They are still in pre-Coakley election night lost mode. They don't seem to have learned anything from the MA senate loss.

Debbie Stabenow - Still talking about the Republicans 41 votes and how she's looking at them to see what they're going to do. She will continue to propose legislation and see if they will block it.

Obama - We shouldn't jam the healthcare bill through without first seating the newly elected senator.

The Whitehouse - They don't know what their going to do about healthcare now that they've lost 1 seat.

Obama - We may slim down healthcare reform.

After the MA election they said they got it. Except... they didn't. Like I said yesterday. Healthcare reform could have been done 6 months ago and Coakley would have sailed into the senate seat.

The Democrats are looking slow-footed, lethargic, inept, and weak. They were hit over the head with a two by four and once they regained consciousness they forgot they lost in MA. What does it take for them to get it?



DEMOCRATS we elected you to do something besides talk. I can't believe I've helped elect a bunch of talkers. They can propose legislation but... well... if the Republicans filibuster then... their question seems to be, "I don't know what to do next".

YOU FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE!

GET SOMETHING DONE!!!

You've got 59 seats. Put the Blue Dogs on notice. If you block significant legislation and cause us to lose more seats we will primary you. Tell them, the people expected the following.

-Healthcare Reform
-Cap and Trade
-Regulatory Reform
-Jobs

Tell them - If you stand in the way of what you knew we were trying to accomplish since 2008 then we will run someone against you that will help us move forward on what the people voted us in to do.

The key to fighting Republicans should be a no-brainer:

-Don't continue to bargain with people who will undermine your own chances of re-election.
-You make them filibuster pieces of the healthcare legislation... in public. I guarantee Republicans won't filibuster "pre-existing conditions".
-You use reconciliation where ever you can.
-You use the bully pulpit every chance you get.
-Trash the Republican for the obstructionists they are.
-You don't take your nominees like the TSA off of the table. You call senators like Demint on the carpet and make him continuously answer why he's holding up such an important nominee.
-Stop giving the Republicans 41 votes more power than our 59. That makes no sense.

Help me understand what's going on with the Democrats. We seem to be in a loop. Are the Dems more clueless than I thought.