Arrogance

The White House had no contingency plan for health care reform if Democrat Martha Coakley lost the special election in Massachusetts, and officials did not discuss the possibility a Democratic loss would dramatically imperil their legislative efforts, a top adviser said today.

President Obama's senior advisor David Axelrod said there "wasn't much discussion" about an alternative path to passing health care with just 59 Democrats in the Senate because there was "widespread assumption was that that seat was safe."

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/01/white-house-didnt-have-ma-sen-health-care-contingency-plan.php?ref=fpa

They just assumed they'd win the seat, and therefore took no steps to win it, until it was too late.

They deserved to lose it.