"For Democrats to reverse the slide in their standing, they need to focus with urgency on jobs." "The slow recovery and continued job losses, combined with Wall Street bailouts, big bonuses, government takeovers, deficits and possible gridlock are an ugly brew," Carville and Greenberg write. It aint pretty:Īll in all, it's a perilous situation for Democrats taking their House and Senate majorities into next year's elections. They pay no real price for being gloriously wrong about the negative effects of this "reform" should they come to pass.īyron York highlights the assessment of Democrat operatives James Carville and Stan Greenberg. But they-and many of them for decades-live on our dime and will continue so until the day they die enjoying their gold-plated Federal health benefits all the while, BTW. Yes, it's true they may lose their seats. Moving past the anger for a moment, it becomes apparent that the true cost of this for Nelson and the other 59 pro-votes is minimal. Or perhaps, despite being a writer, he-like me-can't find the words to adequately express the anger.Īs was noted this morning on the FNS panel, everyone has a price and Senator Nelson settled on his yesterday. He's obviously angry but it comes across to me as somehow, almost muted. He’s history and I hope he has plans for a new day job. Nelson and 2) that he loses in 2012 by a landslide. Since it was Ben Nelson of Nebraska that finally got Harry Reid his desperately needed 60th vote for socialized medicine, I hope 1) that the next two year are unpleasant for Sen. I hope that Ben enjoys his final two years in the Senate. Roger Kimball writes after learning of Senator Ben Nelson's decision to fall in with the other 59 Democrats: The good news is that today, December 19, 2009, is the day we got clarity on the Obama-Pelosi-Reid effort to steal medical care and call it “reform.”
And those voters, with fewer ties to the area’s past politics, have been reliably Republican at the national level.
The district, however, is trending Republican: A wave of new residents is moving into the Huntsville suburbs, where the area’s burgeoning aerospace and defense industries have created a miniboom. As a result of the district’s Democratic heritage, Democrats still hold the majority of state legislative seats within the 5th Congressional District’s boundaries. The jump from D to R isn't a great leap as Politico notes but important given where his Alabama district is: Though it has never elected a Republican to Congress, Griffith’s seat has a long conservative tradition and has backed Democrats who have a brand independent from the national party. Griffith's defection seems significant in that he is but a freshman member and a Blue Dog. They read polls, regardless of what they may or may not say about them and perhaps, at least a number of them, see where their party is and it aint anywhere near where the public is at this point. It appears that House Democrats may be getting nervous. A radiation oncologist who founded a cancer treatment center, Griffith plans to blast the Democratic health care bill as a prime reason for his decision to switch parties-and is expected to cite his medical background as his authority on the subject. Griffith, who captured the seat in a close 2008 open seat contest, will become the first Republican to hold the historically Democratic, Huntsville-based district. The switch represents a coup for the House Republican leadership, which had been courting Griffith since he publicly criticized the Democratic leadership in the wake of raucous town halls during the summer. Griffith’s party switch comes on the eve of a pivotal congressional health care vote and will send a jolt through a Democratic House Caucus that has already been unnerved by the recent retirements of a handful of members who, like Griffith, hail from districts that offer prime pickup opportunities for the GOP in 2010. Parker Griffith, a freshman Democrat from Alabama, will announce today that he’s switching parties to become a Republican.Īccording to two senior GOP aides familiar with the decision, the announcement will take place this afternoon in Griffith's district in northern Alabama. Politico reports this morning that Southern Democrat Rep Parker Griffith (D-AL) is switching parties:
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