Reply #3: essentially beat something with nothing [View All]

[sendero]

I like your post but I have a comment on this comment. Characterizing our win as “essentially beating something with nothing” is pretty lame (I realize it these are not your words :)). Perhaps a more apt aphorism would be "beating abject failure with at least a possibility of success".

As for the "working with the president" and "new bipartisanship" talking points that the Repugs are floating now, I think Dems should act exactly as the Repugs have. As long as the Repugs agree with our basic position, we can work with them. Otherwise, they can pack sand. And anyone who really thinks that the Dems won Congress with the voters' hope of continuing the abject failures of the Bush administration is seriously misguided.

I listen to Ms. Pelosi and I kind of doubt that she is going to fall for the "charm offensive". We'll have to wait and see :)