For general discussion and debate. Possible talking point: Is new Congress not as liberal as Obama?
A mandate for change for President-elect Barack Obama? Sweeping enactment next year of the long-delayed Democratic agenda? A tax hike on those earning more than $250,000 a year, as Obama indicated during the campaign? Not so fast, say some of the newly elected Democrats who gathered at the Capitol Monday for their orientation to the House of Representatives.
WaPo's Chris Cillizza agreed Sunday:
But look more closely, and you see a heavy influx of moderate to conservative members in the incoming freshman Democratic class, particularly in the House....The fact that roughly a third of the Democratic House majority sits in seats with Republican underpinnings (at least at the presidential level) is almost certain to keep a liberal dream agenda from moving through Congress.
Do you agree? Is Congress actually further to the right than Obama making it unlikely his socialist agenda will get passed, or is this wishful thinking?
