Comments on: The Morning After http://demockracy.com/the-morning-after/ Fri, 06 Jan 2012 08:23:22 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Kevin Van Dyke, Editor http://demockracy.com/the-morning-after/comment-page-1/#comment-364 Kevin Van Dyke, Editor Fri, 07 Nov 2008 23:52:11 +0000 http://demockracy.com/?p=2452#comment-364 Shabec, I agree. It is hard to keep one's mouth shut after some of the things that were said in 2000 and 2004 (I lived in heavily GOP areas at the time of those elections, so I certainly heard plenty.) And yes, a lot of this backlash to Bush and failed GOP policies. A President Gore or Kerry wouldn't have had a Dem Congress to work with. However, with that said, I would trade in all the Dem congresses and mandates in the world to reverse some of the damage that has been done to the long-term future of this country in the last 4 to 8 years. Unfortunately, I don't believe that some of the damage can be fully repaired. And yes, it's more about the failed leadership of the right and an inspirational leader on the left than about pure partisanship. Part of Obama's appeal was that he claimed to be post-partisan. Whether that is realistic or not is a subject for an article of its own! Shabec, I agree. It is hard to keep one’s mouth shut after some of the things that were said in 2000 and 2004 (I lived in heavily GOP areas at the time of those elections, so I certainly heard plenty.) And yes, a lot of this backlash to Bush and failed GOP policies. A President Gore or Kerry wouldn’t have had a Dem Congress to work with. However, with that said, I would trade in all the Dem congresses and mandates in the world to reverse some of the damage that has been done to the long-term future of this country in the last 4 to 8 years. Unfortunately, I don’t believe that some of the damage can be fully repaired.

And yes, it’s more about the failed leadership of the right and an inspirational leader on the left than about pure partisanship. Part of Obama’s appeal was that he claimed to be post-partisan. Whether that is realistic or not is a subject for an article of its own!

]]> By: Bradley, Tech Editor http://demockracy.com/the-morning-after/comment-page-1/#comment-362 Bradley, Tech Editor Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:11:38 +0000 http://demockracy.com/?p=2452#comment-362 @ shabec: there's certainly a mandate for change, but it is really a center/left shift, rather than anything partisan. @ shabec: there’s certainly a mandate for change, but it is really a center/left shift, rather than anything partisan.

]]> By: shabec http://demockracy.com/the-morning-after/comment-page-1/#comment-360 shabec Fri, 07 Nov 2008 13:34:02 +0000 http://demockracy.com/?p=2452#comment-360 Let's don't forget that Gore won in 2000, and Kerry won in 2004, but both were cheated out of the victory. I can't wait to meet a disgruntled Republican so I can say, "Get over it!". However, in a way I am glad that neither was allow to assume office, because I don't believe that this victory would be so sweeping and such a mandate were we (Dems) in office now. People were so completely fed up by the excesses of the far right-[eous], and were so ready to embrace a new day in America where now all things are possible. Let’s don’t forget that Gore won in 2000, and Kerry won in 2004, but both were cheated out of the victory. I can’t wait to meet a disgruntled Republican so I can say, “Get over it!”. However, in a way I am glad that neither was allow to assume office, because I don’t believe that this victory would be so sweeping and such a mandate were we (Dems) in office now. People were so completely fed up by the excesses of the far right-[eous], and were so ready to embrace a new day in America where now all things are possible.

]]> By: Bradley, Tech Editor http://demockracy.com/the-morning-after/comment-page-1/#comment-358 Bradley, Tech Editor Fri, 07 Nov 2008 03:26:01 +0000 http://demockracy.com/?p=2452#comment-358 I beg to differ, National Journal; Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Marcellinus has a distinctly more liberal record in the Senate, not withstanding Crescentius the Younger (but don't get me started...) I beg to differ, National Journal; Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Marcellinus has a distinctly more liberal record in the Senate, not withstanding Crescentius the Younger (but don’t get me started…)

]]> By: Kevin Van Dyke, Editor http://demockracy.com/the-morning-after/comment-page-1/#comment-357 Kevin Van Dyke, Editor Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:14:13 +0000 http://demockracy.com/?p=2452#comment-357 But CNN tells me this is a center-right country. I love to hear that meme being spread in total contradiction to what actually happened on the ground. America might have been a center right country in 1980 or even 2004. In 2008, it is a center left country. Unlike Bush who governed from the extreme right, Dems shouldn't govern from the extreme left. But they shouldn't govern for the center right or the center either. They should take a firm stand moderately left of center in my opinion. But CNN tells me this is a center-right country.

I love to hear that meme being spread in total contradiction to what actually happened on the ground.

America might have been a center right country in 1980 or even 2004. In 2008, it is a center left country.

Unlike Bush who governed from the extreme right, Dems shouldn’t govern from the extreme left. But they shouldn’t govern for the center right or the center either. They should take a firm stand moderately left of center in my opinion.

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