Reply #14: One can claim that Democrats don't have a spine, but

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they are not in disarray. The blue dogs lost big, and the few that remain like Heath Shuler are bitching as they've always done. The Third Way idiots (including Evan Bayh) are desperately trying to spin the election.

People are making too much of the GOP house victory. Yeah, that was a lot, but it doesn't matter if they lost 30 or 60 when the other party gains control the House. The Dems gained 31 seats in 2006 to control the House (with about the same margin Republicans now hold). Dems gained another 21 in 2008 to increase their majority to 257, which is 17 seats more than the new Republican majority.

Also, unlike 1994 and 2006, the party out of power failed to take control of both chambers of Congress, that is significant. It keeps Republicans at a disadvantage.

In 2006, Democrats gained the majority in the Senate, but there is a big difference between a 2-seat and and a 6-seat margin, especially when Dems control the WH.

Yeah, Demcocrats lost a lot of House seats, but this isn't a disaster. Now, Republicans are on the hot seat.

This is disarray and this.

This can't be good news for Republicans.