We've won control of the House and the Senate, but now we're going to start fighting with each other. I can't personally think of a worse way to begin the Democratic control of Congress.
We've already seen on this site attacks against Rahm Emanuel and the idea that "conservative" Democrats really won this election. And at least blog associated with the DLC is expressing self-proclaimed schadenfreude at the defeat of the "nutroots" in Connecticut.
This intraparty arguing is counterproductive and stupid. The question should not be what sort of Democrats won this election, but rather whether the apparent divisions reflect actual policy differences.
Keep reading for why I think the intraparty divisions aren't real.
· WI-08: Wingnut plans to run as "conservative independent" (desmoinesdem)
· 50 percent of southerners say Obama better president than Bush (desmoinesdem)
· What Yesterday Says About Young Voters (Mike Connery)
· Max Blumenthal on the dysfunctional movement driving the GOP (Mike Connery)
· IA-Gov: Culver launches second tv ad (desmoinesdem)
· Hilarious Vid On Why We Must Vote No On Issue 2!! (Cliff Schecter)
· NY-23: Scozzafava Drops Out! (lipris)
· NY-23: Pataki Goes Rogue, Endorses Teabagger Darling Doug Hoffman (lipris)
· Dunne Considering Run For VT-Gov (Nathan Empsall)
· McGovern Grandson Looks to Challenge Thune in 2010 (Jonathan Singer)
· IA-03: Two potential challengers for Boswell (desmoinesdem)
· NJ-Gov: Daggett Goes After Christie and Corzine (Jonathan Singer)
