Plenty of moderate Democrats won seats in Congress. Narrow victories for most anyone. The most liberal issues anyone ran on was an Iraq exit. So with a mandate to the middle, wouldn't you think Speaker-Elect Pelosi would heed the warnings? No, she's a Democrat. And Democrats just refuse to do what would help them long term: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/washingtondc/la-na-dems12nov12,0,4533842.story?track=mostviewed-sectionfront
Despite a declining base of numbers and power, the unions (trial lawyers were conveniently left out of this LA Times piece) will have a significant presence and shift the agenda to the left. Abortion (where was this issue in the '06 campaigns?) will also be a pet project. The Pelosi Saturday Night Live opening skit this past weekend may end up being more prescient than satire. I wonder how many moderate Republicans are going to have some serious buyer's remose next January.
Conveniently, the effects should start right about six months before the 2008 elections. Someone remind me how this party won in the first place . . . . .
It's politics, it's Kansas, it's Fort Hays State University.
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