from the bottom of my heart. You have been such a source of optimism and hope during this dark battle. I hope you celebrated last night; I know I did!

from the bottom of my heart. You have been such a source of optimism and hope during this dark battle. I hope you celebrated last night; I know I did!

The White House and Speaker may charge ahead, but even the loyal, true-believer lieutenants like Wiener and Frank aren’t following, let alone the foot soldiers… That never ends well for the ‘leaders.’

But who am I to stop them from charging into the hail of fire awaiting them from all sides? It’ll be more fun to watch their own people do it.

“Nothing is over, until WE decide it is!” “Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor”?

Trying to assess the reaction, still seems like the dems don’t get it. They see the threat, now, but are seeing it as a GOP threat. They don’t understand that it’s voters, citizens; that the GOP couldn’t do this if it tried.

Perhaps it’s comforting to frame an existential threat as something more mundane. We tend to do it also, even by calling them “the dems”, as I did above. “They” are not the old Democratic Party, many of whom are on our side now.

Success requires accurately defining goals and obstacles. If they don’t figure out who we are soon, they are unlikely to find a strategy to combat us. Just keep calling us teabaggers, and minimize us, and shoot themselves in the foot.

I dare you people to keep pressing on.

I think this guy knows he is going to be a one-termer. I think that was the plan from day 1.

Dumb + exceedingly evil = 60 seats, unstoppable for a little while
Dumb + well-meaning adn naive = 40 seats for awhile, but thank God the other side is just as stupid as you are.

And Evan Bayh is an expert at sounding moderate.

Hey Dems,
How is hope and change working out? Here is some unsolicited advise: “Kill the Bill”. That is in case you are interested in staying alive in politics.

PS: You can’t get it right.

I normally just lurk here, but I must thank you for constantly presenting optimistic scenarios regarding the failure of Obamacare. The thought that this bill will finally fail is electrifying.

would never pass. But has it now officially used up all 9 of its lives.

RachDubya via HA: “Pelosi may have balls, but she just lost her weiner” Yeah I know it comes close, or maybe even crosses the line– but did you laugh? My sincere thanks to Dan, too, who has been a rock for RS.

those whose seats are not at risk and the other 200.

This needs to die NOW.

Thanks, Dan, for gathering all the quotes. As for Scott Brown’s win, I’ll quote from the legendary Jackie Gleason, “How SWEET it is!”

Notice that the Dems put the blame everywhere but where it belongs: with Mr. Kiss of Death himself. The One.

There probably was a bipartisan agreement to be had. A less far reaching agreement, to be sure. That’s what leadership is all about, right. Understanding the legitimate positions of all sides and looking to carve out areas of agreement. That’s politics. That’s why most Presidents don’t whine about not having 60 votes.

The problem is that this guy is utterly clueless. I wonder if the Dems are ever going to start counting the political corpses piling up of those who made the mistake of hitching their wagons to him? He’s the Kiss of Death politically.

as in Lie and Smear or Slime. As far as I am concerned they can continue to Lie and Smear as much as the want, and I will regard that statement as just one more in the mountain of Lies told so far.

Don’t get me wrong, Brown’s victory last night was a great thing and one to be celebrated. I’ve been celebrating myself. Having the AP call the race less than 90 minutes after the polls closed was an inconceivable victory. I fully expected at least a two week court fight before moving to the inevitable parliamentary games. A clear cut victory for Brown is the best news I’ve heard in over a year (and I include my landing a job after being laid off in that year).

I just fully expect one more dead of night slimy maneuver to push this through. Therefore I will give no quarter until Republicans again control the Senate, and after they do, I will remain reluctant to grant quarter because of a long, long, long history of lies and abuse. Last night we stepped back from the point of the precipice, but we are still too near the edge for me to be comfortable.

Regarding Obama’s “analysis” of the Brown victory…the dude is just clueless if he thinks the fake Dem rage in 2008 is anything like the legitimate American rage of 2009 and 2010. The prez was elected because people had no idea who Obama was. Brown was elected because they do.

“Rep. Jason Altmire (D-Pa.) told us the results prove that unhappiness with political leaders has “gone mainstream” and could hit anyone.

It says a lot that these clowns consider themselves to be “political leaders” rather than representatives of the citizens.

I used to be ashamed of my state and the tyranny we were forcing on the rest of this country. Today, I am so proud to be from Massachusetts.

The Massachusetts Miracle, finally put down this insatiable leviathan called Obamacare.

As many have said, thank you for helping me keep thinking this could be stopped. As hopefully last night does for good.

But also your explanation of many Senate rules was terrific.

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It’s kind of long, but worth watching. Chris Matthews does a pretty good job of challenging him, which I found surprising.

I’ve felt all along they’d pass *something* but the Brown victory has been a real game-changer. The Democrats who didn’t want to vote for it have cover now and there’s nothing Pelosi can do about it.

Obama and Reid are praying that Pelosi could pass the Senate bill as is, but it seems pretty clear THAT’s not going to happen. Even if the liberals cave, they’ve completely lost all the moderates in the mean time.

There seem to be two polar opposites at work now:
- A tremendous amount of political capital and good will were expended to get it to where it is now.
- A number of Democrats who didn’t like the bill but voted for it anyway would not vote for the same bill again today and won’t bribed off like Nelson and Landrieu were.

I don’t see at this point how they can do anything other than start over. Trying to jam something in via reconciliation can’t possibly work. They pretty much need to go back and start with something like the original Baucus bill or something that Snowe would go for. But of course Reid has stabbed her in the back several times since then, so he almost has to go crawling back to her.

why couldn’t Obama and the Dems go ahead and shoot for that $500B elimination of waste/fraud/abuse that was in the bill. The longer they wait, the longer that money is getting wasted or stolen right?