US Republicans seize lower house

[August]

Originally Posted by nikimcbee

Dude, you guys re-elected Barney Frank, waz up with that?

My state is infested with Democrats and the state GoP is kept weak by crossover primary votes. It's a sad situation. He's not my congresscritter though. Different district.

[tater]

The media needs to switch the colors. If they can't get the right colors assigned, then each election should switch red and blue. Why? Reds are the bad guys. The choice of red for reps by the media is no accident. Red=bad in military exercises, for example, and the side closer to the Reds are the democrats (not all democrats are communists, but all communists existing within our two party system are democrats).

[Platapus]

Well, I wish the new Congress good luck and hope they will pass legislation that will benefit the country and not just their party.

It is very easy being the minority party. All you have to do is sit back and say "I think you are doing it wrong".

Well, now you are the majority party and America is awaiting to see if the party of no can actually accomplish something other than start wars.

And just remember, the impatience of the voters that got the Democrats out of office will be focused on the Republicans just in time for the next elections.

I, and I am sure the rest of America, will be eagerly awaiting some solutions.

When you are in the majority, you can't just say no. You have to work the issues.

Good luck with this.

[August]

Originally Posted by Platapus

Well, I wish the new Congress good luck and hope they will pass legislation that will benefit the country and not just their party.

It is very easy being the minority party. All you have to do is sit back and say "I think you are doing it wrong".

Well, now you are the majority party and America is awaiting to see if the party of no can actually accomplish something other than start wars.

And just remember, the impatience of the voters that got the Democrats out of office will be focused on the Republicans just in time for the next elections.

I, and I am sure the rest of America, will be eagerly awaiting some solutions.

When you are in the majority, you can't just say no. You have to work the issues.

Good luck with this.

Majority party in only one half of the Congress you mean.

Now my question is will the Democrat controlled Senate and Executive branch work with them or will the they become the new Party of No? I guess time will tell but you're absolutely right, the American voter is not going to have a lot of patience for business as usual in Washington.

Im wondering how it will turn out. Personally Im disgusted with the current administration. The healthcare in particular and all the promises he made and went completely opposite of what he said. That and the "Hate mongering" that seems to come from the tear party is a joke. I watched many videos of tea party members and didnt see one incident of it. I DID however watch a Union worker I believe beat the living daylights out of a Tea-Party member on video and the Tea-Party(An African American one none the less, and people say theyre racists too) member did nothing to retaliate. Yeah theyre really fight / hate mongerers.

I remember in particular watching a newscast where Mr. John Kerry said himself (Albeit in a nice way) The voters were too stupid to understand the matters at hand, meaning the economy,etc. etc... I just dont see how someone can vote for someone who insults them like that??

I also remember a bailout of GM for billions of dollars, of which my father who has worked his ass off there for 15 years didnt recieve a single penny. Theyre not bailing out the company, theyre bailing out the CEOs. Pssh

As much as I am republican however, I voted independent as much as I could because I do see bits and pieces of the both parties being equally as corrupt. Sorry this post is a bit off-topic. Im just tired of being weaseled by some slick politicians.
/end rant

[tater]

http://www.nationalreview.com/articl...es-krauthammer

Another one hit out of the park by Krauthammer.

Some tidbits (bolded bit done by me):

For all the turmoil, the spectacle, the churning — for all the old bulls slain and fuzzy-cheeked freshmen born — the great Republican wave of 2010 is simply a return to the norm. The tide had gone out; the tide came back. A center-right country restores the normal congressional map: a sea of interior red, bordered by blue coasts, and dotted by blue islands of urban density.

...

Moreover, Obamacare and the stimulus were passed on near-total party-line votes — legal, of course, but deeply offensive to the people’s sense of democratic legitimacy. Never before had anything of this size and scope been passed on a purely partisan basis. (Social Security commanded 81 House Republicans; the Civil Rights Act, 136; Medicare, 70.)

...

This is not, however, a rejection of Democrats as a party. The center-left party as represented by Bill Clinton remains competitive in every cycle. The lesson of Tuesday is that the American game is played between the 40-yard lines. So long as Democrats don’t repeat Obama’s drive for the red zone, Democrats will cyclically prevail, just as Republicans do.

Spot on.