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To: mph who wrote (356185)3/29/2010 9:10:04 AM
From: Peter Dierks1 Recommendation  Respond to of 793903
 
What thrills the Left will scare away the center
By: Chris Stirewalt
Political Editor
March 29, 2010

Democrats are counting on this fall's elections to be a battle of the bases -- enthusiastic liberals against inflamed conservatives.

The party may take a beating at the ballot box, but an enthusiastic liberal base will hold losses down and leave the president with a governing majority. Or so the argument goes.

Now that Obamacare is the law of the land, Democrats promise to take on global warming, card check, immigration and a regulatory crackdown on banks.

As Speaker Nancy Pelosi would say, Democrats have kicked through the door. Now they are contemplating what to plunder.

Rep. Henry Waxman, whose tiny heel landed one of the first blows against the door of public opinion and Republican resistance when he ...

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