DEMOCRAT kingmaker James Carville said his party would need "a lot of reassessment" after Republicans strengthened their hold on Capitol Hill. "I had hoped and thought we would do better," said Mr Carville, the strategist often credited for engineering Bill Clinton's political victories. "But we didn't and as a party we need a lot of reassessment right now. We didn't do that well in 2000, we didn't do that well in 2002 and we haven't done that well in '04, so I think it's necessary that we go through some tough times now and look at what we're doing and where we're going as a political party."
| As a party you're drifting further and further to the left and identifying closer with Euro parties. That's not necessarily a bad thing — it gives voters a choice between a social democrat approach and a conservative American approach. The three main faults I see with the Dems is their affinity for corruption, their intolerant espousal of social radicalism, and the fact that they're built as a coalition of often competing voting blocs. All the Republicans are at least moving in the same direction, and our "party line" leaves lots of room for differences in opinion. |
It was thought the Republicans would be vulnerable, especially in the swing states, but instead the party increased its majorities by perhaps five seats in the House of Representatives and two in the Senate.
| The Dems have their choice: change their direction or explain it away. I'm betting they'll explain it away one more time. It's too easy being Left... |
"Across four southern states it's a clean sweep for us," gloated Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist.
| ... and there's a reason for that. |
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