Noemie Emery: Democrats' new agenda: Losing in 2012
A week past the midterms, the good news gets better, so far as the GOP is concerned.
" President B.O. (so far) doesn't get it. His presser was gruesome. He is being called isolated, inept and incompetent. Staffers are dishing, backers are kvetching, and even the glossies have turned...
" Speaker of the House Nancy San Fran Nan Pelosi, D-Calif., is back! Pelosi, who led her caucus into calamitous losses, is not going quietly, but wants the chance to repeat the experience...
" Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., is back, too! Republicans get to keep him, with his charm, charisma, and leaderly qualities ... and keep intact the leadership team that just did so well in the midterm election.
" The Tea Party worked out, on balance, and at least in contrast to what might have been. It did not, as predicted, embarrass its allies. ... True, it coughed up a couple of clunkers, but these were mercifully vetoed by voters before they could became large-scale, ongoing embarrassments.
" The Democrats still have control of the Senate, but by six seats instead of 19 or 20, which is where their problems begin. ... In 2012, 13 Democrats, from the wave election of 2006 and purple states that went red just a week ago, will be up for election and they will be very afraid.
Posted by: Fred 2010-11-11 |