Sunday, December 7, 2014

BloggeRhythms

The AP’s Melinda Deslatte and Bill Barrow reported this morning on Democrat Senator, Mary Landrieu’s, loss of her Senate seat in Louisiana, in a run-off election with Republican Rep. Bill Cassidy.
 
The vote, however, while critical to the state itself, was far more important because it has several additional ramifications.

As far as the South is concerned, “Democrats will be left without a single U.S. senator or governor across nine states stretching from the Carolinas to Texas.”

What’s more, “Republicans will hold 54 seats when the Senate convenes in January, nine more than they have now. The largest GOP advantage since the Truman administration after World War II.”

The AP reporters also point out that, “In a state where 73 percent of white voters on Nov. 4 told pollsters they "strongly disapproved" of the president, that was enough to prevent Landrieu from finding her footing as she tried several lines of attack.”

However, although news story’s haven’t yet begun thoroughly dissecting Senator-elect Cassidy’s win, this writer senses a very strong undercurrent of troubles for Democrat’s in the months ahead.

That's because there have been rumbles within the Republican party that House Speaker, John Boehner, and incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell haven’t been aggressive enough since their party’s landslide wins in early November. 
 
In fact some hard-line conservatives believe that strong threats should be made against presidential policies, up to and including a government shutdown to demonstrate their new-found power.

But, it seems that a significant percentage of Republican voters don’t agree with that premise. Because yesterday they were given a chance to reflect any strong underlying animosity against Republican leadership’s actions to date, by refusing to support Senator-elect Cassidy by voting against him or staying home in protest, yet they didn’t do that. 
 
Which is a subtle, but clear, acceptance of Republican leadership’s performance to date. And at the same time, demonstrates a willingness to remain patient, at least for the present. Permitting their party to take slower, measured, more effective steps to undo the damage inflicted on the nation for the past six years, and put the U.S. back on the track toward solid recovery again. 

That’s it for today folks.

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