But Democrats counter that this treats very different states as being part of the same base.

"The Democrats did not counter the national Republican message with one of their own," he writes.

Democrats have always countered that the rich made out like bandits.

Democrats counter that incumbents have always had high re-election rates.

Democrats counter that the rough cost of building a new prison should be $14,000 a bed.

Democrats counter that if they had not raised taxes, things would have been worse.

The Democrats counter that since then, lower court nominees have answered questions about their personal views.

But Democrats countered that they were not the only ones filing legal challenges to election results.

Democrats counter that even if exploration begins today, no new oil from Alaska will be available for years.

Democrats counter that this is simply one more example of Republican obstructionism.