The Main Event - The Dems vs. The Dems

It will be exciting come January. Can't wait to see the Main event of the one percenters (that's all they have left after all those years of using dope) as they take on each other. Interesting article of all places, from the Washington Post ...

Forget the Republican filibuster and the race to 60. The real fight in the next Congress is Democrats vs. themselves.

With nearly complete control of Washington for the first time in three decades, Democrats are entering a treacherous power zone in which many of their priorities could easily be undone by the geographic, demographic and ideological factions that compete for supremacy within the party.

Unless Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) can whip their caucuses into unity, numerous fault lines will be revealed: Southern Democrats vs. Northern liberals on labor law; California greens vs. Rust Belt Democrats on global warming; socialized medicine adherents vs. go-slow health care reformers; anti-war liberals vs. cautious centrists on national security. And don’t forget the anti-bailout crowd vs. the powerful Michigan Democrats in both chambers when it comes to money for Detroit . . .

Here’s a look at the top Democratic fault lines in the next Congress.

Waxman vs. the heartland

Two liberal Californians — Henry A. Waxman and Barbara Boxer — chairing the House and Senate committees that oversee global warming policy is an environmentalist’s dream come true.

But will Rust Belt Democrats bite back?

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Laboring over union bill

Opponents call it “card check” and say it oversimplifies the unionizing process and takes away the secret ballot. Advocates call it the
Southern Democrats, meanwhile, might call it a trap.
Employee Free Choice Act and say it will open up new doors for labor protections.

Read it all here and don't forget to buy the popcorn.

Posted by Cigar Mike at November 25, 2008 09:18 AM