I don't know whether to laugh or cry

[cdne]

The key words here are "Once-Favored".

Americans are hot-button voters, they vote more against a party than for and issue. It's quite possible that Mr. Obama interpreted his "mandate" incorrectly. Quite possibly the mandate was "give-me-anything-but-the-status-quo" instead of "give-me-a-trillion-dollar-healthcare-plan-during-double-digit-unemployment-and-an-economic-crisis".

[california-jewel]

Originally Posted by harborlady

I don't know about that-- there's a big difference between being a rebel with a cause, a rebel without a cause, and a rebel without a clue. I'm all for parsing out the chaff holding out for sweetheart deals holding the rest of us hostage.

Too bad Joe public couldn't mandate the equivalent of paygo rules on health care... you can't vote no unless you've got a better plan.

Once in office, does not matter if they are Republician or Democrat! they now seem to be a rebel with A CAUSE. And both parties, rebels without a clue. They both need work.