Posted on 12/03/2009 4:15:17 PM PST by Justaham
Tennessee Rep. John Tanner’s decision to step down at the end of his term has Democrats worried that a trickle of retirements will turn into a flood.
Democrats won their majority in 2006 — and built on it in 2008 — in large part by running conservative Democrats in Republican-leaning districts. But with Rep. Dennis Moore (D-Kan.) and Tanner now heading for the exits, there’s growing concern that the party’s strategy may be unraveling just in time for 2010.
“It’s the beginning of an avalanche on our side,” one Democratic strategist said. “Morale is bad, and we’re seeing guys in their 50s and 60s, who have some time left, who can make some money and have a phase two in their careers.”
Tanner is a godfather of sorts for conservative Democrats, and his announcement comes at a perilous moment for his party. The Democrats’ poll numbers are in decline. Health care reform is stuck in the Senate. And President Barack Obama isn’t the political patron he was a year ago. On top of that, the Democrats no longer have an unpopular Republican president to run against.
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The pendulum swings back the other way....
Zer0 is still successfully running against W.
LOL...that was the only thing they have ever had for them.
Obama = Zero coattails.
And whose fault is it that the Democrats are falling apart? The people gave them a chance, and all they did for the past 4 years is make excuses and point fingers for our problems. People can only take so much, and the democrats’ time is up.
(in a sickly hilarious way, of course).
I was looking for that. The "I want to spend time with my family" excuse, which translates to either, "I'm being thrown under the bus" or "I don't want to be associated with you losers anymore".
That’s too funny.
I have always heard rats would desert a sinking ship.
I sure wouldn’t want to be a “conservative” or “moderate” Democrat and carry Obama’s/Pelosi’s/Reid’s water.
How embarrassing trying to defend this bunch
I guess blaming Bush HAD to eventually run a little thin.
The media is trying to make Palin the next "BDS figure" to run against.
Too bad for them, a lot of the country is developing ODS (Obama Derangement Syndrome)
Maybe he’s truly stunned at what his party has become. A conservative Dem really wouldn’t understand the Marxist drift of the present Dem leadership.
“Zer0 is still successfully running against W. “
I would not say successfully...his poll numbers are below 50% now. But it is the game he knows.
The MSM is not collectively and loudly calling him on it. I agree that he is a one trick pony.
How does it feel at least W was an American...you put a Kenyan in the WH....and he and you have killed your party...fools...the TRUTH will come out...the Titanic is sinking...HA
We need to catch it and hold it.
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