Pelosi is Forcing Moderate Democrats to Walk the Healthcare Plank

It didn't help that the President backed Corzine did it? If you toe the line with Pelosi now, you WILL WALK THE PLANK, come next election. Who do you want behind you, the Dems or the PEOPLE WHO YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO SERVE? Seems like a no brainer to me.

Lorrie Decker of NJ 9:17PM November 06, 2009

Dave of WI, I wish your statements applied to the Dems here in CA. Unfortunately, Pelosi, Boxer, Feinstein and all the other hard-line Dems here in CA are voted in by a very supportive constituency. They'd all love to see this stuff pass with Single Payer, wealth redistribution, etc. I live here and love the people for the most part, but the local majority of political views I find very distasteful.

So, while I'd love to say the CA dems that are owning this debacle are scared of their constituency and their next election, the opposite is more likely to be true. That's what truly annoys and perplexes me.

One more comment on wealth redistribution. Somebody's point about rich people knowing how to manage (or hide) their money would apply even more, so that it would simply be redistributing wealth from the hard working (and honest) sucker to the lower class. Again it would be the middle class that gets screwed in the end. If you want to talk about the class warfare going on, look at elite politicians and their enabling of the few corporations that are filled with power-hungry leaders.

Ben Madsen of CA 2:07PM November 06, 2009

There is a ton of spin focused on a handful of Dems. The Blue Dogs are in the spotlight, but that's just so we don't see all the knee-knocking going on with the "safe" Blue State Dems.

The biggest component moving in these recent elections was Independents. Who is a Independent going to turn on in the next election cycle? I think they are likely to show some love towards Dems that ran as Moderates and acted like Moderates. It's the Dems that ran in the Center and then turned hard Left towards Big Government/Socialism that are going to be shunned in the 2010 cycle by the Independent voters they betrayed.

Let the media propaganda soothe the spirits of the Blue State Dems so they don't break ranks and bolt for the doors. They know they really need to do some damage control in their Districts. (It's the Economy, Jobs , and Taxes - Stupid!... and you only have 360 days to fix it and save your job..) Being a Pelosi Blue Cat Dem isn't going to save 'em, not a one.

Just ask Jon Corzine how that White House/DNC safety net worked out for a Blue State Governor.

I'm in a Blue State (Wisconsin). Our Gov Doyle knows he's going to lose next year (or maybe he thinks if he wins he'll get indicted?) He's stepping down. Huge Vacuum of Power coming up. No leading Dem in Wis wants to run. It would cost a Republican more money to run as Dog Catcher than to run for Governor this cycle. Obama came out this week to try some arm-twisitng on the Dem. Mayor of Milwaukee. Think he'll take a pass as well on running. Wisconsin's citizens have been so screwed over by Democrat domination that you can smell the blood on the water.

I would think that the Blue Dogs have the least to fear. Especially if we could talk Clint Eastwood into moving up the road apiece and run against Queen Pelosi.

Dave of WI 12:31AM November 06, 2009

at Nancy Pelosi - study her puckered puss - and tell me you think anything she promoted would be worth a damn. Ditto for Reid, Shumer, Frank, Boxer, Watson Feinstein, Wasserman - Schultz, Franken, Waters, and on and on... Sheesh....all of 'em - absolute DRUTS.

My God! These people are really the brightest, best and most honorable among us? We are deep in a crap-crack.

R.L. Schaefer of CA 9:45PM November 05, 2009