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To: KLP who wrote (344326)	1/20/2010 1:13:13 AM
From: Nadine Carroll	6 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793914

Good comment from Politico's The Arena: Lou Zickar Lou Zickar Editor, The Ripon Forum : The military has a name for what has happened to the Democrats since they won control of the government in 2008. It's called Victory Disease, and its definition on Wikipedia fits the Coakley campaign -- and the attitude of the Democratic Party over the past 12 months -- to a tee: "Victory disease is a psychological phenomenon noted in various episodes of military history in which, because of complacency brought on by a victory or series of victories, an engagement ends disastrously for a commander and his forces. Most instances of victory disease display several tell-tale signs, including complacency and arrogance on the part of the afflicted. Not uncommonly, a commander who mistakenly believes he has an invincible hand leads his troops to their own massacre." It should be noted that Coakley and the Democrats are not the first to suffer from victory disease. According to military historians, Napolean suffered from this affliction, too -- not at Waterloo, but in his disasterous decision to invade Russia. Waterloo came later, which is why the the Democrats have reason to be worried about the mid-terms this fall. politico.com