Thursday, November 5, 2009
Congress / Politics / Woods Are Democrats Rattled? You Bet, Cooper Says
Posted by Jeff Woods on Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 7:17 AM
In this morning's LA Times, Cooper calls the election results a "wake-up call." As if reading straight from GOP talking points, he says, "There are going to be a lot more tensions between the White House and Congress. They've been under the surface so far -- and they're going to come out in the open."
It doesn't matter that Obama remains popular with voters, Cooper says, even those who chose Republicans in this week's elections. "Lesser mortals need to be worried about their independent voters because they have shifted strongly against Democrats in recent months. Independent voters tend to look at the issue, not the party, and they don't like a lot of what Congress has done."
Excuse me? Did Cooper switch parties and not tell anybody? If you need proof that he's not the least bit worried about a Daily Kos-inspired challenge from the left, here it is. You won't hear Cooper challenging Democrats to stand tall and stay true to their principles. To the contrary, Cooper is telling his Blue Dog buddies to run like scalded dogs.
As if on cue, Rep. Bart Gordon has announced
he won't vote for health care reform in the House. He's quaking in fear
over his reelection challenge from Lou Ann Zelenik, a Republican so
weak she couldn't even win a state House primary race last year.
Zelenik criticized Gordon yesterday for not saying where he stands on
the health care bill and, like magic a little while later, Gordon
announced he's against it.
Update: Real Democrats say elections won't stop health care reform.
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I thought Ben has been sticking up for Cooper, despite the fact that the Congressman has been looking for any reason to avoid supporting most bills likely to pass.
See where sucking up gets you, Ben?
Does "sticking up for Cooper" include showing the Daily Kos' boy around town? You know, the numbnuts that is supposed to be recruiting a Democratic Primary opponent for Cooper.
Did Ben think no one knew about that?
Ben Trippett has probably been getting himself an education about the ways of the Nashville establishment Democrats (and Ben Vos probably isn't the only one volunteering information to him, for that matter). It'd be wise to get a picture of things on the ground before they go incinerating thousands of dollars on a folly.
In that regard, I note that the "player to be named later" for ActBlue was supposed to have been announced, well, a couple of weeks ago now.
