Congressional Democrats could become a Victim of the Party in Power Curse.

With rage over the AIG Bonuses and a partisan fight over the budget looming, the Democrats on Capitol Hill could be in danger of facing the same thing the GOP faced, “the party in power curse”. When you are the party in power in Washington, you get to call all the shots but you get blamed for everything. With reports of Senator Chris Dodd and President Barack Obama both receiving over $100,000 worth of campaign contributions from AIG, many on right and in the media are trying to find out how long the administration new about the AIG bonuses and how long the President knew of them. The President effectively explained today that these bonuses were written in a contract with AIG before he came into office. I believe that in order for Congressional Democrats to avoid the curse of the party in power, they must continue to fight the GOP with facts and continue to stay on message. They must avoid the same hubris that the GOP had or else they will loose house seats in 2010.