"Don't jump off the bridge"

[kentuck]

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/12/white-houses-melody-barnes-to-progressives-dont-jump-off-the-bridge.php?ref=fpb

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You know that scene in "It's A Wonderful Life" where George Bailey is standing on the bridge ready to end it all? That's where White House Director of Domestic Policy Council Melody Barnes sees liberals now, as they await the GOP takeover of the House. In her metaphor, Barnes is a guardian angel of sorts, trying her best Thursday night to pull progressives back from the brink.

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Yeah, it's bad, Barnes acknowledged. But, she implored, think of how much worse it would have been if Democrats hadn't been in power at all.

For liberals, Barnes told the audience at the progressive legal organization's event, 2010 has been "a year of great accomplishment, but it has also been a very tough year."

She expressed confidence that courts would continue to uphold health care reform as constitutional, calling efforts to oppose reform "a page out of the old playbook: let's take it to the courts."

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[ProSense]

1. It's good advice

Meant to rec this. Hit the wrong button. Oops.

[elleng]

2. Rec'd for you, Pro.

[ProSense]

3. Thanks. n/t

[madmax]

4. k & r

[zipplewrath]

5. I love it when his admirers give the rest of us advice

They ahve no idea what is bothering us, but they tell us not to worry about it.