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The Democratic Party is walking on thin ice.... [View all]	kentuck	Nov 2012	OP
I am not quite as discouraged as you are	hollysmom	Nov 2012	#1
I wish they consulted with him -- even just to have another viewpoint on	gateley	Nov 2012	#27
Agreed	liberalmike27	Nov 2012	#57
If you think David gregory is a liberal	DonCoquixote	Nov 2012	#151
"managing liberalism to the point where it does not threaten the powers that be"	RepublicansRZombies	Nov 2012	#159
Verywell said. Thank you. n/t	truedelphi	Nov 2012	#202
I just got done...	butterfly77	Nov 2012	#94
Agree -- I've contacted my reps, too, just saying WE call the shots, now, don't back down!	gateley	Nov 2012	#137
wish...	kardonb	Nov 2012	#100
Did you mean to respond to my post?	gateley	Nov 2012	#138
The President needs to use Krugman as an economic adviser. nt	ladjf	Nov 2012	#177
You are aware that the new Congress won't take office until next year?	MineralMan	Nov 2012	#2
There is no need for him to be making any concessions....	kentuck	Nov 2012	#4
You know, I don't remember him making any concessions.	MineralMan	Nov 2012	#16
If you wait until it's done, it's too late. n/t	Egalitarian Thug	Nov 2012	#105
If you assume that he will do it, with no indication that he will,	MineralMan	Nov 2012	#111
Assume the best and be slaughtered along with the rest of the sheep.	Egalitarian Thug	Nov 2012	#117
My friend, you're welcome to your point of view, but	MineralMan	Nov 2012	#119
Yeah, I don't share his negativity and I think the President knows what to do.	xtraxritical	Nov 2012	#122
And you are free to ignore what has gone before and pretend that it won't again.	Egalitarian Thug	Nov 2012	#145
Who appointed the members of the Cat-Food Commission?	AnotherMcIntosh	Nov 2012	#127
I know of no Commission with that particular name.	MineralMan	Nov 2012	#132
You are unfamiliar with the "Cat-Food Commission"? Really?	AnotherMcIntosh	Nov 2012	#139
Ya think?	Egalitarian Thug	Nov 2012	#146
Actually we have lots of indication that he will	Doctor_J	Nov 2012	#164
The great majority of which is the same as the new one. n/t	PoliticAverse	Nov 2012	#31
As is usually the case. Only a third of the Senate is up every two years,	MineralMan	Nov 2012	#49
I thought we blew it last time	AgingAmerican	Nov 2012	#3
I second that motion.	go west young man	Nov 2012	#86
And not enough of us were out there still campaigning for our core values. Yes you would think our	Overseas	Nov 2012	#204
Nothing has happened yet.	ProSense	Nov 2012	#5
I think people are pissed off at the language and the actions of many Democrats...	kentuck	Nov 2012	#7
"Why are we so quick to soothe their hurt feelings?"	randome	Nov 2012	#19
+++1,000 recs	JohnnyRingo	Nov 2012	#62
You cant compromise with terrorists. Republicans are terrorists. nm	rhett o rick	Nov 2012	#69
No, people hate it when you pretend to talk sense, but it actually isn't.	Hissyspit	Nov 2012	#124
and Clinton even worked with Newt	brokechris	Nov 2012	#169
no, it's not, & there is no deal that needs to be made before Jan.	HiPointDem	Nov 2012	#81
+1 nt	ProudProgressiveNow	Nov 2012	#84
Obama said "elections have consequences and I won" to a bunch of republicans	Sekhmets Daughter	Nov 2012	#28
We would all like to think so...	kentuck	Nov 2012	#30
I wish ya'll would just listen to yourselves....	Sekhmets Daughter	Nov 2012	#36
What did anyone expect from this election?	kentuck	Nov 2012	#39
Honestly.	Sekhmets Daughter	Nov 2012	#51
Or tin foil! n/t	sheshe2	Nov 2012	#87
I was trying to be polite	Sekhmets Daughter	Nov 2012	#95
It's been SEVEN FREAKING DAYS and Congress isn't even in session yet! WHAT do you want???	George II	Nov 2012	#52
Exactly!	kentuck	Nov 2012	#63
Name names or STFU	emulatorloo	Nov 2012	#90
Did you see Schumer on C-SPAN?	kentuck	Nov 2012	#93
I'm getting more noise from you than signal	emulatorloo	Nov 2012	#99
Here is a post from a couple of hours ago...	kentuck	Nov 2012	#102
Thanks! I edited my post above to clarify.	emulatorloo	Nov 2012	#104
I agree with you that the Repubs have nothing...	kentuck	Nov 2012	#110
I don't really know what you're talking about, they're just talking generalities, did you hear...	George II	Nov 2012	#141
Did you see Obama's comments today, or his press secretary's comments?	George II	Nov 2012	#148
But he has yet to prove it.	AlbertCat	Nov 2012	#135
Can you provide examples?	demwing	Nov 2012	#33
Just HOW are we "so quick to soothe their hurt feeling"???	George II	Nov 2012	#44
I think YOU are pissed off, but not many other "people" are pissed off...you're projecting	George II	Nov 2012	#149
If we wait until it's done, it will be too late. n/t	Egalitarian Thug	Nov 2012	#107
And what have they done since last Tuesday?	sinkingfeeling	Nov 2012	#6
Exactly.	young but wise	Nov 2012	#14
They haven't ...	1StrongBlackMan	Nov 2012	#15
Nothing....and that is worrisome....	Sekhmets Daughter	Nov 2012	#29
I wonder how these people who want to tread lightly will feel when Republicans,...	Spitfire of ATJ	Nov 2012	#78
I'll withhold rage until there's a reason for it... nt	Comrade_McKenzie	Nov 2012	#8
I would prefer to let them know how I feel right now...	kentuck	Nov 2012	#10
Then let them know. They aren't reading DU, I'm sure.	MineralMan	Nov 2012	#17
Have you written to your congressman or senator? Or just posting on DU will get it done?	George II	Nov 2012	#155
what mandate?	underoath	Nov 2012	#9
332 - 206	ohheckyeah	Nov 2012	#11
You're not understanding me though.	underoath	Nov 2012	#162
Why would it matter?	ohheckyeah	Nov 2012	#163
but less of one than he had in 2008!!!	underoath	Nov 2012	#165
He has every bit as much of a mandate as GWB	ohheckyeah	Nov 2012	#167
Because lower numbers means less of a mandate.	underoath	Nov 2012	#168
Who cares besides you and	ohheckyeah	Nov 2012	#170
I care because people are talking as if Obama won by a larger margin this time when he did not!!!	underoath	Nov 2012	#174
I get it and think it's silly	ohheckyeah	Nov 2012	#190
Your concern is noted	underoath	Nov 2012	#195
That's the 5th time you've posted that	Kingofalldems	Nov 2012	#172
because people dont realize that there is less of a mandate now than there was before.	underoath	Nov 2012	#173
So what do you want us to do?	Kingofalldems	Nov 2012	#176
stop talking about how there is a mandate.	underoath	Nov 2012	#182
No...	ohheckyeah	Nov 2012	#191
Who the hell cares about bush?	underoath	Nov 2012	#196
In 2004 GWB announced he had a mandate	ohheckyeah	Nov 2012	#194
Who cares about what bush thought he had.	underoath	Nov 2012	#197
GWB was wrong.	Telly Savalas	Nov 2012	#211
But Obama isn't.	ohheckyeah	Nov 2012	#213
How many times can you post the same thing?	Kingofalldems	Nov 2012	#171
A dirty little secret of Nov 6th 2012 -	truedelphi	Nov 2012	#203
exactly. So like I said, President Obama had more of a mandate in 2008 than he does today.	underoath	Nov 2012	#207
OBAMA HAS A MANDATE - way more than W's appointment by the court or	Care Acutely	Nov 2012	#154
Less of a mandate now than he had in 2008.	underoath	Nov 2012	#166
That doesn't mean he has no mandate.	ohheckyeah	Nov 2012	#192
How does it mean he has a mandate?	underoath	Nov 2012	#198
Because....	ohheckyeah	Nov 2012	#199
What mandate? Because bush said he had one so now we must make sure everyone knows	underoath	Nov 2012	#206
I didn't dispute that.	ohheckyeah	Nov 2012	#210
I agree. O shows an inclination to throw it all away on Compromises and Syria-Iran.	leveymg	Nov 2012	#12
This is so discouraging.	kentuck	Nov 2012	#13
We all projected our own hopes for change onto him. This has happened twice, already.	leveymg	Nov 2012	#18
The lame duck session of all three branches of government is going to be hard to watch until January	Cleita	Nov 2012	#20
The President said this morning...	kentuck	Nov 2012	#21
Like I said it's going to be hard to watch until January	Cleita	Nov 2012	#24
Eric(Anal Leakage) Cantor	The Wizard	Nov 2012	#115
the payroll tax cuts shouldn't be extended.	BlueMan Votes	Nov 2012	#92
The Republicans are walking on thin ice	gravity	Nov 2012	#22
Yes.	kentuck	Nov 2012	#23
Because Americans want compromise	gravity	Nov 2012	#25
Americans do not want compromise. Americans want an improved economy.	yardwork	Nov 2012	#34
Americans want a balanced approach to fixing the economy	gravity	Nov 2012	#66
You are mistaken. Americans are not interested in the process. They are interested in outcomes.	yardwork	Nov 2012	#70
Well said, yardwork.	kentuck	Nov 2012	#72
Then stop attacking Obama on the process	gravity	Nov 2012	#157
What? Where have I attacked Obama? Nice accusation there.	yardwork	Nov 2012	#158
No, YOU stop telling people to shut up about important policies	woo me with science	Nov 2012	#212
Yes "balanced approach", like cutting defense spending and taxing the wealthy. NOT REDUCE SS AND	rhett o rick	Nov 2012	#71
You mean like in 2010?	Doctor_J	Nov 2012	#140
I agree with you.	hrmjustin	Nov 2012	#26
+1	treestar	Nov 2012	#60
Don't say that. We're supposed to ignore the Republicans and just shit on Democrats.	NYC Liberal	Nov 2012	#82
You're right, Kentuck.	yardwork	Nov 2012	#32
We've already won for the next four years	The Second Stone	Nov 2012	#35
No, we've won for the next 12 - 16 months at best. Failing to press that advantage to good purpose	Egalitarian Thug	Nov 2012	#109
I don't know what you are talking about.	elleng	Nov 2012	#37
Just one week since election day	mac56	Nov 2012	#38
I was thinking the exact same thing lol	Lilyeye	Nov 2012	#153
It is the eternal need of some for perfect purity. Like voting for Nader in Florida 2000.	bluestate10	Nov 2012	#184
why	loyalkydem	Nov 2012	#40
Post-election analysis	NHDEMFORLIFE	Nov 2012	#41
Good advice but....	kentuck	Nov 2012	#46
I agree	NHDEMFORLIFE	Nov 2012	#73
Got anything specific about their actions, words, proposed compromise, etc?	George II	Nov 2012	#42
NOBODY	WilliamPitt	Nov 2012	#43
Good advice.	2naSalit	Nov 2012	#56
Seriously.	Jennicut	Nov 2012	#76
Those of us who don't want a mass murder compromise enacted can't afford that	eridani	Nov 2012	#205
the Republicans never hesitate to claim a mandate - no matter what and move aggressively. Democrats	Douglas Carpenter	Nov 2012	#45
Hear hear!! Exactly my sentiments.	Missn-Hitch	Nov 2012	#47
It'd be great if the Dems could rule by fiat.	JohnnyRingo	Nov 2012	#48
The OP is proposing that we get ready to sit on our asses in 2014 and give republicans	bluestate10	Nov 2012	#186
I have been working a lot.	JNelson6563	Nov 2012	#50
Nothing has happened. Other than the pre-emptive frothing that happens on occasion on DU. nt	bluestate10	Nov 2012	#187
Oh hell...	zaj	Nov 2012	#53
Just don't deny that this feeling is there...	kentuck	Nov 2012	#54
This message was self-deleted by its author	AtomicKitten	Nov 2012	#55
The Democratic Party did not get the House back	treestar	Nov 2012	#58
To get the HOR back we need to stand firm like the people want.	rhett o rick	Nov 2012	#74
they need to look at 2010	evilhime	Nov 2012	#59
So you think 2010 a good thing?	treestar	Nov 2012	#61
you	heaven05	Nov 2012	#64
Stop it just Stop the noise!	sheshe2	Nov 2012	#65
Well it's been a week	sharp_stick	Nov 2012	#67
I will not take getting ...	99Forever	Nov 2012	#68
The Right Wing wants you to fear them. The only authority they have is what you give them.	Spitfire of ATJ	Nov 2012	#75
I'm confused. Did I miss something in the news?	drm604	Nov 2012	#77
No, they aren't.	NYC Liberal	Nov 2012	#79
Yes, it's best if...	kentuck	Nov 2012	#83
I have no fucking clue what or who you are talking about	emulatorloo	Nov 2012	#80
The	John2	Nov 2012	#97
I love this discussion	RepublicansRZombies	Nov 2012	#85
This is the way I see it!	ProudProgressiveNow	Nov 2012	#88
Exactly!	kentuck	Nov 2012	#91
The rebublics are the one on the edge...	ProudProgressiveNow	Nov 2012	#98
If not now, when? Will we get action or the usual "compromises" and excuses?	Tierra_y_Libertad	Nov 2012	#89
Agreed	Hutzpa	Nov 2012	#96
Off the cliff.	JEB	Nov 2012	#101
The fiscal cliff	JEB	Nov 2012	#103
It has always been	billh58	Nov 2012	#106
What's a PUMA? All I get from the urban dictionary is a pre-menopausal woman?	Egalitarian Thug	Nov 2012	#113
During the Primary Elections	billh58	Nov 2012	#120
OIC, thank you. n/t	Egalitarian Thug	Nov 2012	#143
Republicans are still delusional	Aerows	Nov 2012	#108
How did asking the Republicans	The Wizard	Nov 2012	#112
+1 I like how you're thinking. n/t	Egalitarian Thug	Nov 2012	#114
Perfect recount of how things have proceeded	JEB	Nov 2012	#144
Oh, you're definitely not alone	Oilwellian	Nov 2012	#147
Reid: We Agree On How To Resolve 97-98 Percent Of Fiscal Cliff	ProSense	Nov 2012	#116
I agree.	Autumn	Nov 2012	#118
Totally disagree	horsedoc	Nov 2012	#121
That sounds like a FOX analogy...	kentuck	Nov 2012	#125
Here's the thing. A major motivator behind the independant vote was they saw Obama	Ed Suspicious	Nov 2012	#123
You are exactly right. I see a coming 10 year battle to get everything Progressives want.	bluestate10	Nov 2012	#188
Oh please... like others have said, nothing has happened yet. Also	OKNancy	Nov 2012	#126
The future is now...	kentuck	Nov 2012	#129
Fancy saying, but also an empty one. Moderate and Independent voters gave the President his	bluestate10	Nov 2012	#189
Damn	lillypaddle	Nov 2012	#128
You're right...	kentuck	Nov 2012	#130
Calm down already.	babylonsister	Nov 2012	#131
I will look for your posts in a couple of weeks...	kentuck	Nov 2012	#133
One of my pet slogans is...	babylonsister	Nov 2012	#134
It's a dirty job...	kentuck	Nov 2012	#136
Kick&Recommended...	butterfly77	Nov 2012	#142
"They are about to piss away the next election ...	Summer Hathaway	Nov 2012	#150
with you on this. too many true believers star-gazing with happy smiles, for comfort.	marasinghe	Nov 2012	#152
Doesn't it seem early for turds in the punch bowl?	AtheistCrusader	Nov 2012	#156
I agree! ..... THX for posting that!	meti57b	Nov 2012	#160
K&R	woo me with science	Nov 2012	#161
More kabuki.	Octafish	Nov 2012	#175
huh?	Dyedinthewoolliberal	Nov 2012	#178
the next election is less than two years away....	madrchsod	Nov 2012	#179
Almost nothing they do for the next 6-10 months matters very much toward the next election.	hughee99	Nov 2012	#180
I have no illusions. I voted for the Supreme Court which is significant. I also am not as clear as	still_one	Nov 2012	#181
There you go again. What democrats need is for us to give them unchallenged control of the	bluestate10	Nov 2012	#183
Link please?	NightOwwl	Nov 2012	#185
Here's what I think Kentuck is saying	Lydia Leftcoast	Nov 2012	#193
Obama, Axelrod and the rest know what they're doing.	rudycantfail	Nov 2012	#200
Yup, I'm afraid that their caving in is by design rather than by ineptness	Lydia Leftcoast	Nov 2012	#201
+100000000	woo me with science	Nov 2012	#208
K&R	woo me with science	Nov 2012	#209

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