9 out of 10 Democrats agree - “their” Senate and House have been a failure
OK, maybe not 9 out of 10, but a lot of them are complaining (lots of profanity at that link). The Associated Press does an analysis of the Rep. Pelosi’s successes and failures here.
From the liberal Americablog:
I’m really terribly divided on the issue of Pelosi and Reid and whether they are to blame for the past year’s losses. Their staff will tell you (and they are correct) that’s it’s very hard to get conservative southern Dems on board a lot of progressive legislation. It’s very hard to get anything passed in the Senate when it’s basically evenly divided D and R. And it’s extremely hard to override a presidential veto.
I agree with all of that.
But, I can’t help but get this nagging feeling that if the Republicans were in power they’d know how to handle a recalcitrant president. They’d know what to do with members of their own party who stray far too often. And they’d know how to handle Republicans in Congress who continually defend a president hated in the polls. On each of these points, I think our guys are lacking. And when I ask myself the question Joe always asks - “What would Karl Rove do?” - I just can’t imagine the Republicans being as stymied as we have been the past year. It’s hard to avoid the conclusion that the Republicans are smarter and tougher than our guys. And that needs to change. It’s all well and good if we can increase our majorities in the House and the Senate next fall, but we will always be dealing with southern Democrats, obstructionist Republicans, and the majority of our elected officials running for the hills any time they have to vote on an issue smacking of “defense.”
I doubt an increased majority in the Congress is going to make many of our members tougher. And it certainly won’t make anyone smarter or craftier. And that worries me.
So, does this make Republicans better than the Democrats? Not hardly. But the Democrats have certainly failed to capitalize on their majorities - despite all of the fan fare when they took over after 12 years in the minority. The hated George W. Bush has been remarkably successful in keeping his agenda moving and his opposition have been remarkably unable to make any headway. Perhaps, it is a question of leadership.
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