The Democrats in political turmoil

I have never like Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) because I have always thought of him as slimier than slime.  A political con artist who only cares about his image on the screen and one who lusts for political power at all cost.  He is, in my opinion, a master manipulator, but he is also a savvy longtime political player.  And for that, he should not be avoided.

So this past week, after assessing the dramatic losses of Democrat seats, Schumer has come out swinging at Obama saying that instead of focusing on healthcare law reform, the Democrats, led by Obama, should have been putting their entire energy on economics and helping middle class families in the midst of a severe economic recession, if not, depression for many.

Schumer is absolutely correct.  The Democrats played hardball politics against the GOP and it blew up in their faces in 2010, 2012 and 2014.

Why?

Because the Democrats had tunnel vision since 2009; they all fell in love with Obama.  The Democrats rode on Obama's long coattail simply because he was the first mulatto president elected in the history of the United States of America.  They, having absolute control of Washington from 2009 to 2011, wanted to shove as much laws and regulations down the throats of suffering Americans as they could possibly get away with in an effort to make the Democrat party "the party of the people."

None said a word about the speed with which their train was running.  Nobody on the Democrat side wanted to apply the breaks, even a tad bit to slow down the steamrolling.  They all, including Schumer, went right along thinking they would govern for decades as they did prior to the Newt Gingrich Revolution of 1994.

However, the Democrats made numerous calculated mistakes.

One, unlike the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, the internet has become the sole source of freedom for people to network with many like-minded people from around the nation.  Information is rather easy to obtain now than before 1994.  Americans are more political than ever before, and there is no stopping that fact, be they on the left or the right.

Two, economics is bread and butter for a majority of Americans.  What's the use of ObamaCare when millions of Americans are out of work or were forced to drop to part time status because of ObamaCare?

Three, why force a change in healthcare when 85% of Americans were happy with what they had?

Four, why spend so much money we don't have in order to create shovel ready jobs that were not there to begin with?  Where did the $1T go and what did they do with it?

Lastly, denying Keystone to satisfy the environmentalist nut jobs, and the disastrous green investments that has cost the government billions.

As the GOP has been saying since 2009, the congress should have been focusing more on the economy and the middle class than on a cause that had no real urgency for action, healthcare.

Schumer and the Democrats should have seen Obama for what he truly was, not an economics-minded politician nor a savvy political negotiator, but simply a bully who either got what he wanted (and he did when the Democrats controlled Congress), or he would do whatever on his own or shut the government down until the GOP blinked (which happened when the GOP wrested control of the House.)

So while Schumer attempts to save the Democrat party, he should also get partial blame for allowing the Democrats to fall so precipitously off the cliff because he's the Number-3 go-to-guy.  He allowed all this to befall on the Democrats.

But the larger picture is this.  Schumer and the Democrats have nothing to fear now from Obama since he can't run again for president.  The time now is to patch things up for Hillary's run.  Two years may not be enough, especially given the voters' hostility towards the Democrats and Obama due to the stagnant economy many thought they would fix but didn't.

Thus, the question on many peoples mind.  Will the Democratic minority work with the GOP majority in the 114th Congress to pass meaningful legislation and override any presidential veto?

That's really up to Schumer, Sen. Harry Reid and Cong. Nancy Pelosi.