Obama odds in 2012 look better and better
U.S. Rep. John Boehner
John Boehner, who is likely to become the next speaker of the House, went on Sean Hannity’s radio show Wednesday to offer a preview of what to expect:
“This is not a time for compromise, and I can tell you that we will not compromise on our principles,” Boehner said….
As for Obama’s own agenda, Boehner promised, “We’re going to do everything – and I mean everything we can do – to kill it, stop it, slow it down, whatever we can.”
Meanwhile, according to a newly released Bloomberg poll:
Four out of five Americans want compromise. The Republicans don’t dare even entertain compromise. This is playing right to Obama’s strength. He will come across as calm, rational and reasonable. The Republicans will either come across as angry and aggressive, or they will deeply disappoint their own base.
Obama will also have history on his side. As National Journal points out, presidents who lose control of Congress in their first midterms tend to gain a political advantage:
“It’s occurred three times in the past 100 years, and in each case the minority party that took control watched the supposedly vanquished president win reelection just two years later. First, Harry Truman in 1948 (after losing 55 House and 13 Senate seats in 1946); second, Dwight Eisenhower in 1956 (after losing 18 House and two Senate seats in 1954, creating Democratic majorities that would last in the Senate until 1980 and in the House until 1994); and finally, Bill Clinton in 1996 (after losing 54 House and eight Senate seats in 1994).”
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jm
October 28th, 2010
4:52 pm
US. Big Red. I’ll want to kiss America a little longer….
http://www.wrigley.com/global/brands/big-red.aspx
Jefferson
October 28th, 2010
4:52 pm
So you stand for being uncreditable ? Other parties have little creditbilty also, but the fact remains does it not?
josef nix
October 28th, 2010
4:52 pm
For some of us, neither party has much credibility. A pox on both their houses.
jm
October 28th, 2010
4:54 pm
By the way. Can someone say Tsunami?….. (if this happens)
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1010/43814.html
http://www.wrigley.com/global/brands/big-red.aspx
Bosch
October 28th, 2010
4:54 pm
larry,
If you should still be around — I always liked Barney and the Barney cams. To me, that was like the only good thing produced out of the White House those years.
jm
October 28th, 2010
4:55 pm
I mean, holy cr-p. If this happens, they might as well just put the House Dems out in the Rotunda for votes.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1010/43814.html
Bosch
October 28th, 2010
4:55 pm
Hi josef – how’s it going? How’s the little boogers at school?
Jefferson
October 28th, 2010
4:55 pm
josef, you are on to it, but it the republicans that act like they do and consistantly don’t do what they say.
Sid Farcas
October 28th, 2010
4:55 pm
Jefferson
October 28th, 2010
4:52 pm
So you stand for being uncreditable ? Other parties have little creditbilty also, but the fact remains does it not?
Joy, you answer no questions except for more questions. You are very inmature and a man of little integrity. You were raised wrong. Vote dem next Tuesday. I want you on their side. OUT!
jm
October 28th, 2010
4:56 pm
I wonder if Lewis could get ejected? Now that would be wild. But unlikely.
Jefferson
October 28th, 2010
4:58 pm
You see what I mean, denile, name calling.
jm
October 28th, 2010
4:59 pm
No drapes measuring here. But I wonder if House dems will be an endangered specie.
And when senate Dems drop below 50 (2012 probably), how you liberals feelin about that whole 60 vote supermajority filibuster thingy?
I think a simple majority should rule. But that’s just me….
jm
October 28th, 2010
5:00 pm
55!
http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/Sabato-GOP-Gain-55/2010/10/28/id/375157
jm
October 28th, 2010
5:00 pm
50!
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/10/the-hill-finds-republicans-set-to-pick-up-50-or-more-seats-this-election.php
Jefferson
October 28th, 2010
5:01 pm
jm, what it is is what it is, remember 2000-2006? Lots of accoplishment huh?
jm
October 28th, 2010
5:02 pm
Jefferson – yeah, not so much done. Maybe different this time round
Doggone/GA
October 28th, 2010
5:02 pm
“50!”
Are they pulling more miners out in Chile?
paleo-neoCarlinist
October 28th, 2010
5:04 pm
@@, I was referring to the Presidential race – because of the electoral college, which is all but exclusively Dems or Reps, and there ain’t no way Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dumb are voting for Prince(ss) Charming. they” flip a coin or have a “last man standing” cage match on the Capitol floor before they “elect” an outsider POTUS.
jm
October 28th, 2010
5:04 pm
Doggone – bingo….
Jefferson – although I guess you’re not a fan of the prescription drug bill. me either.
@@
October 28th, 2010
5:04 pm
josef:
You best git on over to Kyle’s. Somebody named Enquiring Minds just critiqued Georgia’s three goob candidates.
Barnes? Baggage
Deal? Baggage
Monds? Reminds him/her of Alvin Greene.
Aaaahhhhhh oooooooo!
jm
October 28th, 2010
5:05 pm
By the way, polls stink as far as accuracy goes. Who knows what we’ll wake up to November 3rd. Everybody should go vote. Barnes still has a chance. (Deals a crook)
@@
October 28th, 2010
5:06 pm
Paleo:
You underestimate the power OF the people.
I never have.
paleo-neoCarlinist
October 28th, 2010
5:07 pm
as I suggested a couple three weeks ago, why not leave the job vaccant, or better yet, hire a contractor (1099 – no pension or benefits to pay) for 6 months, on what the folks in the HR world call “try and buy” or temp to perm?
paleo-neoCarlinist
October 28th, 2010
5:10 pm
@@ your enthusiasm for baseball, mom, and apple pie us laudable, but the “power of the people” id dwarfed by the power of the plutocrats. wish it were not, and “on paper” (Constitution) it isn’t, but as Sgt. Barnes told the surviving members of Sg. Elias’s platoon in the film of the same name; “…there’s the way things ought to be, and the way they are…”.
Jefferson
October 28th, 2010
5:12 pm
jm, the R’s had total control of the gov’t from 00-06, all 3 branches, but they grew gov’t and deficits like they said they don’t do. The D’s started in 09 to do what they said they would do, it is not a mystery, this is what they (Obama) set out to do.
The prescription bill is much like the health card bill, throw out something and see how it works, the problem is you have to modify problems that arise. No reasons to not fix the problems.
Who cares
October 28th, 2010
5:13 pm
For all you bantering, would it not make more sense to try to find common ground? The problem is not republicans or democrats it is BOTH. I am not sure how we can place blame on the other when both parties are at fault. It is time the nation rallies together and changes the system that is in place.
How is it that congress can vote for a pay raise? Should that not be a vote by the American people?
How is it that Obama and Bush take all the heat for there respected terms and the congress and senate get very little criticism.
Things will not get any better with the new elections. We can not, can not continue to put the same individuals in office expecting different results. Is that not the definition of insanity?
Left wing management
October 28th, 2010
5:13 pm
bearded inquirer: “Obama must decide if marriage or presidency is more important.
Michelle will not allow another run.”
Go, Michelle, go!
AmVet
October 28th, 2010
5:13 pm
Hope & Change 2010 style.
More socialism, more big government – neo-con style.
And more hard work at finishing the job of implementing the American plutocracy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHhrZgojY1Q
md
October 28th, 2010
5:14 pm
“Barnes still has a chance. (Deals a crook)”
I thought the definition of Politician was crook??
Scout
October 28th, 2010
5:17 pm
Headline: “Researchers Find the ‘Liberal Gene’ ”
“Don’t hold liberals responsible for their opinion — they can’t help themselves. A new study has concluded that ideology is not just a social thing; it’s built into the DNA, borne along by a gene called DRD4. Tagged “the liberal gene,” DRD4 is the first specific bit of human DNA that predisposes people to certain political views, the study’s authors claim.”
Now if we could just develop a vaccination …………………………………
Randalph on the Right
October 28th, 2010
5:17 pm
I would run “FROM” Michelle…
Randalph on the Right
October 28th, 2010
5:17 pm
Barnes is a scumbag! Don’t elect him!
@@
October 28th, 2010
5:18 pm
Paleo:
Another thing. A political movement grows from the grassroots. L or I at local, state, then federal in that order.
The biggest obstacle would be the mainstream media. What have they done and said about the Tea Party? They’ve done everything within their power to diminish it.
What has FOX done? They’ve given then a venue…sometimes skeptical…sometimes supportive, but a venue just the same.
Which media outlets offer Libertarian commentary?
Randalph on the Right
October 28th, 2010
5:18 pm
Who here thinks we live in a democracy?
That’s what Barry and Joe always say…they are just plain ignorant.
md
October 28th, 2010
5:19 pm
“You underestimate the power OF the people.”
Which can be a very dangerous thing……see Venezuela.
AmVet
October 28th, 2010
5:20 pm
Not to worry scaredy-cats.
There is no way the Crooked Deal is gonna lose.
This dead red state would elect Mao Tse-Tung if he had an R after his name…
@@
October 28th, 2010
5:20 pm
Paleo:
As to your 5:10. You appear to have surrendered when the battle has just begin.
Are you sure you have what it takes?
md
October 28th, 2010
5:22 pm
“jm, the R’s had total control of the gov’t from 00-06, all 3 branches, but they grew gov’t and deficits like they said they don’t do. The D’s started in 09 to do what they said they would do, it is not a mystery, this is what they (Obama) set out to do.”
So, what exactly is the difference between a group that pushes the elevator button marked “to hell”, and the group that tells you up front they are going to push the same button?
Kamchak
October 28th, 2010
5:22 pm
I would run “FROM” Michelle…
What makes you believe that she would even look twice at you?
jm
October 28th, 2010
5:24 pm
Amvet 5:20 –
That’s depressingly funny
Scout
October 28th, 2010
5:24 pm
Hummmm …………………
Headline: “Poll: Most Want Obama Fired In 2012″
“Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, rapped by the White House for pledging to make Barack Obama a one-term president, seems to have the support of a majority of Americans. A new poll provided to Whispers says that 56 percent of likely voters want the president fired.”
http://politics.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2010/10/27/poll-most-want-obama-fired-in-2012
AmVet
October 28th, 2010
5:24 pm
Randalph on the Right, you are incorrect.
But I am open to you trying to prove that the Unites States of America is not a democracy…
jm
October 28th, 2010
5:25 pm
md 5:14 – so truuuu
md
October 28th, 2010
5:26 pm
“This dead red state would elect Mao Tse-Tung if he had an R after his name…”
Kind of comical when the last Republican before Sonny was elected in……………1872
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Governors_of_Georgia
josef nix
October 28th, 2010
5:26 pm
Bosch…
They wore me ragged today!
md
October 28th, 2010
5:29 pm
Sorry, …………1871.
AmVet
October 28th, 2010
5:30 pm
md. comical indeed.
But that is old news. Given the state of rabid Republicanism in Dixie, it may well be a long time before a non-Republican resides in that mansion on West Paces Ferry again.
Just look at how the sleazy Nathan Deal is gonna be the next occupier thereof…
Ray
October 28th, 2010
5:31 pm
The fake sun tubes of death have finally dried out boehner’s pickled egg of a brain.
md
October 28th, 2010
5:32 pm
Well Am, in an either or situation, I don’t think it matters too much anymore………….can only hope the cycle continues indefinitely, especially on the national level.
Scout
October 28th, 2010
5:33 pm
“NO WAY THIS IS GOOD NEWS”
By Neal Boortz @ October 28, 2010
“Would anyone out there like to venture a guess as to what the number one name for newborn boys is in Great Britain is? Nope, it’s not Winston. And it’s not John, Paul, George or Ringo either. It’s Mohammed. I was in England in 2008. When I stepped out of the Underground and walked into daylight near my hotel I was completely blown away by the numbers of women in burkas. I might as well have been in Kabul. Those of you who think this is a good thing for Jolly old England raise your hands.”
@@
October 28th, 2010
5:35 pm
Venezuela’s opposition party is gaining.
http://www.cuatower.com/quill/an-american-in-the-venezuelan-embassy-1.1668150
Since Chavez came into power, the Venezuelan people have been forced to swallow the alteration of their National Flag, the extensive revision of the constitution, a repression of the media, a rapidly increasing gap between the wealthy class and the impoverished and such an increase in murders and kidnappings that Caracas, the Venezuelan capitol, has one of the highest murder rates in the world.
While we all have our gripes with different political parties and policies and our own opinions about the way government should be handled, we have a system that works. We have a constitution that is very difficult to amend, a fair voting system which represents every American voice, state and local governments which ensure a general interest in social improvement and the knowledge that as Americans we are free to build our own future and our own families in the way we see fit.
It’s important to remember how important these aspects of our society are. We need to work to protect these institutions and ideals which protect our country from falling into the same oppressive socialism so present in Venezuela. Don’t ignore your neighbors, America, you don’t know how good you have it.
I will never forget how the left-wingers (at Luckovich’s, I think) cheered the Venezuelan buffoon on, and all because he railed against Bush. Some even said Chavez was just looking out for his people.
@@
October 28th, 2010
5:40 pm
Hillbilly:
I know you’re on a hiatus until after the elections, but you’ve gotten one wish granted.
Firefighter to be fired for taking video of fatal crash victim
Enjoy!
(ISH)
Jefferson
October 28th, 2010
5:41 pm
md, the R’s said we are going to heaven, but pushed the hell button. The D’s said we are going to heaven, and for some they arrived, for others it was this ain’t my idea of heaven.
josef nix
October 28th, 2010
5:42 pm
@@
Al Greene…ooooh…. ISH
paleo-neoCarlinist
October 28th, 2010
5:42 pm
@@, I think you need to consider the possibility there is no battle (at the grass roots level, or otherwise). I’m not some raving fool. grab any dictionary, political science book or sociology text and look up the words Socialism, Capitalism, Oligarch, Repbulic, Democracy and Plutocracy. see which words closest resembles the status quo. And mind you, the status quo is not “hope and change”. the status quo is what Ike warned of – the “unwarranted influence” and “misplaced power”. Ike didn’t warn of “the power of the people” or “unwarranted influence of grass roots political movements.” however genuine the orgins of the tea party my be, look where it stands at the moment. it is being consumed or conscripted by the right, and very much with the help of your friends at Fox News. you know, just because the tea party professes different “hopes” and a different type of “change” does not make its message any different. and as has been beaten to death, where were all these “patriots” between 2001-2009? as I noted this morning, Obama didn’t fool anyone. in fact, it could be argued that Bush and Cheney were the most influential politicians in terms of his election. he wasn’t Bush, period (and to go a step further, neither was McCain, but Palin certainly was Bush with a nicer a**, and that pretty much sealed the deal for Obama).
RW-(the original)
October 28th, 2010
5:44 pm
So were going on 800 comments here. Have we gotten over the ridiculous notion that compromising with “progressives” is a good idea?
ld
October 28th, 2010
5:52 pm
Personally I prefer (1) moderate democrat in the white house and a democrat controlled senate–where judges are nominated and convirmed–and (2) a republican controlled house, where spending bills originate. With the rules designed by the two dominate parties, this is, regretably, as close as we are likely ever to get, in my lifetime, to a libratarian controled government that believes in individual liberty and fiscal responsibility.
ld
October 28th, 2010
5:53 pm
confirmed
josef nix
October 28th, 2010
5:53 pm
RW
“So were going on 800 comments here.”
It must be sweeps week at the AJC…
paleo-neoCarlinist
October 28th, 2010
5:55 pm
Scout, while the liberal gene story offers comic relief, here’s what I suggest to Ragnar, after he posted the link on JB’s morning missive ( I made some corrections):
“I don’t have time to read the article, but does it suggest that being liberal is a “mutation” or “defect”? maybe “leftism” is not a disease (as some say, homosexuality is a disease or mutation). perhaps it is (hold on) a byproduct of evolution; or the ongoing development and adaptation of the homo sapien species. and for the record, and by record, I mean the Bible (New Testament), I think the Gospels suggest maybe there is something to the idea of “intelligent design” as it relates to compassion and altruism being the “norm” and the “kill or be killed” and “welcome to the jungle” ethos of the U.S/Globalist version of faux capitalism (plutocracy) is the disease/mutation, which threatens us as a species.”
kind of a Chrisitian riddle wrapped in a question, isn’t it?
@@
October 28th, 2010
5:55 pm
Rolling Stone picked up on this site’s assessment of Obama on Stewart….or Stewart on Obama as it turned out.
And that’s the trouble with Stewart moving more into the realm of legitimate political pundits. If he wants to do a real interview with the leader of the free world, it sure undercuts his standing to have a live audience screaming and clapping when he makes a point.
Because really, an audience that dumbly cheers at mentions of liberal talking points and boos at mentions of the tea party or republican candidates represents everything in the current political media climate that Stewart normally rallies against. It represents a dumbed-down, over-hyped level of discourse, one that ignores the complex facts behind what’s going on in government in favor of the overly simplistic us vs. them, right vs. wrong, good vs. evil, left vs. right dichotomy that cable news has embraced so strongly.
Hmmmmm, I do believe I’ve met some very loyal viewers here. Stewart–2010’s Most Influential Man.
The Leg Lamp is a "major award"....
October 28th, 2010
5:56 pm
Man, you can tell the midterms are a loss for the dems.
“Obama to visit Jakarta mosque… “
paleo-neoCarlinist
October 28th, 2010
5:57 pm
Id, as i told @@, it’s nice to wish for things for Xmas, but let’s be honest, does it really matter which party “controls” the Senate, or the Congress, or the Oval Office? we should be asking ourselves (as warned by Ike), who “controls” the Democrats? who “controls” the GOP? it’s been established that we the People certainly have no “power”.
josef nix
October 28th, 2010
6:00 pm
leg lamp
If he really wants to prop up Indonesia’s claim to tolerant relgious diversity, he’d go to Bali and visit a Hindu temple…
RW-(the original)
October 28th, 2010
6:01 pm
Now that’s change we can believe in, but the staffers have to go too
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 65% of Likely U.S. Voters say if they had the option next week, they would vote to get rid of the entire Congress and start all over again. Only 20% would opt to keep the entire Congress instead. Fifteen percent (15%) aren’t sure
paleo-neoCarlinist
October 28th, 2010
6:01 pm
OK, I have to ski-daddle. as far as Jon Stewart goes; 1 – separate Jon Steward on the Daily Show from Jon Steward when he is not “in character”. 2 – as I noted re: Rush, why is it we always hear “don’t shoot the messgenger” but we never hear “don’t venerate the messenger”? who cares what Rolling Stone thinks about Jon Stewart’s authenticity as a pundit or his ability to be “serious” (did they forget the definition of “fake news”?).
Lil' Barry Bailout
October 28th, 2010
6:05 pm
Don’t be so sure, Jay. Americans are learning that Sean Hannity was right during the 2008 campaign–Obama’s associations with America-haters and domestic terrorists weren’t an accident, and they should have told us something about the candidate.
Go ahead and make fun of the source, if it makes you feel better. Bottom line though, Hannity was right and the libbtards were wrong.
paleo-neoCarlinist
October 28th, 2010
6:05 pm
RW, did the Rassmussen pollsters tell the respondents they CAN GET RID OF THE ENTIRE CONGRESS. and it always bothers me when a polling company only offer three choices. where was # 4 (”I don’t give a f**k”)? seriously, I have to go.
@@
October 28th, 2010
6:07 pm
Paleo:
The soon-to-be Tea Party was meeting for lunch, at ballparks, bowling alleys across the nation. The revolt came in 2006 when they voted Republicans out. It went full throttle with Bush’s bailouts, which means…they don’t/didn’t support the big banks.
Are the behind-the-scenes sponsors taking advantage of the Tea Party or is the Tea Party taking advantage of them. The vast majority of Tea Partiers are not wealthy people.
It all remains to be seen, Paleo
josef nix
October 28th, 2010
6:07 pm
Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert are about the last sane voices passing commentary. That should tell us something about the state of affairs…
Left wing management
October 28th, 2010
6:10 pm
Lil’ Barry Bailout: What’s an ‘America Hater’ ? Can you give me an example? (And don’t say “William Ayers”)
josef nix
October 28th, 2010
6:12 pm
Sean Hannity and Keith Olbermann…two peas in a pod…pompous partisan asses…
@@
October 28th, 2010
6:13 pm
where was # 4 (”I don’t give a f**k”)?
Well, there have been times when I shared the sentiment, but…
Geez! can’t let it overwhelm me.
@@
October 28th, 2010
6:15 pm
josef:
Tell us how you feel about Greta.
Don't Forget
October 28th, 2010
6:15 pm
josef nix
October 28th, 2010
6:12 pm
Sean Hannity and Keith Olbermann…two peas in a pod…pompous partisan asses…
Yeah but Hannity is a dumb pompous partisan adze. At least Olberman is educated.
AmVet
October 28th, 2010
6:17 pm
Quotes from Boortz and adoration for Hannity.
Good times in Psychoville…
@@
October 28th, 2010
6:19 pm
At least Olberman is educated.
He certainly is. He got a degree in animal husbandry so he could broadcast sports.
The Leg Lamp is a "major award"....
October 28th, 2010
6:20 pm
AmVet
October 28th, 2010
6:17 pm
Why not balance them with some Joy Behar and Bill Maher quotes?
JohnnyReb
October 28th, 2010
6:21 pm
Posted earlier on this one. Surprised to see so many posts. Obviously, a lot of opinions. I continue to challenge the theory that a Republican caused grid lock will benefit Obama. Conservatives have openly stated and it is well known they expect to make little headway with Obama in office and this election cycle is but the beginning. The middle of the road voters who are necessary to have a Repbulican win know this and I doubt they would throw in with Conservatives if they were not in it for the long haul. At least until there is a new POTUS and evidence of what that will mean.
The Leg Lamp is a "major award"....
October 28th, 2010
6:22 pm
Don’t Forget
October 28th, 2010
6:15 pm
W was the first president to have a master’s degree. So since he is so educated I would imagine you were very impressed with him, right?
josef nix
October 28th, 2010
6:23 pm
Don’t Forget
Educated? Oy, Mate, he’s no such thing! The number of factual errors he makes with history and geography are an embarassment…same with Hannity….
@@
I kind of like Greta. She respects her guests and allows them to speak without shrilly trying to override them.
RW-(the original)
October 28th, 2010
6:23 pm
did the Rassmussen pollsters tell the respondents…
Paleo,
I gave you the link and everything. If can’t find your way from there I won’t be of much help to you.
Left wing management
October 28th, 2010
6:23 pm
j nix: “Sean Hannity and Keith Olbermann…two peas in a pod…pompous partisan asses”
Sadly I tend to agree. The best answer to Hannity/Limbaugh is not to simply flip everything they do on its head. The real opposition to their distortions is not to turn them around 180º (which unwittingly pays them an undeserved hommage), but to take them on in more subtle ways – which is what in some ways Colbert and Stewart are attempting to do.
The Leg Lamp is a "major award"....
October 28th, 2010
6:23 pm
Okay, a show of hands. Who’s surprised?
“Billions in Afghanistan aid dollars unaccounted for…”
Paulo977
October 28th, 2010
6:23 pm
josef
5:26pm
It’s the weather !
JohnnyReb
October 28th, 2010
6:24 pm
Not that I was asked, but for the record, Bill Maher is the ultimate pompus ass scoundrel who thinks his intellect superior of most Americans. I object to his existence.
The Leg Lamp is a "major award"....
October 28th, 2010
6:24 pm
josef nix
October 28th, 2010
6:23 pm
I like Greta’s style as well. She was firm, but no over the top, towards Gloria Allred recently. Great exchange.
Don't Forget
October 28th, 2010
6:25 pm
@@
October 28th, 2010
6:07 pm
The soon-to-be Tea Party was meeting for lunch, at ballparks, bowling alleys across the nation. The revolt came in 2006 when they voted Republicans out. It went full throttle with Bush’s bailouts, which means…they don’t/didn’t support the big banks.
Bullplop, the tea party began in February 2009. Show me any source that shows it starting in 2006.
The Leg Lamp is a "major award"....
October 28th, 2010
6:27 pm
“46% of Americans Support Legalizing Marijuana… ”
So THAT’S where Obama’s 46% likability rate comes from.
josef nix
October 28th, 2010
6:28 pm
Leg
W was the first to what?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Presidents_of_the_United_States_by_education
Paul
October 28th, 2010
6:29 pm
G’d evening, RW-(the original)
“So were going on 800 comments here. Have we gotten over the ridiculous notion that compromising with “progressives” is a good idea?”
Given that the TP candidates displaced moderate Republicans in the primaries and that half of Democratic losses could be among moderate Blue Dogs, compromise could be a problem.
But, I suppose the Dem House minority leadership could show a proper cooperative attitude by saying to the new Rep House majority leadership: “you retook the House on a platform of fiscal reform. You won. You’re the leaders now. Here’s a list of every incoming, new Republican member. It shows every federal program, activity and funding item associated with their district. We’d like to know which of them the members propose for elimination or cuts. When we see the specifics of your leadership program, we’ll follow with areas where we think we can find common ground.”
JohnnyReb
October 28th, 2010
6:30 pm
Hello Josef – I have an associate with children in a private school. She tells me the school does not even keep an asprin or tylenol. That parents have to take medications to school for a specific instance. And, that the medication must be in original packaging. Does that sound correct? Is your place similar?
The Leg Lamp is a "major award"....
October 28th, 2010
6:32 pm
josef nix
October 28th, 2010
6:28 pm
To the best of my knowledge he was the first POTUS who had an MBA. I’ll review your link, though.
The Leg Lamp is a "major award"....
October 28th, 2010
6:33 pm
Paul
October 28th, 2010
6:29 pm
And just what were the specifics the dems rolled out for fiscal responsibility? Oh yeah, stimulus and Obamacare. And if the could, VAT. Yeah, those worked real well.
RW-(the original)
October 28th, 2010
6:34 pm
Paul,
I differentiate between compromise in general and compromise with the remarkably misnamed progressives. Any compromise with a progressive just becomes their new starting point for pushing their agenda. If you don’t believe that just ask one.
josef,
I see that Woodrow Wilson was the only one with a doctorate. Apparently higher education is a poor prerequisite for the Presidency.
josef nix
October 28th, 2010
6:35 pm
johnny reb
I’m with you on Maher!
PAULO
The weather and Hallowe’en coming up! Lil monsters…
left wing
That’s my objection to what he (and too many others) do…the idea that the “other side” might, just might, have a point is an alien concept and the whole “dialogue” comes off sounding like the playground at recess…Did, too! Did not!”
The Leg Lamp is a "major award"....
October 28th, 2010
6:39 pm
josef nix
Octber 28th, 2010
6:35 pm
Changing the subject slightly, but I thought one of the best, true, debates I ever saw was when VP candidates Dick Cheney and Joe Lieberman went at it in 2000. Very intelligent individuals who presented their positions in a civil manner. I don’t go the “who won” route, but that night the American people won. It was great to watch.
TaxPayer
October 28th, 2010
6:39 pm
A new ranking of the nation’s 400 biggest charities shows donations dropped by 11 percent overall last year as the Great Recession ended – the worst decline in 20 years since the Chronicle of Philanthropy began keeping a tally.
Wow. I guess Republicans were not feeling so charitable once times got tough. But what about those with all the wealth that Dems are accused by Republicans of envying so much. Did they not feel charitable even after making a billion dollars and paying almost nothing in taxes. Where is that compassionate side of the conservative that we’ve heard so much about in past years.
The Leg Lamp is a "major award"....
October 28th, 2010
6:42 pm
TaxPayer
October 28th, 2010
6:39 pm
“Where is that compassionate side of the conservative that we’ve heard so much about in past years.”
So how much did the libs increase their donations during this same timeframe?
josef nix
October 28th, 2010
6:42 pm
Leg
You didn’t say MBA…thus, the link and question…
RW
I knew you were going to say that!
johnny reb
That is the case in just about all schools…all perscription medications require a specific form signed by a physician and any OTC must be administered by the parent/guardian.