Are The Democrats Back?

[Yavin4]

Senate Democrats that is. Rank and file Dems have always been here.

[William769]

1. They never left

When your the Minority, there is not much you can do. I believe they were waiting for the right time to pounce. The closer to the election the better.

[FloridaPat]

2. They were the majority for years and didn't do anything either.

[William769]

4. And what didn't they do?

[FloridaPat]

8. Reagan: Iran Contra, tax cuts that weren't cuts, national debt bigger

than all previous national debts combined. There are probably more things. The Democrats didn't do much to stop this. Didn't even persue Reagan when he was done with his term. One senator said "we let him ride off into the sunset".

Bush1 - Gulf War 1 - started on lies. 1/2 of veterans are now on disability because of depleted uranium (most people think). Continued with raising the national debt. Democrats didn't investigate or stop any of this.

Clinton - total silence from the Democrats for 8 years while the repubs spent $70 million to find something on Clinton. They only thing they could get him on was a blow job.

[William769]

9. O woe is me.

[carolinalady]

6. They acted with dignity. They were blindsided by the organized

campaign of dirty politics that the Repubs honed during the Clinton years. But they watched and they learned and they will never forget. The war has just begun!

[FloridaPat]

10. For 25 years they acted with dignity? They couldn't see what the

repubs were up to? Now that our country is dying (or dead) they're starting a war? Over the decades, a lot of people have "dropped out" of the political process because the government screws all but the rich and there was no way the interests of the average person was represented. I have said for decades "whose side are the Democrats on?" Let's see how far the "war" goes.

[FloridaPat]

3. They've showed spines before, but end up backing down or going

with the repub tide. I would be nice to see a real opposition party in action.

[DanCa]

5. They've got nothing left to loose

Remember a wounded animal is at it's most dangerous.

[Armstead]

7. Want to see them front, not back

This was a step in that direction.