House Democrats: We Won't Lose Majority in 2010
By Paul Bedard, Washington Whispers
The head of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, while acknowledging the challenging political climate in advance of the 2010 midterm elections, declared today that the Democrats won't lose control of the chamber like they did in 1994. "This will not be another 1994," said Rep. Chris Van Hollen, a Maryland Democrat. While he has 49 members on a special watch list, he said that the upcoming election and the 1994 shocker have three "significant differences."
First, he said, unlike in 1994, there are not a lot of Democrats retiring from the House, opening their seats to a new member. Second, he said, the Democrats "have stayed on offense" in this election period. And third, he said that the "Republican brand is at an all-time low," doing even worse in polls than when George W. Bush was president.
Still, Van Hollen said, the 2010 is "going to be a tough, very competitive election." He suggested that if any of his members were sleeping on the job, they aren't after the summer's town hall meetings, some of which turned ugly as opponents of healthcare and government bailouts vented. "The spectacle of these town hall meetings was a wake-up call," he said. He added that the grass-roots base has rallied as a result, donating record amounts in small-dollar checks.
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Politician understand one thing and one thing only. Votes!!! They eat sleep and live for the number of votes it take to get re-elected. They only way to speak to an employee who is caught not doing their job after warning, after warning, is to fire them. The other employees get the message immediately. I say the American people have spoken, and begged, they still don't get it. So fire them. Vote out every Democrat up for re-election. Create grid lock. They will hear us. We need balance that's how the system was designed. Checks and Balances. We let it get away from us. Now we have to take it back.
The ONLY "positive" Obama-Pelosi-Reid legacy...
I lived through the "Carter" years.The worst US times ever seen in very REAL terms of economy, World status and respect, and military and security capability...UNTIL NOW.
IF there is ANY positive to OUR current Government missteps...it will be a huge shift of the American People back to the "right" just like OUR shift after Carter that resulted in roughly 30 years of strength and prosperity of America under Conservative rule.
It's a horrible shame that people have such short memory and that political parties get "sloppy" when in power.
The Republicans forgot WHY they were elected and began behaving like Democrats...SAD!
AND...here we are.
Swirling down the toilet as a nation and the voice of the people being ignored and villianized for protesting.
WE CANNOT BE DETERRED!
DEMAND BETTER FROM OUR "EMPLOYEES".
"THEY" have forgotten "they" work for US!
Explain it to them with your money AND votes!
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