1.) In many ways, 60 was the worst number of Senate seats for the Dems while keeping a majority. It is the exact number needed to end a filibuster, but it required keeping people like Lieberman and Ben Nelson in the fold. Jon Stewart said it well: Bush did whatever the f$#$ he wanted with a much smaller majority. Time to either start passing things with 53 votes or have Republicans hop on- no more selling of the soul in order to placate Joe Lieberman.
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The good stuff starts at about 6:45 in...
2.) Much better to get the wake up call in January than in November. During the primary campaign, the Obama team stuck to their game plan and didn't get worked up by the fact that critics were flipping out about Hillary Clinton, McCain's "Celebrity" ad, Palin, etc. Rahm Emanuel and David Axelrod are pretty damn smart and politically attuned- good people to have in charge of the campaign operation.
3.) People are angry, but not just at the Democrats. Brown ran a great campaign, but the GOP as a whole is still viewed negatively by the electorate. Maybe Brown becomes the shining star of the GOP because the alternatives still suck- Palin, Romney, Steele, Rush, Beck, Cheney- yikes.
Let's not wet ourselves quite yet. And yeah, I'm the same person who said this.
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