Why would you have them run on an issue that has no chance of coming to fruition before 2012?
My grandpappy always told me never promise what you can't deliver.
They need 2/3 majority to beat a veto. No way they get that this time round.
“Why would you have them run on an issue that has no chance of coming to fruition before 2012?”
Because people are angry now. Duh. If we wait two years, the Democrats will have won.
“My grandpappy always told me never promise what you can’t deliver.”
Your grnadpappy’s advice is good for regular joes, but not for politicians, who can go back on a whole lot of promises. Has Obama closed gitmo? Has he altered our policy in Iraq one iota? No. The secret to his campaign success was that he ran against everything Bush stood for. Does it matter that he hasn’t been substantially different from Bush (before the healthcare mess, at least)? No. All that mattered was that Bush was unpopular and he was the anti-Bush.