The seeds of tonight's defeat were planted back in 2006.

[Pab Sungenis]

When the American people put us into power, we refused to wield it. An end to the wars? Investigations? Impeachment? All were taken "off the table."

Single Payer? Off the table. Don't Ask Don't Tell? Off the table. Real Wall Street reform? Off the table. A jobs bill? Off the table.

So tonight, the American people took Nancy Pelosi off the table.

[leftstreet]

1. K&R

:applause:

[slipslidingaway]

2. knr nt

[JVS]

3. Pelosi passed a lot of bills. Our senate was the weak link.

[avaistheone1]

8. The bills were not significant enough for the times.

People rightly expected and need much more. Main Street still feels like it has not been heard.

[PBass]

10. Well, more "significant" bills would not have passed the Senate, either.

And maybe not the House, either.

I thought Pelosi did a great job with a tough position.

[avaistheone1]

11. Maybe so. But people needed and deserved much more than what we got.

Pelosi did to a good job. I don't agree with her on all issues, but she may be the single most effective politician in Washington.
imo

[Nite Owl]

4. Refusing to defund the wars

was a huge mistake.
Don't forget Rahm and his Blue Dogs, they bit us in the ass more than once.

[jgraz]

5. No, no, no. It's because people *noticed* all that stuff

If the "professional left" had just ignored all of those issues, the Dems would be rolling to victory tonight.

(yes, :sarcasm:)

[Dr.Phool]

17. You mean stuff like repealing bankruptcy reform, and renewing FISA?

We'd better out-repuke the repukes, or we'll get our asss handed to us.

Oh....wait.

[Ozymanithrax]

6. Will the Republicans be so kind? n/t

[JoseGaspar]

16. Now there is a $64,000 question...

Impeachment for War Crimes was off the table. "Looking backward" at War Crimes came off the table in 2008. Over 1000 were indicted in the Savings and Loan scandal (which did a small fraction of the damage that the banks as whole did in 2007)... not one has been indicted in the current recession.

And now, the Republicans will try to impeach Obama... as they tried to impeach Clinton.

Brilliant, no?

[TwilightZone]

7. Not according to the exit polls

The economy dominated them, almost exclusively, and specifically the issue was unemployment. People don't care about Bush's impeachment or lack thereof. They're worried about putting food on the table and finding a job after two years on unemployment.

[avaistheone1]

9. Remember those are the exit polls who went out to vote.

Those who are not motivated to vote by the lack of will to bring Bush and Cheney to justice, as well as by the lack of will to end the wars - don't get exit polled.

[trotsky]

18. The idiocy of re-electing the dolts who f'ed the economy in the first place

is astonishing. Repukes get 8 years to muck things up, and because Dems didn't fix it in 2, we get blamed?

Honestly the lack of critical thinking in this country and the insane control Repukes have over the media has reached the point of no return, I'm afraid.

[StarburstClock]

12. You speak the truth

If 1 war criminal would have been charged, whether they were ever tried and convicted or not, it would have been a completely different story tonight. Same goes for universal health care, getting out of either "war" or impeachment.

[Codeine]

13. Bull. Voters are mad because the economy is dead.

Not ailing, not in crisis, not in a downturn -- DEAD. They're mad and acting like mad people act; destructively.

[WinkyDink]

19. And the perception, based on the HOST of items in the OP, is that the Democrats CANNOT or DO NOT

CARE to, LEAD.

Americans wil ALWAYS follow (perceived) strentgh over reason, if that is the choice.

[Codeine]

14. dupe

[JCMach1]

15. The American people wanted bold action and the Dems gave them?

lukewarm oatmeal...

All the while we were saying eat it, it's supposed to be good for you.

[WinkyDink]

20. Exactly. Americans prefer bold action EVEN IF it is wrong.

[indepat]

21. Hear, hear!

[bigwillq]

22. K and R (nt)

[donheld]

23. We have got to stop being a party controlled by wimps.