Democrats Face Electoral Backlash After Health Care Vote, Top Republican Warns

Fox News ^ | 11/08/2009 | AP/Fox News

[EagleUSA]

Democrats will pay at the polls for their vote in favor of a sweeping health care reform package Saturday night, a top House Republican warned, while Democrats cheered the bill's narrow approval as a historic achievement.

Rep. Mike Pence, R-Ind., chairman of the House Republican Conference, told "Fox News Sunday" that the vote proved Democrats have not listened to American concerns about over-spending, bailouts and government takeovers.

"The message from last night is that the Democrats didn't get the message in August or last Tuesday," Pence said, referring to the town hall meetings over the summer where members of the public protested the plan and last Tuesday's election where Democrats lost two big governor's races.

[EagleUSA]

The radical left has NEVER evaluated the possible consequences of their actions. Let the ground swell against this unconstitutional takeover of American liberty, rights and wealth begin.

Admins: Start building the Democrat name list who support this travesty -- for 2010.

[Frantzie]

The Dems would have gotten the message a bit better and we would have had one more vote against if it wasn’t for the scum sucking RINOs & DIABLOs - Dede, GOP party haacks in NY-23 and Newt the POS.

[Steelfish]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2381553/posts

[Son-Joshua]

If the republicans play their hand right, the 2010 elections can be even better than 94’. But, our message must be based on conservative principles, both fiscal and social. Are you listening RINO’s?

[AdvisorB]

Politically speaking this could be the deathknell for a lot of marginal d-RAT bluedog lapdogs in GOP leaning Congressional districts.

[fantom]

It will take more than threats. The dems are riding high . The deals that were cut for congress and aarp as well as ama need to be exposed . Bribery with tax payer money . Otherwise its all hot air , empty threats and posturing. By the time 2010 comes around the WH will do a monster cash dump with the unspent stimulus money .

[Venturer]

Nana, nananana, Hey hey hey Good bye.

[colorado tanker]

Oh, I think Pelosi and the House leadership understand, all right. I think she knows it's now or not for many years and she's willing to sacrifice a lot of Blue Dogs to get her dream of socialized medicine. So, she's doing it before those dopes figure out just how much trouble they're in.

[outofstyle]

It will take more than threats.

You said it. It means sending money & taking some time off work in 2010 to work against selected targets, even if they are not ones own representatives.

[EagleUSA]

So, she’s doing it before those dopes figure out just how much trouble they’re in.
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Yes, this has been the ploy and tactic all along with this grotesque travesty upon Americans. She makes the wicked witch of the east look like Tinkerbell. She is evil like her ilk.

[MIchaelTArchangel]

The conservatives need to remind those on Medicare just who voted to steal $500 billion from Medicare to pay for medical care for crimaliens.

[Salvation]

**”The message from last night is that the Democrats didn’t get the message in August or last Tuesday,” Pence said, referring to the town hall meetings over the summer where members of the public protested the plan and last Tuesday’s election where Democrats lost two big governor’s races.**

Yes, the dimocrats are ignoring the people! Just watch! They haven’t seen anything yet!

[TheClintons-STILLAnti-American]

"The radical left has NEVER evaluated the possible consequences of their actions"

That's right.

When you're certain of the superiority of your opinion, every other opinion is foolish.

Their arrogance will be their downfall.

[ronnie raygun]

Admins: Start building the Democrat name list who support this travesty — for 2010.
ditto, we need election info on candidates running against these creeps and how we can suppot these guys

[Bluestateredman]

BO doesn’t care about being reelected. He is willing to just ram his agenda through, to hell with the voters. His work will be accomplished well before 2012.

[antidemoncrat]

O know where them Liberals can garner 12 to 20 million new votes. Can you spell amnesty?

[Rome2000]

The following members of Congress are Marxists who have rebranded themselves as “Progressives” in an attempt to hide their agenda

Nancy Pelosi was one of the original members of the “Congressional Progressive Caucus” and only left when she was named Minority Leader.

She is now Speaker of the House and 2 heartbeats away from President of the United States.

All members are members of the Democratic Party or caucus with the Democratic Party. There are currently 82 total declared Progressives including 79 voting Representatives, 2 non-voting Delegates, and 1 Senator.
[edit] Arizona

The “Congressional Progressive Caucus”:

* Ed Pastor (AZ-4, Phoenix)
* Raúl Grijalva (AZ-7, Tucson) - Co-Chair

[edit] California

* Lynn Woolsey (CA-6, Santa Rosa) - Co-Chair
* George Miller (CA-7, Richmond) - Chairman, House Education and Labor Committee
* Barbara Lee (CA-9, Oakland) - Chairwoman, Congressional Black Caucus
* Pete Stark (CA-13, Fremont)
* Michael Honda (CA-15, San Jose)
* Sam Farr (CA-17, Monterey)
* Henry Waxman (CA-30, Los Angeles) - Chairman, House Energy and Commerce Committee
* Xavier Becerra (CA-31, Los Angeles)
* Judy Chu (CA-32, El Monte)
* Diane Watson (CA-33, Los Angeles)
* Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34, Los Angeles)
* Maxine Waters (CA-35, Inglewood)
* Laura Richardson (CA-37, Long Beach)
* Linda Sanchez (CA-39, Lakewood)
* Bob Filner (CA-51, San Diego) - Chairman, House Veterans Affairs Committee

[edit] Colorado

* Jared Polis (CO-02, Boulder)

[edit] Connecticut

* Rosa DeLauro (CT-3, New Haven)

[edit] Florida

* Corrine Brown (FL-3, Jacksonville)
* Alan Grayson (FL-8, Orlando)
* Robert Wexler (FL-19, Boca Raton)
* Alcee Hastings (FL-23, Fort Lauderdale)

[edit] Georgia

* Hank Johnson (GA-4, Lithonia)
* John Lewis (GA-5, Atlanta)

[edit] Hawaii

* Neil Abercrombie (HI-1, Honolulu)
* Mazie Hirono (HI-2, Honolulu)

[edit] Illinois

* Bobby Rush (IL-1, Chicago)
* Jesse Jackson, Jr. (IL-2, Chicago Heights)
* Luis Gutierrez (IL-4, Chicago)
* Danny Davis (IL-7, Chicago)
* Jan Schakowsky (IL-9, Chicago)
* Phil Hare (IL-17, Rock Island)

[edit] Indiana

* André Carson (IN-7, Indianapolis)

[edit] Iowa

* Dave Loebsack (IA-2, Cedar Rapids)

[edit] Maine

* Chellie Pingree (ME-1, North Haven)

[edit] Maryland

* Donna Edwards (MD-4, Fort Washington)
* Elijah Cummings (MD-7, Baltimore)

[edit] Massachusetts

* John Olver (MA-1, Amherst)
* Jim McGovern (MA-3, Worcester)
* Barney Frank (MA-4, Newton) - Chairman, House Financial Services Committee
* John Tierney (MA-6, Salem)
* Ed Markey (MA-7, Malden)
* Mike Capuano (MA-8, Boston)

[edit] Michigan

* Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (MI-13, Detroit)
* John Conyers (MI-14, Detroit) - Chairman, House Judiciary Committee

[edit] Minnesota

* Keith Ellison (MN-5, Minneapolis)

[edit] Mississippi

* Bennie Thompson (MS-2, Bolton) - Chairman, House Homeland Security Committee

[edit] Missouri

* William Lacy Clay, Jr. (MO-1, St. Louis)
* Emanuel Cleaver (MO-5, Kansas City)

[edit] New Jersey

* Frank Pallone (NJ-06)
* Donald Payne (NJ-10, Newark)

[edit] New Mexico

* Ben R. Luján (NM-3, Santa Fe)

[edit] New York

* Jerry Nadler (NY-8, Manhattan)
* Yvette Clarke (NY-11, Brooklyn)
* Nydia Velazquez (NY-12, Brooklyn) - Chairwoman, House Small Business Committee
* Carolyn Maloney (NY-14, Manhattan)
* Charles Rangel (NY-15, Harlem) - Chairman, House Ways and Means Committee
* Jose Serrano (NY-16, Bronx)
* John Hall (NY-19, Dover Plains)
* Maurice Hinchey (NY-22, Saugerties)
* Louise Slaughter (NY-28, Rochester) - Chairwoman, House Rules Committee
* Eric Massa (NY-29, Corning)

[edit] North Carolina

* Mel Watt (NC-12, Charlotte)

[edit] Ohio

* Marcy Kaptur (OH-9, Toledo)
* Dennis Kucinich (OH-10, Cleveland)
* Marcia Fudge (OH-11, Warrensville Heights)

[edit] Oregon

* Earl Blumenauer (OR-3, Portland)
* Peter DeFazio (OR-4, Eugene)

[edit] Pennsylvania

* Bob Brady (PA-1, Philadelphia) - Chairman, House Administration Committee
* Chaka Fattah (PA-2, Philadelphia)

[edit] Tennessee

* Steve Cohen (TN-9, Memphis)

[edit] Texas

* Sheila Jackson-Lee (TX-18, Houston)
* Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX-30, Dallas)

[edit] Virginia

* Jim Moran (VA-8, Alexandria)

[edit] Vermont

* Peter Welch (VT-At Large)

[edit] Washington

* Jim McDermott (WA-7, Seattle)

[edit] Wisconsin

* Tammy Baldwin (WI-2, Madison)
* Gwen Moore (WI-4, Milwaukee)

[edit] Non-voting

* Donna M. Christensen (Virgin Islands)
* Eleanor Holmes Norton (District of Columbia)

[edit] Senate member

* Bernie Sanders (Vermont)

[edit] Former members

* Sherrod Brown (OH-13) - Elected to Senate
* Julia Carson (IN-07) - Died in December 2007
* Lane Evans (IL-17) - Retired from Congress
* Cynthia McKinney (GA-4) - Lost Congressional seat to current caucus member Hank Johnson
* Major Owens (NY-11) - Retired from Congress
* Nancy Pelosi (CA-8) - Left Caucus when Elected House Minority Leader
* Hilda Solis (CA-32) - Became Secretary of Labor in 2009
* Stephanie Tubbs Jones (OH-11) - Died in 2008
* Tom Udall (NM Senate)
* Paul Wellstone (MN Senate) - Died in plane crash in 2002

The Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) was established in 1991 by five members of the United States House of Representatives: Representatives Ron Dellums (D-CA), Lane Evans (D-IL), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Maxine Waters (D-CA), and Bernie Sanders (I-VT). Then-Representative Bernie Sanders was the convener and first. The founding members were concerned about the economic hardship imposed by the deepening recession, the growing inequality brought about by the timidity of the Democratic Party response at the time.

Additional House representatives joined soon, including Major Owens (D-NY), Nydia Velazquez (D-NY), David Bonior (D-MI), Bob Filner (D-CA), Barney Frank (D-MA), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Jim McDermott (D-WA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Patsy Mink (D-HI), George Miller (D-CA), Pete Stark (D-CA), John Olver (D-MA), Lynn Woolsey (D-CA), and Nancy Pelosi (D-CA).

[antidemoncrat]

Sorry for the bad grama er grammer.

[PapaBear3625]

The Dems don't care.

Once ObamaCare takes hold, it will create a constituency (just like welfare and the public school system has) which will become reliable Dem voters who will return them to power by the following election cycle, and keep them in power for generations.

[mwl8787]

Your point is well taken. If the idiot local chairs had nominated anyone reasonable to conservative-moderate voters in NY 23, it is entirely plausible that Pelosi could have been defeated last night (she would have had to pull the bill)

[EagleUSA]

Nancy Pelosi was one of the original members of the “Congressional Progressive Caucus” and only left when she was named Minority Leader.
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Yes, I have been watching this group of “progressives” (read: communists) that have been in our very own Congress. They are mostly radical fanatics for power and control. They care little or none for America and its people. They act only to serve their own empowerment. Their names should appear, and probably already will, on the list for 2010.....

[wildandcrazyrussian]

Since Scozzafava was so left-wing, who’s to know whether, if elected, she might have voted for the bill?

[Logical me]

By the time 2010 comes around the WH will do a monster cash dump with the unspent stimulus money .

The favorite weapon of the RATS is buying votes. You bet they will do this. That is the main reason they are holding so much tarp money and are waiting for the proper time for the major dump

[TexasFreeper2009]

we also need better leadership in congress than we currently have.

[Frantzie]

Make sure we all thank that POS - Newt for helping Pelosi.

Newt did TV commercials with Pelosi before about the Global Warming hoax.

[ar15cz75]

I fear that all this talk about a 2010 backlash that sweeps Republicans into power is wishful thinking. Bill Clinton was caught in a bold-faced lie and was impeached, but that didn’t keep him from getting re-elected.

The American voter doesn’t care. They want their gubmint cheese and job digging holes and filling them. Don’t bother telling them about freedom and the Constitution.

God help us all.

[WashingtonSource]

The rationalizations from the Democrats are classic examples of navel gazing. So, Tim Kaine, who saw his party completed decimated in the Virginia elections, says Congress is taking its cues from the 2008 election. So, from his perspective, Tuesday never happened. Imagine the level of self-delusion that takes. How can the pretend that nothing has happened to the American electorate since last November?

And then, the other Dem Doofus, Chris Van Hollen is equally out of touch. He is talking about the Republicans doing nothing in 2006 to 2008. Hello? Where have you been since January and since the American public has risen up in anger at the Democrats doing EVERYTHING WRONG! Good grief. What a self-deluded moron.

[RockinRight]

Pence gets it, I think. Palin definitely does. Cantor seems to...but hard to tell.

Others...not so sure.

[RockinRight]

Unfortunately, Cummings is my Rep.

I’d love to see him beat, but I’d sooner wake up on Mars than see that happen.

[ak267]

Oh, I think Pelosi and the House leadership understand, all right. I think she knows it’s now or not for many years and she’s willing to sacrifice a lot of Blue Dogs to get her dream of socialized medicine. So, she’s doing it before those dopes figure out just how much trouble they’re in.

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They overplayed this bigtime. Maynot be just bluedogs who get the boot....just hasn’t sunk in for them yet.

If this blows up any way in the next few phases (senate, conference, house, senate). It will be egg on their face. If this goes through, it’s 1994 again.

Blue Dogs won’t like be sacrificial lambs with it becomes apparent. They might be planning their own payback.