Democrats May Have Given Up Their Chance
As Democrats are beginning to look over their last year or so, they are beginning to realize that they may be a major reason why the healthcare reform bill failed to pass. Many people thought that it was just because the Republicans opposed it so much. However, now it seems that debates within the party and Obama giving too much freedom to insiders' deal making, may have been a major issue. I agree that these could have contributed to dissatisfaction with the bill, but I also believe that the bill still wouldn't have passed if the Democrats did have it all together.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35183382/ns/politics-health_care_reform/
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35126009/ns/politics-health_care_reform/

No More 9/11's
According to Vic President Joseph Biden, it is highly unlikely that there would be another major terrorist attack like the one that occurred on September 11, 2001. However, this doesn't mean that there won't be any smaller attempts like the one that took place on Christmas day this past year. Terrorist groups have just seed to change their direction and attempted smaller attacks. So far, these smaller attacks have proved unsuccessful and this will prove very good for the Democrats as midterms near. This also gives Americans a sense of security because US security and intelligence is doing their job very well.


http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/02/11/biden.terror.assessment/index.html?hpt=Sbin
http://www.dallasblog.com/201002111006121/dallas-blog/fortune-teller-biden-predicts-more-terror-attacks.html

No Reelection

Congressman Patrick Kennedy announced that he will not be running for reelection. He stated that his life was going in a different direction and wants to help thse struggling with addictions, depression, and autism. This withdrawl could be harmful for the Democrats because they could loose this seat; with what happened in Massachusetts anything is possible. If he ran again, he would likely win because of the high releection rate for incumbants but now I see the likelyhood of a Republican taking his seat as very high. Especially because this is a midterm election and Obama is a Democrat.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/02/11/patrick.kennedy.congress/index.html?hpt=Sbin
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/02/11/florida-gop-congressman-to-retire