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Tuesday, November 18, 2008 12:00 AM

Has there been too much bipartisanship or too little?

The reward Joe Lieberman will receive today is justified by the claimed need for more bipartisanship harmony. Is it even possible to have more than we have now?

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  • Tuesday, November 18, 2008 12:46 PM

    It depends...

    And if Martin did lose, do you honestly believe that the Dem leadership would credit the netroots?

    The explanation would be that many voters that supported Obama didn't come out and vote when Obama wasn't on the ballot.

    The Repub leadership would say that conservatives came out in droves to repudiate the Dems having control and this is a mandate for Repubs to go harder to the Right. The last is what they glean no matter what is happening.

    I can't stomach supporting Chambliss, but that being said, I just ignored the request from the DFA to help Martin with a donation. They probably should have put that request out yesterday when I still had a little hope left.

    -- AnnieW

    * If people make enough noise about the boycott

    * The numbers are so low that the GOP can't claim it was their turnout since nobody showed up at all on the other side

    * The pollsters keep hearing it

    * The DSCC keeps hearing

    * The newspapers keep hearing it

    Maybe, just maybe, they will get a clue.

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