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“The interesting question is whether we’ve seen a chang in the electorate as well as an saidCokie Roberts, the long-time and analyst, at the breakfasft Tuesday. “We can’t tell whether we are talking abou a sweep that is a realignment or a sweep that is2008 — the economy is bad and I don’ty want to wake up with thesw people in power.” Roberts drew parallels between the 2008 campaignm and the 1980 election of Ronalrd Reagan. She noted that in both there was an unpopular an overwhelming mandate from youthand minorities, and economic But the shift toward conservative which have dominated Washington D.C.
for nearly a were not solidifieduntil Reagan’s she noted. “The last few weekss looked a lotlike 1980,” Roberts “It’s the great genius of the system that we get to ‘wait, that’s not what we or ‘that’s exactly what we wanted.’” The veteramn reporter waxed about her relationshi p with the legendary Cambridge politicianb Thomas P. O’Neill, the formerf speaker of the . She said O’Neill would “be having a ball righy now” with the election of Obama and the Democratic sweep of As for the impact of anotherMassachusette politician, Sen.
Edward Kennedy, Roberts expecta that he and Obamq will try and piece together some sort of healtbh care legislation with theDemocratic Congress, but the economicd crisis may put final passage on “(Obama) has the majority to do it, he doesn’t have the moneyg to do it,” Roberts said.