It’s been a rotten week for Democrats in Washington, especially in the House.They’ve got good reasons to be bummed out. They lost the national debate, at least in the minds of many. Some House Dems lost their re-election bids. Many lost friends to the electoral battles.
“Lame duck sessions are a tough time,” Rep. Jim McGovern told me, ticking off a few names of colleagues defeated three weeks ago. “You’ve got to say goodbye to friends you’ve worked with for a long time, sometimes decades.”Democrats have to work through second-guessing and recriminations. Nancy Pelosi held a closed-door session last Tuesday that was mostly about giving members of her caucus the chance to vent.
Democrats have had to watch Republicans strut their new power. The GOP won’t have a majority until January, but they still managed this week to stop an extension of unemployment benefits.
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