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| Source:Wikipedia- Modern Liberals, according to Wikipedia. |
"Whew, what a day and night we had on election day. It was fascinating watching all three cable networks covering the unfolding of an unbelievable night. What did we learn? Well, the lessons were clear. America repudiated conservatism completely...
"After President Barack Obama won the 2012 election against the Republican nominee Mitt Romney he gave his victory speech in front of the nation. Watch it in full here."
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| Source:The New York Times- President Barack H. Obama (Democrat, Illinois) giving his reelection speech. |
From the New York Times
America didn't elect a liberal agenda as much as I wish they have, but they did say no to extremism. (Especially from the Far-Right) And made it clear they weren't ready for Mitt Romney and a Tea Party Congress to be running the Federal Government, or even the entire U.S. Congress. Which is how Senate Democrats actually added a seat to their majority.
But before Democrats, Liberals (such as myself) or Progressives should get too excited, Americans aren't ready for Democrats to be running the Federal Government completely either. We are still the senior partner of the Federal Government with the White House and Senate, but Republicans still control the U.S. House. Which means Democrats are going to have to work with House Republicans, as well as at least some Senate Republicans,.
Even though Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell will have a smaller hand to deal with, but also a weaker hand politically as not just more Democrats were elected to the Senate, but Democrats who believe in a balanced approach to deficit reduction. Which means Democrats could probably get a new millionaires tax or closing tax loopholes out of the Senate to pay for deficit reduction. Why they would leave all of the middle class tax cuts in place.
Even though Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell will have a smaller hand to deal with, but also a weaker hand politically as not just more Democrats were elected to the Senate, but Democrats who believe in a balanced approach to deficit reduction. Which means Democrats could probably get a new millionaires tax or closing tax loopholes out of the Senate to pay for deficit reduction. Why they would leave all of the middle class tax cuts in place.
But there's no new mandate to let all of the tax cuts expire to finance what so-called Progressives ( Socialists, really ) call the New Green Deal. Which would be around 1T$ in new Federal programs to work towards job creation.
If so-called Progressives (Democratic Socialists, in actuality) want this, then they should've voted for the Green Party. A socialist party that believes in this approach when it comes to economics.
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