They are, however, ready, eager, and willing to jump off the cliff when a Conservative bloviator screams at them to do so.
In an interview with The Hill, Reid said it is essential for Obama and congressional Democrats to work closely with Republicans in the new Congress. He added that 2009 is very different from 1993, the last time Democrats controlled both Congress and the White House.
Back then, Reid said, Democrats had controlled the House for decades and behaved as though the opposition did not exist. This time around, their recent stint in the minority would give them a commitment to bipartisanship.
Then the "sheepish" Dems look up and wonder why the crowd didn't follow them ... and why that Conservative is standing at the clifftop laughing at them.
Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are wondering exactly what House Speaker Nancy Pelosi meant by her pledge to "govern from the middle."
Pelosi (D-Calif.) made that promise immediately after the election that expanded her Democratic majority.
To Republicans, it does not mean increased bipartisanship.
GOPers spent their first day as representatives of the 111th Congress vilifying the Speaker — who was reelected and unanimously supported by her caucus — for changing the rules regarding how much power the minority has to hinder the legislative process on the floor.
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