This is a good thing. We have a unique opportunity to WAKE UP. We can yet avoid

[thereismore]

losing big in November. We need leaders like Greyson. I'd rather lose Teddy's seat now, which can be re-gained, than lose many in November. My suggestion to dems: get the Jobs bill with Medicare extension done in reconciliation if must be, and let people decide in November!

[scheming daemons]

1. You're dreaming... there's nothing "good" about tonight

What you describe will NOT happen.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

6. Gotta disagree with you here, there could be an upside

Generally the party in power loses seats during the midterm election. It tends to wake them up for the presidential election. In this case we lost a senate seat at a time when we needed all we had. That means the alarm clock went off before the midterms and we should be energized to work at them. Not the best of circumstances, but lets make lemonade out of this lemon.

[thereismore]

9. Exactly my point, if I have one at all. nt

[Faryn Balyncd]

2. We were doing our darndest to stampede over a cliff........

[Chulanowa]

3. I wish some of you people would wake up

Put the bong and cake icing aside, take off the rose-colored glasses, and lose the bellbottoms. This is not going to send a "swing leftward!" message to the Democrats. it was not a "Warning shot" no matter how much some want to portray it.

The message sent was "Republicans won, we need to find out how and replicate that" - I.e., "be like the republicans"

we need leaders like Grayson. That's not going to happen if "Progressives" keep rooting for Republicans.

[Kablooie]

4. Oh give it up. We are destined for nothing but filibusters until the next GOP president.

THEN things will be able to move again. In Bush's direction.


We not be allowed to change the world that Bush dumped on us.

[Smashcut]

5. Well we already have DINOs like Jim Webb saying this is a sign

that we should "back off the liberal agenda." I can't think of anything WORSE the party could do right now than more business-as-usual center-right capitulation.

[Golden Raisin]

7. No. It is not a good thing.

This is a seriously bad sign for Obama, Democrats and November. To say nothing of Teddy (and Jack and Bobby) who are turning in their graves. Sadly, we don't do wake-up calls well. And it's GrAyson.

[Truth2Tell]

8. It COULD be a good thing.

The Dems will need to take a hard populist turn if we're going to save our asses. I think it's unlikely to happen though, and this is more likely a harbinger than a lesson learned.

[ddeclue]

10. GrAyson NOT GrEyson!

[fascisthunter]

11. that's the best attitude in light of what just happened

turn a negative into a positive and the arguments on the right become irrelevent.

[alberg]

12. Called both my Senators and Congressman this morning

and told them that the message from Massachusetts is that Americans want real HealthCare reform, not mandated giveaways to the Insurance Companies, jobs, and a regulated Wall Street that prevents bankers from holding our economy hostage. That means moving to the "left", not the "right".