Democrats Hold Near Lock on House

[babylonsister]

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2009/08/12/democrats_hold_near_lock_on_house.html

Democrats Hold Near Lock on House


According to CQ Politics, there's very little chance Republicans can retake control of the House of Representatives in next year's midterm elections.

"Democrats have a virtual lock on 198 seats for November 2010, and in another 31 districts the opportunities for a GOP upset are tenuous at best. Put those groups together and you have 229, well above the 218-seat majority threshold."

:woohoo:

[rd_kent]

1. So what? They dont do what we want now, why would thay later?

[villager]

2. indeed -- if only that "lock" translated into some kind of vision, or boldness...

If the House was regularly more visionary, where they could be, it would prod the Senate, at least a little, to not be a total wash-out...

[babylonsister]

3. Then go cheer for rethugs. Maybe they'll fulfill your every dream. nt

[rd_kent]

5. HUH? Do you not get my point?

We swept these yahoos into office in 2006 and they have done NONE of the stuff we really wanted them to do. They have caved on every major issue. We were given the impression that if we have them the majority, they would enact CHANGES. Still waiting.......

[SammyWinstonJack]

6. Especially since they know they have a lock and no fear of being in the minority.

:shrug:

[Fire1]

9. Someone at the President's townhall alluded to that sentiment

yesterday. President Obama skirted the issue, initially, and finally stated that the reform will be done with or without the other side. I'm paraphrasing, of course.

[Ferret Annica]

4. Then stop being Republicrats, the two wings on the same bird

I became a Green because the Democratic party talks a fair to mediocre talk, and does not walk even that compromised rhetorical walk.

Shape up, or let both parties die as miserably as the Whig party did.

[TexasObserver]

8. Stop that Naderite nonsense.

That thinking is the reason we had eight years of Bush.

We're Democrats. If you don't want to be a Democrat, go start a board about Greens.

[Orsino]

7. One more thing they won't need to fight for. n/t

[Davis_X_Machina]

10. That's still a near-30 seat loss...

...hell, I'll take all the action CQ Politics wants to give me on a 225-seat majority.

Progressives are going to sit on their hands, because they haven't gotten their ponies yet, and energized and angry GOP voters are going to come crawling out of the woodwork.

It's going to be 2006 in reverse. The Senate will be 53-45, no better (NB Sanders and Lieberman excluded) when the shouting's over.