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Senator Joe Lieberman, who caucuses with the Democrats, said he found the public scolding "very troubling" .

IT IS bad enough that Republicans and Democrats are so divided on how much to spend and tax.

There, as the American people watch, he will ask them either to put up their own ideas for health reform or get out of the Democrats' way.

Democrats, having been pleasantly surprised, hope that Mr Obama does not hand them the other sort of surprise with his replacement.

Democrats in Congress have shown little indication that they are ready to open up large new areas for drilling, at least in the short term.

Even the $917 billion in savings that have already been agreed by Republicans and Democrats are not guaranteed in the long term, he said.

Two more moderate Democrats in Congress decided to call it a day.

How much support Democrats can obtain from Republicans will depend on the details.

In such a system, a Republican and a Democrat might face off in the general election, or two Republicans or two Democrats.

Public trials for both Mr Rangel and Ms Waters are the last thing Democrats want in the run-up to the much feared mid-term elections.

Republican lawmakers say Democrats are trying to push through a bill without enough time for proper Congressional scrutiny.

Mr Nuder asserts that it is no worse than any other, and he claims that the Social Democrats welcome choice in education and health care.

Democrats said the president was out of step with the nation.

Yet the Democrats of New Hampshire were probably right to ask for a bit more (had Mr Obama won, he would surely have been unstoppable).

"The American people rejected an open-ended obligation to a war without end, " she said, bringing Democrats to their feet.

Abortion could also scupper things, as the Senate bill's provisions on the matter do not please some conservative House Democrats.

Congress passes it every year; Democrats just loaded it into the stimulus bill to get it out of the way.

All that said, the wavering of independents is bound to worry Democrats facing mid-term elections next year.

And Mr Graham himself said he thought the plan would be a dead letter if the Democrats used reconciliation to pass health care.

The Miami strife was just a warm-up for what the Democrats faced when they met in Chicago later that month.

Democrats in Texas held a smaller caucus as well as a primary, which Mr Obama appeared to have won along with a primary in Vermont.

She said the Democrats can only do so much and that the Presidential election in November 2008 will make all the difference on the war.

Democrats, meanwhile, are behaving as if they are powerless to affect the economy, even though a Democrat occupies the White House.

Mr. Blunt said he told Democrats he thought he could flip five votes, if Democrats could do the same.

Lately, Mr. Romney cannot stop talking about how much he wants to work with Democrats.

You really are ignorant if you think the Republicans did not spend this nation into bankruptcy right along with the Democrats.

To his left, the New Democrats are trying to woo voters with activist economic policies.

Republicans are more than twice as likely as Democrats to see Iran as the top U. S. enemy, while Democrats are likelier to name Iraq.

'Even though the new Parliament will have no real power, this shows that Egyptians are willing to be peaceful democrats, ' she said.

Stevenson and other Democrats, led by DNC Chairman Stephen Mitchell, zeroed in on me with a barrage of attacks.

Democrats said the windmill project would have materials manufactured in the U. S. and that the operator hadn't applied for stimulus funds.

Analysts say Democrats may have to agree to at least a few controversial cuts to muster needed Republican support for a final deal.

Many Democrats want him to choose a Hispanic woman, since the court currently has no Hispanics and only one woman.

We have done our job. It is not a question of Democrats doing anything. It is a question of Republicans supporting their own president.

Democrats argue, without new tax revenues, draconian spending cuts would be needed to put the United States on a sustainable fiscal path.

But Congressional Democrats have argued that this is far from enough to help small businesses ride out a tumultuous economy.

But Republicans and Democrats differ sharply as to which mighty institutions pose the greatest threat to the little guy.

She said the Democrats instead want to steer personal tax cuts to middle-class Americans.

But in the run-up to the mid-terms, the Democrats ought to have had one example of spending at its best: investment in infrastructure.

Such a scheme is included in legislation that has emerged from Congress so far, and is strongly favoured by many Democrats.

The Democrats are fired up with Bush-hatred and ready to take the White House.

That seems to be the route favoured by senior figures in the regime, few of whom show any signs of being closet democrats.

When the Democrats were the party of segregation, southern whites voted Democrat and blacks did not vote at all.

Democrats said the law proposed by the House would have turned a recession into a depression.

It does not help that many Republicans see him as a traitor: most of his support seems to come from independents and Democrats.

Speaker Pelosi told reporters that congressional Democrats are ready to work with their Republican colleagues and the president.

In short, Americans think Mr Bush has got them into a mess, but they do not trust the Democrats to get them out of it.

But Reid told reporters most Democrats support the bill, and that it is up to the president to deliver Republican votes.

Democrats and Republicans are still at odds over how much spending should be cut to fund the government for the next six months.

I don't want to say Democrats are better than Republicans, but I accept that I get people mad at my party.

I took some criticism from Democrats who objected to the tax cut or to the fact that we were making the agreement at all.

" He said: " It is time we do not as Democrats or Republicans but as a defender of public confidence as to the work of the time.

No surprise, the equilibrium school mainly leans Republican, and the interventionist school seems to be crawling with Democrats.

Democrats attacked Mr. Huntsman, accusing him of abandoning positions he took as a governor to curry favor with the GOP.

The gesture was part of a broader effort by the White House and administration officials to corral congressional Democrats for a vote.

Democrats appeared to have benefited most, with a surge of enthusiasm by young and black voters.

It is stunning that progressive Democrats have failed to see that idea as the prize it would be for their side.

Mr. Geithner's job status does not appear to be in serious jeopardy and several Democrats at a congressional hearing leapt to his defense.

It's hard to see how Kerry and Lieberman can bring oil-state Democrats and any Republicans at all on board with that language.

(Sarrazin is a member of the Social Democrats but they are trying to get rid of him).

Franklin Roosevelt and his fellow Democrats tried hard to keep Herbert Hoover's name off the dam that had been started on his watch.

is going to be nominated by the Democrats, and I believe that I'm best qualified to fill that role.

He said he is committed to working with both Republicans and Democrats to cut the country's burgeoning budget deficits.

And many in the news media played along, acting as if it was somehow uncouth for Democrats even to mention the Bush era and its legacy.

The Republicans and Democrats have been trying to ensure the other will be blamed by voters if it all goes wrong.

He is now more popular among Democrats than when he left the White House, and more popular by far than his wife or any of her rivals.

She was subpoenaed today by Democrats who are looking to see if there's a link between the White House and the controversial firings.

All that's needed is a simple vote that Democrats and Republicans have taken for decades, including all of the leaders in Congress today.

Just as expected, House Democrats have elected Nancy Pelosi to be the next speaker of the House.

Ken told me he had been a Republican because he thought the Democrats had a heart but their head was in the wrong place.

Just to see if the Science results were a fluke, I tried a different set of categories: Republicans and Democrats.

Despite Andrew Jackson's inclination to be a strong President, Democrats as a rule believed in limited government.

Herald Democrats, in the early autumn evening to you and I share, bright, think Italy is strong!

The Democrats were clever enough to tack to the centre at a time when the Republicans appeared to have lurched to the extreme right.

The Democrats immediately criticised it, calling it a tax cut for the wealthy.

The president also said he is encouraged by the progress of budget talks between Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill.

Even so, how much credit would you expect Democrats to get for reducing the deficit?

The next day, January 6th, Democrats were stunned when Mr Ritter announced that he would not stand for re-election this year after all.

As for ideas, the Republicans seem to be reducing themselves into exactly what the Democrats say they are: the nasty party of No.

What on the surface appeared a relatively minor issue in fact went to the heart of a fundamental question facing the Social Democrats.

Immediately thereafter, as always happens when Democrats take a stand, the civility police came out in force.

'More fiscal stimulus would be the most obvious thing to do, ' he said, backing a position held by many Democrats.

A Gallup poll also found that people seem to be abandoning the Republicans for the Democrats.

Reaction to the speech suggested that it may have done more to unite the president's own Democrats than to gain Republican support.

The economy ought to be the Democrats' trump card, just as security tends to be the Republicans'.

The Democrats were to hold their convention a month later. Former President Martin Van Buren was the choice of most Democrats.

Senior House Democrats said the talks were making progress, but had not produced firm agreements.

The Democrats and Republicans now have to fight it out to agree to long-term spending plans, which has been a tough ask so far.

Even as Walker moves ahead toward layoffs, there was no sign that the Democrats who have left the state have plans to return.

He said the American people voted for Democrats in Congress and the White House because they want change, and a new approach to the economy.

The apparent White House shift brought to the surface the divisions between Democrats over reform.

Many Democrats and US Muslim groups argued that this hearing was a form of racial profiling, and should be expanded to include other groups.

Republicans and a growing group of Democrats have said the cuts should be extended temporarily for everyone.

More convincingly, the Democrats argue that they knew far in advance that this election was going to be a tough one.

Democrats are trying to capitalize on falling public support for the war in iraq and for the president's leadership.

Republican gains among the electorate appeared to be broad, diminishing Democrats' hold over large voting groups.

But there was no excuse for so many Democrats to go along with that message, including the leadership.

The president has just a month and a half to make the case for keeping Democrats in charge in Washington to voters itching for change.

He said: "If there's one thing that has unified Democrats and Republicans, it's that we all hated the bank bail-out. "

But the Democrats' bigger problem is that most Americans have pretty good health insurance and no idea how much it costs.

In an election year, with a depressed economy and sentiment turning against the Democrats, passing cap-and-trade was sure to be difficult.

That was one of the few times in the speech when Republicans stood and cheered. Most Democrats stayed seated.

As recently as late winter, he was asked by a reporter why he had not taken Democrats up on past offers to switch parties.

With some justification, the Democrats are aggrieved to find that they supported Mr Bush's bill while his own party did not.

Democrats said they do not expect Nader, who also ran as an independent in 2004, to have much of an impact.

But he still arouses worries among businessmen and democrats that he would try to nudge Peru in a more authoritarian, populist direction.

His priorities are very different from yours and from mine. And I speak, by the way, not just to Democrats but to Republicans as well.

After Illinois, Democrats can at least take solace in the fact that Republicans will endure their share of primary chaos elsewhere.

To win the nomination, a candidate must appeal to the kind of hard-core Democrats who vote in primaries, who tend to be furiously anti-war.

Rejection at the White House. Congressional Democrats don't get their way on a stripped-down spending bill for the war in Iraq.

But Democrats do not believe that the vetting is likely to be a problem.

Moderate middle-class swing voters, and wealthy Wall Street Democrats may not like the edges of these demonstrators.

The president and top Democrats met at the White House with GOP leaders and promised to consider some of their recommendations.

Last month George Bush senior said that he "would hate to think what. . . my son's life would be like" if the Democrats take over Congress.

Needless to say, Democrats do not think much of "Duck, Dodge and Dismantle" , as they have dubbed the bill.

Democrats, who play down the prospects of any major polling left for Mr. Obama, acknowledge that they do not have an easy case to make.

So the Democrats focused instead on recalling the eight Republican senators over a year into their terms who had voted for the reforms.

Ms Lincoln was one of only three Democrats to vote with Republicans to block the bill's advancement.

It's going to be fascinating to see if Democrats and the press let the Clintons get away with this.

The party of sitting presidents often sees losses in mid-term elections, and with the poor economy, many Democrats had expected losses.

Reid says the president now has the obligation to explain how he will responsibly end the war, and Democrats will work with him.

Since the Democrats control Washington, DC, the only Republicans changing things (as opposed to merely blocking change) are in the states.

After an attempt to override the president's veto failed, the Democrats dropped their demand for a timetable.

And the Democrats will pay a steep price if they are seen to be trying to sabotage America's hopes of success in Iraq.

Instead the Democrats agreed to put some of these proposals to separate votes, knowing they will not pass the Senate.

When Democrats and Republicans agree on something, it should be pretty easy to get it done.

Before Mr Obama became president, the consensus was that the ascendant Democrats would merely drag their feet on trade matters.

The Republicans think they may be able to persuade one or two moderate Democrats to join them in opposing some legislation.

Several top Democrats have expressed concern that the traditionally conservative Senate would not pass a bill with a public option.

Only a few months ago, Democrats were cheering when their candidate beat the Republican in an upstate New York election.

Republican Steven King asserted Democrats were also trying to score political points .

Lenin declared that it was more important to not be confused with the reformist social democrats.

This increased the power of political parties, like the Democrats and Republicans, and strengthened the democracy of the process.

Harry Reid, the Democrats' leader in the Senate, had earlier said the war was "lost" .

Which is why many Democrats as well as Republicans suggest it might be good to webcast a speech on learning to the White House as well.

Senate Democrats reversed their position on Roland Burris and decided to let him take the Illinois seat vacated by Mr Obama.

Afterwards, moreover, even those who had opposed the war could have taken the side of Iraq's would-be democrats.

A few Democrats in Congress are talking of censure and investigations, and popular momentum, if it gets going, could make them bolder.

Mr. Cameron also said the Liberal Democrats will be represented at all levels of government.

The proof was that we wanted to win national elections, something Democrats apparently weren't supposed to do.

He complains that Mr Obama has sacrificed his vision to conservative "Blue Dog" Democrats, and that it would be better the other way around.

He must feel like a political dinosaur at a time when the Democrats control Congress and have a good shot at the White House next year .

Indeed, the Democrats' leaders seem to have adopted this strategy already.

The next day, in Washington, DC, another group of centrist Democrats called the Hamilton Project offered a complementary set of proposals.

"Put simply, the Democrats' budget spends too much, taxes too much, and borrows too much from our kids and their kids, " he said.

If such a party attracted substantial voters on such a platform, it would shape the agendas of the Republicans and Democrats.

And Democrats on the Senate intelligence committee said they had been kept in the dark about the nomination.

But many Democrats said the president needed to offer clearer leadership.

With Democrats still outnumbering Republicans in the city by six to one, it was no surprise that he was easily re-elected on November 8th.

Judged by that standard, it is Republicans, not Democrats, who now seem to be making the right moves.

House Democrats today insisted they will not drop the public provision in their bill, at least not in the short term.

In the still young country, it was a popular and powerful idea, and the Democrats quickly became known as the Party of the People.

If the same system were to be applied to America, the Democrats might well enjoy a permanent majority.

Democrats say any Republicans who turn down the money are "fringe governors" , while Republicans say it's Democrats who are out of touch.

Peace Democrats demanded an immediate end to the Civil War. They did not care if the North and South remained apart permanently.

The Democrats wanted to beat Frank White, and most of my old supporters said they'd be with me if I ran.

Several Democrats in the House, including Arkansas congressman Beryl Anthony, were trying to overturn the rules.

After months of negotiations House Democrats are finally ready to unveil a health care bill.

Lincoln knew he had the support of his own party. He also wanted northern Democrats to give him full support.

First, the Democrats failed to meet the president's deadline for getting health bills out of both the House and the Senate by August.

Democrats, who control Congress, are divided over how to pay for it all and how the public insurance plan would be run.

'Today's release of U. S. census data pours cold water on Republicans' hype that redistricting is a disaster for Democrats, ' he said.

Some Democrats said the Republicans were simply misrepresenting the legislation.

In the Democrats' weekly video radio address, Senator Rade Reed said the Republicans' plan for Iraq is open-ended and too expensive.

But since then the Democrats have had an awkward relationship with MoveOn and its supporters.

after such a thumping Republican victory two years ago, Democrats might naturally expect to claw back some lost ground.

Nancy Pelosi's desire to stay on as the leader of the House Democrats is understandable and, in a way, justified.

In Washington, DC, as in Massachusetts, the Democrats were slow to see the possibility of this remarkable reversal.

The Social Democrats, who lost the previous one, have said they do not want the issue put to voters during the next parliament.

For Democrats, he was also a bad dream, proof that the President could be defeated, but perhaps not by their wounded nominee.

The debate over financial reform, in which the G. O. P. has taken the side of the bad guys, should be a political winner for Democrats.

A year on, other parties have banded together behind the notion of multiculturalism but the Sweden Democrats have not budged.

The newspapers forecast that the Democrats would be totally beaten in the general election came true.

A few Democrats are genuinely passionate about this, President Obama among them.

In the extraordinary press conference that followed his announcement, he began with an apology to Democrats.

They voted heavily for Barack Obama in the last cycle and that turned out in the Democrats' favor.

All members of the Independent Democrats have been asked to join the Democratic Alliance over the next four years.

She added that there was a growing political consensus between Republicans and Democrats on this.

With your help, 2008 is going to be a great year for Democrats.

By the final months of his presidency, Americans judged Democrats to be more competent than Republicans by a margin of five to three.

A number of Congressional Democrats agree with Mr. Sanders that "no deal is better than a bad deal, " but he may be the most vocal.

To pry elderly voters away from the Democrats, he promised to add a prescription-drug benefit as part of any Medicare reform.

The Democrats' new strength in Congress means that in the absence of a political bombshell her confirmation should not be in doubt.

The administration cannot find a way to leave because of its own early rhetoric and the advocacy of many Democrats for a timetable.

That left seven seats up in the air, five currently held by Democrats and only two by Republicans.

Republicans should stop reflexively blocking everything the Democrats propose, and start discussing policy as though it mattered.

In the Democrats' weekly radio address, Senator Reed said the Republicans' plan for Iraq is open-ended and too expensive.

Where Democrats derided her background as a small-town mayor, she replied that such experience gave her a feel for real Americans.

Such moves do not go far enough to meet the demands of true democrats in either kingdom.

He then could try to push through his own debt plan, or make changes to Mr. Boehner's plan to make it more palatable to Democrats.

There must be a chance they will descend into infighting or let some true democrats into the political process by the back door.

The queues at early voting stations seem to be aiding the Democrats.

Some Democrats are remaining silent on the matter of OWS, while others are using the movement to foster their own goals.

Mr Bush said he would work with newly elected moderate Democrats.

On the whole, Republicans favour spending cuts, whereas Democrats are more inclined to preserve services, even if it means higher taxes.

The Democrats said they would also push for a second fiscal stimulus package, though not necessarily as part of this legislation.

Democrats blame him for siphoning off critical votes from Al Gore back in 2000.

He was one of ten Senate Democrats to support President Bush in the first Gulf War.

He aligned himself with the Democrats, at least those in Congress who opposed transferring the detainees to the mainland.

In short, both the Democrats and the Republicans think they have found a winning theme in the other party's environmental policies.

Democrats stood frequently to applaud what was a strongly partisan speech while, for the most part, Republicans sat in grim silence.

The Senate minority leader, Kentucky Republican Mitch McConnell, accused Democrats of being in a state of denial.

Liberal Democrats, including Speaker Pelosi, insist that a public option must be part of any bill eventually passed by Congress.

Mr. Obama's plan also adds important new features that should make it more attractive to House Democrats and to the general public.

Other Democrats and the main auto labor union assailed the deal as unfair, saying workers were going to have to concede too much.

When I was introduced and began to walk down the aisle, the Democrats cheered loudly as most Republicans clapped politely.

Don't hold your breath. As it is, Democrats don't even seem able to score political points by highlighting their opponents' obstructionism.

But an overwhelming majority of Republicans do not support the plans that congressional Democrats have been hammering out.

However, the local Democrats did not believe the prospects of unseating our congressman, John Paul Hammerschmidt, were very good.

Republicans would not have to take an unpopular vote to raise the debt limit, a burden that would be left exclusively to Democrats.

But a year in parliament has made the Sweden Democrats savvier, more patient and less overtly inflammatory.

Democrats have been quick to query the statistic, but the fervour of their attacks suggest that this is a sore spot. It should be.

Charlie, it is just a killer. I spoke with Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill today with administration officials.

Mr. Obama's best hope at this point is to close the "enthusiasm gap" by taking strong stands that motivate Democrats to come out and vote.

The forming of an electoral coalition between the two parties was a new blow to the beleaguered Christian Democrats.

Wall Street firms and executives have been uniquely generous to both parties, emerging as one of the largest benefactors of the Democrats.

The tax package had been on a separate legislative track and appeared dead because House Democrats balked at taking it up.

Those who thought there might be some kind of peace dividend with the Democrats holding the presidency can bid those thoughts goodbye.

The cuts they chose proved that the Democrats had been right on target in their criticism of the contract during the campaign.

It is not as though Democrats are unaware of the risk. This bitter experience is seared into their collective memory.

We are winning these votes in swing states and among the very swing voters [that] Democrats must win to take back the White House.

Of course, none of their plans will ever succeed since the Democrats still control the Senate and the presidency.

At times, Democrats compete with each other to see which candidate has opposed the war the longest.

He may well be joined by Senator Joseph Lieberman, the Connecticut independent, and a few conservative Democrats.

"John McCain sided with the Democrats and voted against the Bush tax cuts, " he said.

I think it's largely going to be the same states, but we're seeing Democrats moving up a little bit more in some of the southwestern states.

With the mid-term elections less than a week away, Democrats are looking for help from the young voters, aged 18 to 29.

The first, represented by many congressional Democrats, argues that it is past the time for America to leave.

In London, Gordon Brown came under pressure from the Liberal Democrats for failing to obstruct the Kraft deal.

Nationally, Democrats are praying that the tea-party movement will push the Republicans so far to the right that they become unelectable.

The next step is a transportation bill now before Congress in which Democrats are seeking $50bn for passenger rail over the next six years.

Democrats said the policy was proof that anti-slavery extremists were in control of the government.

In both the housing and financial markets, the chances of a dip back down, at the least-opportune time for Democrats, remain very real.

The new data might reasonably absolve the Democrats of at least some blame for the economy's continued listlessness.

Many Democrats, traumatised by Iraq, say that such ventures are bound to fail, however noble the cause.

One aspect of the Democrats' strategy is to stress that the recession was the Bush administration's fault, not theirs.

Those who still support him will only be heartened by his defiance, and legislative gridlock makes the Democrats seem incompetent.

Since Congress convened earlier this month, the Democrats have got to work fast.

Exit polls suggest that it was the defection of independents from the Democrats that sealed the Republican victory.

In the Senate, the Democrats could be reduced to such a slim majority that they won't be entirely in control there either.

In response, House and Senate Republicans accused Democrats of trying to politicize the Iraq issue for their own political gain.

But a third party, the Liberal Democrats, are turning this election into a three-horse race.

The move was symbolic, since the bill will die in the U. S. Senate, where Democrats and Independents still hold a majority.

Everything in the American Jobs Act is the kind of idea that's been supported by Democrats and Republicans before.

EVER since the Democrats' poor showing in the mid-terms, the two parties have been engaged in a rather stiff dance.

The elections were an even bigger setback for her coalition partner, the Free Democrats (FDP).

But judging from a wish-list published by congressional Democrats on March 27th, none of that will be enough.

In response , House and Senate Republic accuse Democrats of trying to politicize the Iraq issue for their own political gain .

When they finish all the arguing, what do you think will be the bottom line: will the Republicans or the Democrats win?

IF YOU think the Democrats' triumph will bring fresh young faces pushing a well-honed agenda, think again.