Saturday, November 6, 2010

Dems Lost Election But Still Succeeded Wildly

Ezra Klein, Newsweek
President Obama signs the Dodd-Frank financial regulatory bill in July 2010The votes are (mostly) counted. The Republicans have clearly and decisively won. But did the Democrats actually lose?They lost the election, certainly. And many of them lost their jobs. But the point of legislating isn't job security. It's legislation. And on that count the members of the 111th Congress succeeded wildly, even historically.There was health-care reform, of course. The bill is projected to cover 32 million Americans while cutting the deficit by about $140 billion in the first 10...

Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2010/11/06/dems_lost_election_but_still_succeeded_wildly_245355.html

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