We are old enough to remember the last 2 Dem presidents who came in with their own versions of "hope and change" and congressional majorities.
Can you say Carter '76 and Clinton '92?
We also remember how it all came apart:
"Genuine bipartisanship means compromises on policy, not photo-ops and hand shakes.
The last two Democratic Presidents, Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, also came to power with big Democratic majorities in Congress, veered far to the left on policy, and quickly came undone." (WSJ)
For the record, Carter lost big in the 1978 mid-terms and Reagan swept the country in 1980.
Clinton lost the House and Senate in the 1994 midterms! In fact, Clinton became a more successful president when he had a Republican majority to protect him for the Dems' leftist impulses.
Speaker Pelosi and the House Dems did not do any favors to Pres. Obama.
They had a chance to draft a genuine bipartisan bill that could have gotten 350 votes.
Instead, they wrote a bill full of money for Dem interest groups. The House proposal had little if any stimulus.
Pres BO and the House Dems now own this package!
As we told our Dem friends, be careful what you wish for....you may get it!
Just let Nancy Pelosi continue to do the talking! The House Dems' proposal is losing support!
Last, but not least, wonder how many Dems would vote "yes" today?
Wonder how many would join the 11 who broke with the Speaker and voted "no"?
P.S. The best quote so far:
"This is about spending money we don't have for things we don't need," added Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla."
