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January 18, 2010 - 8:46 pm - by Richard Fernandez
Marty
2010-01-18 22:03:51

I note how the Politico piece says that Coakley’s defeat is “potentially debilitating” to the Democratic Party.

This is a party that would still control the Executive Branch, have 59 votes in the Senate (counting Sanders and Lieberman) and a 70+ vote majority in the House of Representatives.

Debilitated? Compared to what? Only if the standard is an agenda that requires landslide majorities. Ahhh…