Reply #52: Did You Know...

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...that Democrats only took the House because of the Blue Dogs, and that many of those races were very close?

That doesn't sound like a victory for the left...at least not in my book.

This is what's so dangerous about Kucinich's repeated grand mal seizures during the debates about impeachment. Wolf Blitzer is a big Democratic supporter and was embarrassed for his party.

I'm sure Tim Russert feels the same way. He worked for Moynihan and (I think) Cuomo. You won't find a better, more level headed mainstream Democrat. But the difference between those guys and the lefties is these guys have actually worked in policy or out in the world and have run something. They're not mentally or emotionally ill.

Pelosi and Hoyer are seasoned politicians. They know that most people in flyover country are watching Fox News and think all liberals are nuts. It isn't fair but that's the hard truth.

If those millions of people are seeing Dennis Kucinich as the leader of an emboldened left which might do to the troops in Iraq what it did to the troops at the end of the Vietnam War, they'll return the House to Republican control faster than you can say sing loy.

I think this is why there was no impeachment. Democratic leaders are writing off the last eight years and moving on.

In my opinion, their strategy is the only one that makes sense for the long term.