LOOK OUT! New Pundit Pap... "Razor Thin Majority"

[Flubadubya]

Just since Allen conceded this afternoon I have heard just about every pundit on CNN use this "new meme"... "The Democrats have won the Senate by a Razor Thin Majority." Blitzer, Bash, Dobbs, they've all taken turns with it.

What's interesting is that they waited until the win was official before pulling this one out of the box... but you can be sure they had this bit of right-wing propaganda all made up, fresh, shiny and ready to put out at the decisive moment. :puke:

Just goes to show... we still have an uphill battle to fight, especially with the Corporate Media. Ugh! :grr:

[David__77]

1. It would be nice if they could score Snowe and maybe one other.

Snowe would be easiest to get. Send Chafee to talk to her once he flips. 52 or 53 would be better and set Democrats up for a big majority after 2008.

[LostinVA]

14. She will NEVER flip to Dem or Indie, but she might agree to caucus

[Ignacio Upton]

2. Yeah, nevermind that our majority is the SAME as the GOP's

was in the House before Tuesday wiped it out, and the same as the GOP's was in 2001 before Jeffords' switch, and from 2003-2005 when it was 51R-49D (Jeffords is counted as a Democrat.)

[Igel]

12. Key word:

"Senate".

You're right about the House. But if we'd won 1 seat fewer in the Senate there would still be a repub speaker. We don't vote in fractional senators, so that's the slimmest margin possible for a party taking control of the Senate (there's a slimmer margin for a party retaining control, of course).

[eleny]

3. It begins

[rpannier]

4. 51-49 that's 2%

If scrubs 3% was a mandate 2% has got to be close.

In addition, what they conveniently leave ut is we won 22 of the 33 Senate races -- that's 67% of the races.
Again, if 3% is a mandate then 67% was be "A Mandate from Heaven" (to borrow from the ancient Chinese)

[judaspriestess]

5. so much pessimism

the glass is always half empty bullshit. It just creates bad karma. and so it begins

[Rick Myers]

6. Some races in Ohio we're 20 point ass-beatings!!! n/t

[Marr]

7. I believe that's known as a "mandate" now.

Or does that only count for Republicans?

[Arkana]

13. It only counts for them

because to them, a "mandate" is a night out and happy ending with Bulldog.

[Actionman]

8. they are correct and incorrect...

you forget lieberman, where and when will he flip on the dems. dems majority includes him.

[Blue-Jay]

9. The 2000 presidential election was won by a razor-thin majority!

Wait, what?!?

[Infomaniac]

10. Raw numbers and Party Affiliation Do Not Matter

Issues and who controls the agenda will matter and 51 senators mean we control the agenda. The issues that come up are going to be hard for the few moderate republican senators to vote against. Look for Senators like Inofe to be marginalized while the Dems work with Snowe, Spector, Collins and what's his name from Oregon to push through legislation. We have a significant pragmatic majority, Dimson is a lame duck on life support and the rock-ribbed conservatives are on the sidelines.

[Flubadubya]

11. So true...

and this makes the pundit's proclamations just so much tinkling of brass. Thanks for the perspective! :)