Advice to Dems: "Get Over It!"

That's what Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, a Democrat who also used to head up the DNC, is telling his party:

Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell says discouraged liberals need to “get over it” and support the Democratic Party, before they regret it.

“This isn't about President [Barack] Obama,” Rendell said on MSNBC’s “Last Word” Monday night. “It's about whether the Democratic Party, not perfect, but certainly bent on trying to preserve theories in government and progressive practices, is going to be in charge of the Congress or the Republican Party. And it's not the Republican Party of old. This is a scary Republican Party.”

Of conflicts the left has had with Obama, Rendell said, “We ought to get over it.”

“If we've got some issues with President Obama, save them for another day,” he said.

The GOP found itself in a similar situation in 1998 and was advising conservatives to "get over it". It didn't work. Though the GOP retained control of the House it lost a number of seats and Speaker Newt Gingrich ended up resigning shortly after the election.

"Get over it!" is the way a party that has strayed from its principles tries to tell its members to get back in line.

Doesn't work.