From the whatever-it's-worth department, one of the network talking heads predicted last night that Obama, Reid, and Pelosi were just going to push all the harder for socialized medicine. He used a phrase something like this: 'just like a gambler doubling-down in a bluff while holding a bad hand at poker'. The thinking is that November will see Republican gains anyway, so the Dems may as well get something for their lumps. His counterpart wondered if there's enough ambassadorships, etc, to pass out as favors.
This may indeed happen. Brown's win is a huge shot across the bow of Dems regardless of location. However, look at their leadership: Obama is a committed socialist, Pelosi has already expressed a willingness to sacrifice seats to get it done, and Reid looks like a man standing on the gallows with a noose around his neck (politically-speaking). These are manic 'statists', and it's not over yet by any means.
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