Will the White House learn from the loss of this Senate seat?

[undeterred]

[TexasObserver]

1. I'm afraid they don't get it.

I saw Robert Gibbs a few days ago. Those guys don't think any of these losses relate to them.

Bill Clinton made first year mistakes, but he learned from them. Unfortunately, he learned too late and it cost him the House, which ultimately resulted in his impeachment on the weakest of grounds. The president needs to take a good look at 93-94 and figure out how to avoid losing congress.

[greatscott15]

2. Gibbs Needs to Go

He is horrible at representing Obama

[leftstreet]

3. Surely they're not surprised

They don't give a shit

[Naturyl]

4. Nope, because this won't bother them.

The left is not represented in America, period.

[gravity]

5. Whenever Obama has a failure, he comes back stronger

[donheld]

20. Unless when he fails to realize he had a failure

That's now what seems to be happening.

[AndyA]

21. Well he'd better get on with it then, because he's just been handed a failure.

He needs to go back and take inventory. WHO voted for him? WHO donated money to him? WHO got him elected?

Was it the right wing? The Republicans?

He needs to have a long talk with himself, then get his SHIT BACK TOGETHER and take a hard left turn. If he doesn't, he'll watch his majority and his party go down the crapper, little by little.

[msongs]

6. Obama's got another repub to be bipartisan with nt

[pscot]

24. Every cloud has a silver lining

:beer:

[treestar]

7. Of course it would be logical for the WH to figure that the state of Mass.

wants more progressive legislation! Their elected Senator will so clearly support that! :sarcasm:

[CoffeeCat]

8. Am I the only one who sees a naked man?

I mean, no one is saying anything--about a...naked guy on your post.

Looks like a 70's porn star...who is he and why is he in this OP?

[undeterred]

9. Senator elect Scott Brown is the naked guy and Rahm is the ballerina.

[Hannah Bell]

11. that naked guy was the winner in MA? You've got to be kidding. Do the people who voted for him

know that?

[leftstreet]

12. I wondered that. Was this on the news? Anyone?

[undeterred]

14. I saw it on Democratic Underground.

[Hannah Bell]

16. why didn't they go negative with that? that would have turned off a few wingers, i'd think.

though i guess electing beefcake has precedents.

[donheld]

22. They could have used the "cover-up" angle

Even then he was hiding his true self :hide::D

[dflprincess]

15. Can you imagine what we would have heard if Coakley had posed for Playboy?

The coverage would have been 24/7 since the primary.

[undeterred]

17. Even if she did it 40 years ago

it would be the end of the story for a female candidate.

[Smashcut]

19. They would if Dems knew how to run a hardball campaign properly

[MadBadger]

10. I guess I dont agree with your fundamental position

that the reason the Democrat lost tonight was because Obama isnt left enough

[Proud Liberal Dem]

13. I agree

Although we won't know exactly what went wrong for us for a few days- until we get some good polling date, I am fairly certain that Obama not being left enough will NOT be one of the deciding factors. I just think that Coakley ran a bad campaign and the Repubs saw an opening and exploited it. Plus, it was an off-year election, which traditionally sees less turnout (while the Repubs were particularly energized). I bet, however, we could pick Brown off in 2012 with a better candidate.

[upi402]

18. No. All hail the Uniparty!

Obama is a Clinton Republican, nobody should be surprised at his betrayal.

[old mark]

23. No chance. They are in a fantasy world of their own. nt