[reformedliberal]

It will be a flip.

Even with all the advisers the Democrats can muster, ideology seems to trump even political survival for this guy. He cannot and seemingly will not let go of the idea of government control and micromanagement of everything, even if it all comes crashing down on his own head and the heads of his cadre.

I don’t think the Congressional Democrats are going to go along with these newest attempts to pretend to cut taxes while just trying to provide fig leaves while keeping the professional leftist base. Any that do will simply prove they are Pelosi-whipped spineless ideologues.

[RayChuang88]

I would not be surprised if some of the most powerful members of Congress--led by Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY)--forces the hand of President Obama to do something significant to really help the economy to save the Democratic Party. Otherwise, the Democrats now face a political bloodbath at least as bad as 1994 and if the trends keep on going it could be bad as 1974, when the Republicans got hugely routed in the first post-Watergate election, only this time it's the American voter repudiating the Democrats.