So, what would life be like now if DEMOCRATS had taken the House in 2012?

[Rosa Luxemburg]

How would things be different now if we had taken the House? How much further would our agenda have been progressed?

[NYC_SKP]

1. Well, who are these "Democrats"? Would they be supporting unions?

Would they support raising the SS Cap?

Universal Health Care?

[hrmjustin]

2. It really depends on what type of democrats would have won in the house,

If they were Max Baucus democrats i would think it would not much would be different. If they were more true to democratic values then the president would have never brought this SS cut proposal. I say give us real democrats.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

3. 2014

I hope that we aren't going to be complacent in 2014?

[gateley]

6. +1!

[hrmjustin]

11. Not me becuase I live in a swing district. I want to vote congressman Grimm out.

[phleshdef]

5. Even with a bunch of Max Baucus types, it would be drastically different.

You'd see government actually passing bills, passing budgets, there'd be no fiscal cliffs or threats on the debt ceiling. We wouldn't be seeing uber progressive legislation being pushed through, but we'd be seeing reasonable movement in the places where its generally expected, especially on jobs/infrastructure.

[hrmjustin]

12. Yes it would be better if we had the house.

I saw something that we won the popular vote of the house by 2 million yet we lost the house because they drew the lines for the gop.

[JDPriestly]

8. Sorry. I posted almost the same thing you did because I

did not read your post before posting mine.

I agree with you.

Another DUer pointed out this article on the DLC/Clinton crowd at work.

http://americablog.com/2012/05/pete-petersen-hosts-bill-clinton-paul-ryan-simpson-van-hollen-to-discuss-social-security-compromise

[phleshdef]

4. There would've been no "fiscal cliff" to speak of. Even with a bunch of blue dogs.

There'd be no more talk of not raising the debt ceiling. There'd be some kind of jobs/infrastructure bill getting passed, maybe not one as big as some of us would like, but it would definitely be something. I think we'd definitely have a decent immigration bill on the way. And I highly imagine this chained CPI stuff wouldn't be on the table at all.

[DCBob]

15. +1

[JDPriestly]

7. It would depend on the Democrats who got elected.

If they are DLCers like the Clintons and Obama, we might be right where we are now.

http://americablog.com/2012/05/pete-petersen-hosts-bill-clinton-paul-ryan-simpson-van-hollen-to-discuss-social-security-compromise

[MannyGoldstein]

9. FDR Democrats, Third Way Democrats, or Doormat Democrats?

Big, big differences.

[shivdansledos]

14. Very big difference

[Rosa Luxemburg]

16. Maybe Doormat Democrats?

In red states?

[LeftInTX]

10. They would have raised taxes as Obama had campaigned

Chained CPI would not be on the table.

[Trascoli]

13. I'd like to see the economy improve, more jobs

but democrats here are not talking about either of those issues.

[dmosh42]

17. Maybe a little better, but we would still have the filibuster blocking things, and the same Dems....

selling out in the Senate.