It's time for Democrats to

DF — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:10:00 +0000

In reply to Democrats set to adopt Republican “Always vote against Democrats” strategy

It's time for Democrats to show and prove. The GOP never had better than 51 in the Senate, but that train kept a-rollin'. Either the Dems will make good and do something meaningful for Americans with their political power or they won't. Whatever ends up happening, one thing is for certain: Obama's 2012 campaign slogan will not be "Change you can believe in."

BTW, that WP article you linked on Congressional stagnation is fun. You quote a figure of 94%. I'm not sure where exactly that came from, but I do see this:

Specifically for the 2000 election, incumbents spent 92.8 percent of total money and received 67.3 percent of the vote. In the elections from 1992 to 2000, there were 1,643 contested House seats in which there was a challenged incumbent. In 905 of these (55 percent of the total), the incumbents spent 84% or more of the total spending. These elections resulted in 904 victories for the incumbents, and one loss.

So for incumbents who spent 84% or more of the total, their re-election rate stood at 99.9%. The system works!

Great post. Love the lollipop

Michael Wolraich — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:22:12 +0000

In reply to Democrats set to adopt Republican “Always vote against Democrats” strategy

Great post. Love the lollipop imagery.

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It's time for Democrats to

Great post. Love the lollipop