Anyone feeling optimistic about DADT after last night?

[joeybee12]

Trust me, the first thing the Dems cave on will be this. Next is cap and trade. They already caved on HCR, so that doesn't count.

[benlurkin]

1. Excuse me for

not getting the acronym translation memo but what is DADT?

[joeybee12]

2. Welcome to DU...Don't Ask, Don't Tell...n/t

[One_Life_To_Give]

3. Wasn't even mentioned in the Race or the Polls

So ofcourse DADT and repeal of DOMA will be the first to go.
OTOH We could become good mechanics, seeing how familiar we are with the underside of the bus.

[joeybee12]

4. Brownie was very anti-marriage equality...it's curious to see how the POS

reacts when he actually has to defend his neanderthal beliefs.

[cecilfirefox]

5. Unfortunately, I feel your sentiment. If we loose the House, or a massive proportion of it, I don't

expect us to repeal DADT. Very, very sad right now.

[joeybee12]

6. I think even before the November elections there'll be far too many Dems

wanting to be cautious and will discourage any attempt to repeal it.

[PVnRT]

7. ...and expect the Democrats to start running even more to the right

Kiss any progress on gay rights goodbye for a few years. You'll just have to "wait your turn" and quit "whining" about your "pony" until "the time is right."

[joeybee12]

8. Of course...

that's because they never learn.

[TheWraith]

10. Losing in a liberal state to a conservative Republican? Clearly we need to be more liberal!

That's ridiculous reasoning on the face of it.

So is the belief that this was a referendum on whether the Dems were being left-wing enough. You don't need a political science degree to see that an arrogant and poorly run campaign like Coakley's alienated blue-collar voters for reasons having to do with attitude and effort, rather than policy.

[joeybee12]

11. One word...offense

You win campaigns on offense, you put your opponent on the defensive...Brown did this early...Repukes have figured it out, Dems always fail at it.

[tbyg52]

12. Uh, have you looked at any of the statements Brown voters made? nt

[joeybee12]

13. And that is relative to my post...how? n/t

[tbyg52]

15. If it is, it's only by accident - my reply wasn't to your post. nt

[Smashcut]

14. No clearly "we" need to LEAD

and that means keeping promises and actually standing for something.

[Siyahamba]

9. What I'm feeling?

Time to head back to Canada.