Proof the Repubs don't want partisanship

[BM OUT]

Can you give me examples of democratic partisanship?I recall them standing in the way of even Reagan defeating the Soviet Union.Its always funny bi-partisanship means republicans giving into democrats NEVER the other way around.

[LurkerNoMore]

1993 REDUX CONFRONTS DEMS
By DICK MORRIS & EILEEN MCGANN

Published on TheHill.com on November 4, 2009
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As Santayana said, "Those who do not study history are doomed to repeat it." Congressional Democrats: Take note!

Are the elections of 2009 precursors of the same kind of massive partisan upheaval in Congress that we experienced in 1994? The historical data says yes, they are.

In Virginia, the outcomes in 1993 and 2009 were almost identical. In 1993, after the Democratic incumbent, Doug Wilder, could not seek reelection, the governor's race pitted Republican George Allen against Democrat Mary Sue Terry. Allen won handily, 58-41 -- virtually the same margin by which McDonnell defeated Deeds this week.

 And in New Jersey, the parallels between 1993 and 2009 are equally striking. Democrat Jim Florio, then the governor, was seeking his second term against Republican Christie Todd Whitman. Just as in 2009 Chris Christie beat Jon Corzine, so in 1993 Whitman edged out Florio by 49-48. Chris Christie's margin was bigger, but his vote share was almost identical to Whitman's.

So if New Jersey and Virginia both behaved the same in 2009 as they did in 1993, will 2010 bring the same kind of sweeping Republican victory that 1994 did?

And will the Democratic defeats in these two states presage trouble for President Barack Obama's healthcare proposals in Congress?

Will history repeat itself? It depends on the depth and half-life of Democratic arrogance. If Democratic incumbents from red states start to take account of their own self-interest, the political environment for healthcare legislation in the House and the Senate will change dramatically. Democrats like Sens. Byron Dorgan (N.D.), Kent Conrad (N.D.), Mark Pryor (Ark.), Blanche Lincoln (Ark.), Mary Landrieu (La.), Evan Bayh (Ind.), Kay Hagan (N.C.) and Ben Nelson (Neb.) will have to rethink their support for a bill that is dragging their party down.

It is clear that healthcare legislation and rising unemployment are exacting a toll on Democratic legislators and cost Corzine and perhaps Deeds the governor's mansion.

Will Democrats get the message?

If Democratic congressmen and senators continue to believe that they can be saved by Obama or by massive campaign budgets, they have only to look to New Jersey to understand how little either factor counted. Corzine outspent Christie by three to one and Obama campaigned actively in the bluest of blue states for the Democratic governor.

Of course, the 1993-94 political calendar was a time of improving economic news. The recession had ended in 1992 and unemployment was dropping.

The budget deficit was declining. So the worsening job picture so far in 2009 and the dire warnings of a jobless recovery in 2010 make this cycle even more perilous for Democratic incumbents. The message is clear. The handwriting is on the wall. But can Democrats read it?

The recent indication that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is considering a vote on healthcare reform this coming Saturday, blithely continuing as if the New Jersey and Virginia elections had not turned out the way they did, is evidence that she, at least, cannot read the writing on the wall.

For the House to pass Obama's healthcare bill five days after so huge a repudiation of the Democratic Party and its program is breathtaking in its arrogance. Voters all over America will get the point: The congressional Democrats don't give a damn what the voters think.


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Westchester & Nassau thrrough all the dems out on their asses.  These are deep blue areas. 

VA was a massive landslide.  NJ was a embarassment of Obama big time considering he campaigned there 5 times yet only visted McChrystal twice.   

Epic cut and paste of an OPINION.

But since they can see the future so well, why not ask them for next week's lotto numbers.

[kcballer]

Can you give me examples of democratic partisanship?I recall them standing in the way of even Reagan defeating the Soviet Union.Its always funny bi-partisanship means republicans giving into democrats NEVER the other way around.

Funny i recall Regan the scum opposing sanctions on apartheid south africa.  Not surprising you would be one of his cheerleaders.

[headhuntersix]

Um...who cares, hows South Africa doing now. Reagan was our greatest president..Barry will be our worst. lease detail how this energy bill will help us. No drilling here, no more nuke plants..no clean coal...how. Those are energy independence programs...not cap and trade so Gore can shove down more twinkies. Besides Barry just permanently shut down any chance that the billions spent on the Yucca mountain storage facility for nuke waste will ever be used. This severly hampers construction of new nuke plants. Nobody wants this bill but the lib douchbags..ur time is coming douchbags.

[headhuntersix]

No shit....

There is widespread expectation in the Senate that for any climate control bill to pass, it will have to contain new government incentives for expanding U.S. nuclear power-generating capacity and offshore oil drilling, along with money to help develop clean ways to burn coal, which is in abundant supply in the United States

[Coach is Back!]

They locked out the repubs not the other way around. Another lib who speaks before he thinks!

[headhuntersix]

Shocking is it not.