Have the Past 2 days been the greatest day's in the Democratic Party since the Clinton era?
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Not to put too fine a point on it, but it was Clinton's overreaching on health care that helped the Republicans return to power in Congress in '94 (corruption, overconfidence, and stupidity didn't help them either). The Clinton years were good for the Clintons, but not all that great for the party.\n\nIn all fairness, I would put the campaign period as better than the actually election. Schumer and Emmanuel did an excellent job of building a new Democratic coalition, trying to find candidates that actually represented their districts well, rather than candidates that fit a narrow ideological scope (like...oh...the Republicans). \n\nThey publically supported Lamont without actually giving him a lot of support, helping Lieberman to win (granted, Lamont was Lieberman's greatest ally in the campaign) and make a statement that holding the center is more important than getting the "base" and more important than seeking an ideologue.\n\nWhile the Republicans tried to paint the party as not having a unified message, in actuality, the Democrats' lack of a unified message helped them greatly - it allowed each candidate to express (or avoid) their opinions on issues as they felt free, it let them be flexible.\n\nWhether the actual election win is the greatest day for the party is up to Pelosi and Reid - Schumer and Emmanuel got them the gavel, now they have to use it wisely.\n\nOne more point: Don't get over-excited about the Dems controlling Congress. Anything they do has to either appeal to a few Republicans, or the 15-20 conservative/moderate Democrats that are the difference between controlling the chamber and not controlling the chamber - and those 15-20 swing votes generally had narrow wins, and will not go too far off on a limb lest it just mean they get beaten in '08.
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Yes, I believe that does mean the end of the Bush Dictatorship. WOOO HOOO go Democrats. Hillary for 08!!!
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Well I hadn't heard but thank you for making my day even better then when I found out about the successful democrats!!!!   I'm sure that he has no problem retiring from all the cash he's got from this.  Funny he is resiging instead of staying and finishing the mess that this administration has started.  How easily he can walk away from all those americans that he's sent to Iraq who are giving up their lives.  What a coward.
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Democrats, by 7,200 votes. Just happened. :)
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Some things will. It also paves the way for more moderate/liberal Democrats who are actually more in tune with the post baby boomer generation.\n\nThings take time.\nLast night was a start!
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By the time Hillary starts campaigning, which we all know hasn't done any yet. I see more like 65-70 percent of the vote coming her way. It's pretty funny the Republicans, with retarded Sean Hannity, have already got a poll from Rush Limbaugh, and Hillary hasn't even accepted the nomination yet.  I see great things with the Democrats in control of Congress like Bush and Cheney's impeachments. Indictments over Haliburton, and Carlyle for profiteering in Iraq, and New Orleans. It will be a great day.
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I agree... I wonder if it hasn't hurt parties in the past, since they are sending up weak nominations based on only what people in the party want... like Dole and Kerry
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Better days may be a long way off...first we have to clean up all the mess. \n\nBut it was an awesome day wasn't it ;)
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huge,,, we are united behind the Democrat Party
951938
A sad sign of the times, my friend.  I have been very thankful for Mr. Bush these past two days, especially.
767106
Democrats are winning tonight! I'm partying my @$$ off, until it is time to vote for HILLARY
901747
The problem with the democratic party is they have no unifying voice.  The dems are their own worst enemy.  The republicans already have several powerful presidential candidates while the democrats bicker about leadership in the house.  To answer your question, no, 2 years is not enough time.  I do like many of the new moderate dems in office, but they are stuck behind a host of liberals that have their own agendas.  Too bad, we could use moderate leadership now, not 8 years from now.
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YES HELLARY CLINTON THE WIFE EX PRESIDENT MR. CLINTON IS STRONGEST CANDIDATE OF DEMOCRATIC PARTY WHO RECENTLY WINS PARLIAMENT ELECTION IN USA.
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I think they have increased, Nancy Pelosi (I don't know how to spell her name) says she will not work with the Republicans and she can't wait to have a lame duck President. If she is the future of the Democratic party they are headed even further downhill then I thought. I did notice that the Democrat running for US Senate in Tn. is more of a Republican then a Democrat his only issue I saw that matches the Dem's is Universal health care plan.
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there is a funny thing that we've been hearing "this week" from the corporate media...(I think the two brain surgeons above me heard it too.. their tales are wagging ) "It's going to be a close race"? . two weeks ago in our United States Of Amnesia .. it was going to be a Democrat land slide with as much as a 30 point advantage in some places.. within 7 days and no real appreciable Republican "victory" except for Mr. Kerry's ill received pun... they are all of a sudden "going to keep the house" (Bob Novak) "Looks Like they're even going to pick up several seats this time around" (S. Hannity) and this one is the best "The Democrats have botched things so badly in the past several years that Democrat incumbants should be happy to keep their jobs" (Bill O'really ?)\n.. so yes the fix is in .. and the gears of the evil Sith Lords are once again turning, oiled by tax payers dollars and the blood of innocence, spilled on far away desert sands....
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Gotta love these Republicans. When things go wrong the 1st thing they do is BLAME IT ON CLINTON! For some reason I think that the RNC sent out a book to all registered party members and that is all it says. Well I have news for you all, it is 2006, Clinton has been out of office for 6 years now. This is your mess, not his.  If you would read something other than Druggy Limbaughs crap, or O'Rielly's junk, and see the other side of the story you might see that there is some merit to what Progressives in this country want to do.
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DEMOCRAT and LIBERAL and proud of it too!