Why didn't afterglow last longer?

[Stinky The Clown]

We're not even a month out from the midterms, and it seems as if all the afterglow in which we should be basking is gone.

Where's the ongoing euphoria?

Where's the endless high-fiving?

All we seem to have is a hangover, as if after a bad date.

[lisa58]

We're just waiting for January 1st....

...then, subpoena power!

[lapfog_1]

1. the root of the cancer is still present... n/t

[Dinger]

27. Exactly (nt)

[Xipe Totec]

2. Not enough Polonium? n/t

[Monkeyman]

3. Jan 4th when you hear madam speaker

[tridim]

4. It hasn't even started yet.

:woohoo:

[ChairmanAgnostic]

5. hah. when really hard work is being done, there is no flashy thingie

going on - unless you happen to be part of the Bushista club.

There is a LOT of HARD, Detailed, professional work going on. It is good that there is a quiet descending upon DC and the Dem leadership. Danny Devito did us all a favor, as did Britnee's crotch shots. Takes an interfering searchlight away/


As much as I am for an open government, there are occasions when Peace and Privacy make sense. This is one of those times.

[tanyev]

6. I'm too impatient. I want investigations NOW!

I don't want to wait another minute.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. It's probably because the magnitude of the mess that has to be cleaned up

is starting to sink in.

And there's also the unfortunate fact that the 2008 primaries have effectively begun, with the attendant snark -- the beginning of the same old sun-shining-out-my-candidate's-ass, your-candidate-sucks posts. :puke:

Fasten your seat belts. It's gonna be a bumpy ride.

[beachmom]

8. One reason: Iraq

Democrats have a job to do, and right now they are preparing for their takeover in January. Iraq is so grave a problem, that we simply can't afford to take the time to "bask" in our victory.

[Olney Blue]

9. It's hard to be euphoric, when the chimperor is running around

the world whipping up more hatred of us.

Its going to take forever for the US to gain any credibility again.

[Uncle Joe]

10. The election was the wedding, honeymoons only last a couple of weeks.

Now we are carrying the baby waiting to be delivered in Jan. Frankly, I could use some munchies

[pnorman]

11. Well I , for one, am BASKING in it!

I'm well aware of the deviousness and ruthlessnes of the Karl Roves of this world, but these new populis Democrats --- Webb, Sanders, Tester, and Brown for example --- don't seem to have been born yesterday.

pnorman

[Captain Hilts]

12. I've got it right here. Meet me at Tastee Diner and maybe I'll share. nt

[noamnety]

13. There's no euphoria here, only more work to be done

There is a very realistic concern that in 2008 we will be in the exact same position that we are in in 2006.

I feel like I finally got off welfare and got a minimum wage job, and that's what I was trying to do, so that's good, but that doesn't mean I ain't gonna crab about not having health insurance or worry about fuel costs or the environmental impact of me getting to work, or that I expect the war to be over by 2008. Realistically, under the democrats, the shift in wealth from the poor to the rich still marches on. It just marches a little slower.

I'm not personally wrapped up in this candidate or that candidate overcoming great odds to win their election. I'm worried about friends dying in Iraq, you know? I'm worried people I met in New Orleans will still be homeless in 2008. The midterms happened, and we still got cops using their tasers cause someone's skin is the wrong color. We still got cops breaking into people's houses and mowing them down cause they are the wrong color. Even if the war ended tomorrow, we will still have veterans who are going to break my heart missing arms and legs and their ability to sleep through the night.

[rurallib]

14. 3 reasons:

1) the media is still controlled by the reich and corporatists. Their sole objective for the last month has been to start the undermining of anything that the Dems may do and
2) there is simply so much work to be done that most leaders have already put most parts of their bodies to the grindstone and finally
3) Already we need to be working on 2008 at every level. Newly won seats to protect and challenges to others to launch. See #2

[snowbear]

15. We aren't even in YET !!! ----> R-THUGS are still in charge...

You're too doggone impatient H2Sparkly!

[Stinky The Clown]

18. Nononono ........

...... I'm not looking for anything inparticular to have happened by now. I *know* they're not in yet.

My comment was directed to us ... the rank (and often rancorous) and file.

[lyonn]

23. Oh lordy it feels good every time Pelosi makes decisions

and reminds me that we are in Control in Congress. It is fun watching the neo-cons bashing each other and trying to sound like they were against the way the war was being managed! In many small way things are sounding and looking brighter. Just imagining all those Dems picking out their new offices and measuring for drapes makes me giggle. Bush is getting crazier by the day - yup, this is fun.

[Rowdyboy]

16. Just because you quit celebrating.......

I LIVE for January 4th.

[TayTay]

17. Because we are in a lull

The change was voted in, but can't begin for another month.

And Bush is still there, still screwing up everything he touches. The Dems will have the power to investigate and the power to hold this Admin accountable. But not until Jan. So, until then, we are in a holding pattern.

This too shall pass.

[OzarkDem]

19. Still celebrating here

I'm looking forward not just to Jan. 4, but also to the first SOTU when Nancy Pelosi introduces the blivet.

I'm stocking up on popcorn and plenty of alcoholic beverages.:popcorn:

[seabeyond]

20. sheeeit,,,, at du the afterglow seemed to be gone day after, if that

the sad.... seems like many cant sit in appreciative, happy, opptunistic for any amount of time but always to see the bad in all situations, even if none exist, create illusionary ones of what ifs to bitch about

[NMDemDist2]

21. was there an afterglow? I didn't feel it

i was relived and grateful but no afterglow

still way too much work to do and every minute that passes means more dead and maimed

nope, no afterglow here.....

[Berserker]

22. This is

not a time for endless high-fiving this is the time to start to clean up this mess and it will take all of everything we have.

[MoonRiver]

24. I'm still euphoric!

Every day I wake up and feel grateful and relieved. I just can't wait for the hearings to begin. So happy I am retired and can stay glued to C-SPAN hour after hour, day after day! :D :woohoo::bounce:

[salin]

25. nothing yet to high five...

when hearings begin...
when dems start moving legislation through...

Then there should be regular high fives all around!

[leftofthedial]

26. since all the smoking bans

afterglow just isn't what it used to be

[clarquistador]

28. Because honeymoons are overrated....

I mean, we're not like * who takes 3 months self-congratulatory vacations, right? B-)

The country is in trouble and we are inheriting a big burden, so there's no time to celebrate unfortunately.