So they can be replaced by Dems? Not trying to be partisan here, I would be happy to get actual Dems in their seats, but it sounds like you wouldn''t. Maine has been trending blue, and Collins just won reelection strongly. Seems like Maineacks approve of her, even if she is member of that dying breed, New England Republicans. If that makes her a RINO, its because the Republican party moved right and the moderate Republicans were driven or voted out. There used to be a place for people like Collins/Snowe/Spector/Chafee in the GOP, but it is clear they are not so welcome anymore.Date: 2/10/2009 8:39:11 PM
Author: strmrdr
Date: 2/10/2009 8:34:48 PM
Author: luckystar112
Date: 2/10/2009 8:25:59 PM
Author: strmrdr
not yet, but having to go on prime time national tv and to scare 3 republicans into voting for his plan shows a very large lack of leadership ability.
Scary.
Two of the Republicans, Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe, are from Maine and I''m sure didn''t need too much nudging. They are def more moderate.
RINOs, they need to get some strong candidates to run against them in the primaries and knock them out of the senate.
As to the OP, I think its a bit early/highly partisan to suggest the presidency has already failed. Have Obama and his surrogates stumbled? Yes. Were they unrealistic in many of their assumptions? Yes. Are they learning some hard lessons about Washington? Absolutely. But the real test comes in the days ahead - will they learn from their mistakes, adjust, reposition themselves, etc.
One of the failures of the Bush adminstration was intransigence and inflexibility - staying the course even though it was clear it was the wrong course. Its too early to tell if/how well Obama will learn from his missteps. Clearly he has squandered some of his momentum, but what he does from here is most important.