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November 03, 2010

9 Takeaways From Last Night
Posted by Michael Cohen

Over at AOLNews, I have a new piece that considers some of the ramifications of what happened last night:

Republicans Won't Shake Up Washington

Last night was a political tsunami, but don't expect things to change overnight in Washington. The GOP ran a brilliant campaign that channeled voter anger. But now the hard part begins. Republicans talked about cutting spending but found it easier to identify the programs they wanted to protect than those they would cut. They railed against growing budget red ink but want to blow a $700 billion hole in the budget by extending the Bush tax cuts and reversing Medicare cuts. They ran on fixing the economy and creating jobs, but by taking government spending off the table have left practically no tools at their disposal to achieve this goal. Finally, by winning the House but losing the Senate, there are few ways for them to force President Barack Obama's hand, except of course shutting down the government. And we all remember how well that worked out for Republicans in 1995.

Of course, if Republicans choose to compromise with the president (which seems to be the preference of a strong majority of voters), they run the very real political risk of alienating their most fervent supporters. 

Other than that, congrats on the win!

Read the whole thing here

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