The Dhims must be so proud…..

There has been a lot of flap about how the Conservative base and moderates turned their backs on the Republican party this last election. Well it seems that the whacko left electorate is going to hold the feet of “their” newly elected representatives to the fire. Promises were made and they expect those promises to be kept.

Gee I wonder where I have heard that complaint before.

Why me of course.

/Note to Conservative voters……Watch and learn

Democratic base dials up pressure

Liberal groups that helped secure the new House and Senate majorities intend to get their reward.

By Peter Wallsten and Janet Hook
Times Staff Writers

November 12, 2006

WASHINGTON - After toppling the long-dominant Republicans in a hard-fought election, the Democratic Party’s incoming congressional leaders have immediately found themselves in another difficult struggle - with their own supporters.

Some of the very activists who helped restore the Democrats to a majority in the House and Senate last week are claiming credit for the victories and demanding their due: a set of ambitious - and politically provocative - actions on gun control, abortion, national security and other issues that party leaders fear could alienate moderate voters and leave Democrats vulnerable to GOP attacks as big spenders or soft on terrorism.

The conflict underscores the challenge facing presumed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of San Francisco and Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada, the next Senate majority leader, who have both pledged in recent days to “govern from the center,” after a campaign in which anger over the Iraq war and GOP scandals helped Democrats attract some unusually conservative candidates and a large share of independent voters.

Turning off those new voters could undermine Democrats’ hopes of solidifying their new majorities and retaking the White House in 2008. But to the leaders of interest groups who are core supporters of the Democratic Party, and who have been barred under Republican rule from the inner sanctums of power, the new Congress means a time for action, not compromise.

Los Angeles Times: Democratic base dials up pressure

When are these politicians, on both sides of the aisle, going to learn to quit lying to their base? This is going to be a fun 2 years.