna be because AT LEAST Nelson, Conrad, Webb, and Tester/McCaskill are gone. None of whom were the most reliable on the Obama Agenda anyway. I think all of those people would fold- along with Landrieu, maybe Prior, a few others- but I think 41 of them would hold firm.Colbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14262426400735202537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-83576435347498873852011-06-14T11:37:50.358-05:002011-06-14T11:37:50.358-05:00Gingrich said the Republicans would need twelve ne...Gingrich said the Republicans would need twelve new senators to repeal the health care law. I don't buy it. If Republicans win the White House, hold the House, and win the Senate, Blue Dog Dems in the Senate are going to run from the Obama legacy faster than you can say "wedge issue." Save the health care law with a filibuster? Of <i>unified Democrats?</i> No way.Steve M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-36709731584808942202011-06-14T11:16:16.562-05:002011-06-14T11:16:16.562-05:00I've been finding this a lot lately, a self-id...I've been finding this a lot lately, a self-identified moderate conservative will accidentally get behind something the President has been doing or something the movement conservatives in the GOP mainstream have rejected as out of hand.<br /><br />The best thing we can do for American Politics is to point out to these people that without changing a single idea of their own, they've become Democrats. The sooner they realize that the Tea Party has the bridge and the only logical conclusion is to abandon ship and swim over to our side, the sooner a new and more moderate and reasonable Republican party will emerge that someday even someone like me could be tempted to vote for.<br /><br />Despite what David Brooks thinks, his Republican party is long gone, I'm not sure it ever existed in my lifetime. He should try running for office and see if he can win a republican primary in any state outside California or MassachusettsJasonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-47903274967373808712011-06-14T11:13:12.732-05:002011-06-14T11:13:12.732-05:00The GOP thinks that if they go against everything ...The GOP thinks that if they go against everything Obama wants (or in this case mix words to pretend they are against it) they stand a chance at winning. But people are smart, and even political wonks like us know that simply isn't the case.roseonpoliticshttp://www.roseonpolitics.comnoreply@blogger.com