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To: Lane3 who wrote (95992)	1/20/2005 8:13:03 AM
From: DMaA	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793955

As virtually none of the issues that drive the passion of this crowd have been addressed, it's hard to argue that they are now the "in" crowd. There is arguably more for Rush to "rant" about now then when he started. Oddly, that out crowd doesn't seem to have yet internalized that it is no longer out

To: Lane3 who wrote (95992)	1/20/2005 8:22:16 AM
From: DMaA	Respond to of 793955

Gigot notices the same thing. What have the Reps done with power? What do they REALLY want to do? Who the "in" crowd is is still an open question. What, in the decade since they've retaken the House, have Republicans done that is consequential in the same way? If the GOP majorities vanished tomorrow, what couldn't Democrats easily repeal? I've asked the latter question of numerous Republicans in recent days, and the only confident answer I get is "welfare reform." By requiring in 1996 that the poor enter the world of work, Republicans stopped the development of a permanent American underclass. Yet despite that historic success, it is striking that they still haven't had the nerve or clout to pass an extension of even that reform through the Senate. opinionjournal.com