Liked that guy.

Thanks.

And Obama and the Senate are fighting like mad to just implement what is effectively Paul Ryan's budget in the CR. If this is victory, defeat must be the end of it all.

Look, I'm happy that the public is angry with the Repubs. But November 2014 is over a year away, and a hell of a lot of damage can be done before that point.

Based on research and hearing from people, it seems that we liberals were well represented in DC during those "tough times"



God rest his soul!

And I do believe that these are VERY tough times to be a Republican! And who they are being represented by in DC is reflective of their decisions that they made in 2010, and they will have to reap what they sow!

The 1980 "Reagan Revolution" unfortunately swept out a lot of good liberals, like Frank Church (who was defeated narrowly by "Sage Brush Rebel" Steve Symms), Birch Bayh (who was defeated by Dan Quayle ) and even George McGovern. In all, the Democrats suffered a net loss of 12 Senate seats, and would remain in the minority until the 1986 election. In the meantime, the Democrats ostensibly still controlled the House, but a coalition of Republicans and so-called "boll weevil Democrats" (today's blue dogs) gave Reagan essentially what he wanted.