The Dems control the agenda. They decide what will or will not be talked about or voted upon. You can bet that there will no votes on abortion, constitutional amendment on gay marriage, the pledge of alleigence, etc. You can bet that targetted tax cuts, education, AMT, the minimum wage, etc. will be on the docket. The Dems will investigate waste, fraud and abuse in Iraq. They will look into civil liberties abuses and Haliburton. The MSM will laud their efforts.
They will be gone in two years for the most part.
I seriously doubt that will happen. It took us 40 years to win control of the House and the Dems 12 years to regain it. The power of incumbency has many inherent advantages. We have to come up with new challengers. I doubt that we can use the defeated Rep incumbents. Moreover, the Dems will target some more seats that we narrowly held. The idea that you can flip a switch and reverse what just happened is not realistic. We just witnessed an historic moment similar to what happened in 1994.
The real conservative Dems will not like what Pelosi says,and they will probably buck her and hope that when they do they will not need her Money,they will get it from Home. It will be fun to watch....
The Dems will stay united when it comes to keeping power. We have plenty of RINOs who coexist with Conservatives. We are engaged in a long hard struggle. We also have to deal with changing demographics that lean in the Dems favor. The Dems are used to power. In the 62 year period 1933-95, the Dems held the House for 58 years and the Senate for 54 years, often with huge majorities. Our slim 12 year hold on the House is a mere blip historically. Don't depend on the Dems self-destructing. They won't. We will have to fight and scratch to take it away from them. It is not going to be easy.
One thing the dems learned from so many years of being in power, is how to cheat to keep the power. With Hillary desperate for the WH we will see their efforts redoubled.
#761, I disagree they held office all those years because the News Media,and the Unions were big. Both are way down now,and in their last stages before the tumble. The New Media is getting bigger all the time and providing People with better info than the DBM. Even Rats get upset that the DBM cannot explain complicated things,and punt the ball. The New fairly conservative Dems like Heath Shuler will not be told how to think,and how to vote, if they become wimpy they will be gone. He was a lousy Quarterback,but wants to get re-elected,and if he takes orders and votes the Dem line he is gone. If he bucks Pelosi, he would look good in his district. It is a win win for Pubbies, she will punish him and it will come out and she will look like a female Hitler(like she is),and she is going to be walking on eggs for two years trying to keep nutcases and Rookies from Ruining her Debut.