Reply #13: This has zip to do with accomodating the right

[cali]

It has to do with building a huge mandate. Obama wants to do exactly what Reagan did- only taking the country in the opposite direction. And you seem to be forgetting that the new president- and I'm convined that it will be a dem- will have a strong dem Congress to work with. Dems are set to pick up 5+ Senate seats, giving us at least a 54-44-2 Senate, and dems are set to pick up at least 10 seats in the House, giving us a big margin in that body. I trust you understand what this means. In case you don't, it means that the new President doesn't have to work with the repukes. In a Senate with such a composition, the opposition is much less likely to go for filibustering- and it is far, far easier to pick off moderate repugs like Collins, Snow and Specter.