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DSCC head: Biden was right; Obama's plans 'dead' if Dems lose

By Michael O'Brien - 09/29/09 12:01 PM ET

Vice President Joe Biden was right to say that the Obama administration's agenda would be "dead" if Democrats lose in 2010, the head of Senate Democrats' campaign efforts said Tuesday.

Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) Chairman Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) concurred with the vice president's assessment last week.

"Vice President Biden is right. Republicans have made their priorities clear, and solving the nation's problems isn't high on the list," Menendez wrote in an email today to supporters. "President Obama's change agenda is dead if Democrats lose. That's a fact."

“If they take them back, this the end of the road for what Barack and I are trying to do,” Biden said of the GOP's gaming for the House and Senate in 2010.

Republicans have been energized as they have gained some footing on healthcare and deficit issues, reflected in boisterous August town halls and slipping public opinion in favor of some of President Barack Obama's priorities.

Still, Republicans are left to defend more open seats in 2010's Senate elections, though they have aggressively courted top-tier candidates in hopes of eating into Democrats' 60-vote majority in the upper chamber.

Menendez professed confidence in Democrats' campaign efforts in his solicitation for more money, saying that the DSCC must reach its $3 million quarterly target for donations.

"Falling short is not an option. The Republicans would seize on the news as evidence of weakness," he wrote. "We can't let that happen. We won't let that happen."

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Comments (4)

If Obama and the Dems don't want to lose in 2010, then they should be doing what they promised to do last election cycle. Given their string of broken promises thus far and their demonstrated inability to get meaningful health care reform passed, I fail to see why we should care if they lose.BY Attack Macaque on 09/29/2009 at 18:31
I grow weary of Obama's fiscal mess and his big government agenda. Our government is completely out of control and apparently can't do math. They are setting us down and economic course for disaster. This is a very scary time to be an American and frankly the Bush years were much, much, much, much better compared to what Obama has and is doing (and isn't doing when it comes to Iran).BY Independent on 09/29/2009 at 19:25
The dems actions clearly show that they are desperate. They know that they will get their clocks cleaned next year, so they start grasping at straws. They have tried labeling the right as the party of no, they have tried painting opposition as racists, and now they will try to scare people.If you fall for their games, you absolutely deserve what you get.BY J T on 09/29/2009 at 21:26
It is very noticable to those of us in MONTANA that Bacus is SCARED…otherwis e, this vote for the public option would NEVER HAVE HAPPENED!! Much less been the rout it was…what a defeat!!!He is also "all of a sudden" doing other things he has neglected for the past years…like, responding to his letters "ON SUBJECT"…he never did that before this…This is good… The Dem's need to be tossed out on their inflated egos/ears!!!!!So do the Repub's… THEY ALL NEED TO GO ASAP.We, THE PEOPLE, are going to take this nation back and restore the CONSTITUTION as our one law on high!BY MontanaMEL on 09/29/2009 at 22:47

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