AlinPA (1000+ posts) Wed Sep-01-10 03:01 PM
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We have a lot of work to do before November. Adding Angle, Paul, Miller and O'Donnell
to the already crazed right wing republicans in the Senate would be frightening.
Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Wed Sep-01-10 03:15 PM
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2. The bell has rung, time to come out swinging on these rat bastards.
And don't stop until they hit the canvass.
enough (1000+ posts) Wed Sep-01-10 03:32 PM
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3. And Toomey, who seems to be far ahead of Sestak in the polls right now. (NT)
AlinPA (1000+ posts) Wed Sep-01-10 03:51 PM
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4. I forgot him, he is far, far right wing and has teabagger support.
wmbrew0206 (1000+ posts) Wed Sep-01-10 03:54 PM
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5. You forgot Rubio.
AlinPA (1000+ posts) Wed Sep-01-10 04:10 PM
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7. Yes. They are everywhere now.
butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Wed Sep-01-10 04:02 PM
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6. We need to..
hit them hard and hit them often. We also need to be digging up info on some of the older ones who think their seats are safe. They are coming after the Dems and they aren't done yet.
They are targeting the CBC and they are doing stuff right now that Dems aren't paying attention to. We have all of the weak back down Dems showing up on tv when we need some hard hitters. I have been emailing Kaine for months now telling them to get off of their asses.
All alone....in that sea of hope and change.....
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This is the former campaign website for Christine O'Donnell's 2008 run for US Senate in Delaware. The web address was acquired by a personal injury lawyer in an attempt to preserve the historic record of Ms. O'Donnell's campaign. However, Ms. O'Donnell didn't like that, so now we're just going to make fun of her.
AlinPA (1000+ posts) Wed Sep-01-10 03:01 PM
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We have a lot of work to do before November. Adding Angle, Paul, Miller and O'Donnell
to the already crazed right wing republicans in the Senate would be frightening.
Funny, the real truth is is that the best we can hope to do is stem the tide of Obama-Dem destruction, and for the House (assuming we at least take the House) to appropriate, oh, maybe $1 for any bureaucracy created by Obamacare. Anything constructive (ie, everything Dems hate) as opposed to simply oppositional will have to wait until we have an American President again, and that veto pen is in the right hands. Aren't they aware of that? Or shouldn't I offer them that solace? Or are they just incapable of understanding this?
Indeed - losing the house is a bad thing for the Dems. If there are programs that the new house doesn't like, they can rewrite them (Healthcare) and if Obama threatens to veto any changes, the house can simply defund the offending programs completely outside of Obama's veto reach.
No money, no program.
If the Dems lose the Senate as well, then new legislation can be written. But just taking the house will stop Team Obama....Assuming the new house has the balls to do it, that is....
I would like to add:If we had 60 solid GOPers why fret a veto?
60+ Republican Senators in the Senate. The Dems who remain will not allow Obamacare to be repealed without a fight. 'Course, that won't happen until 2013.
If we had 60 solid GOPers why fret a veto?
Although in reality we just need a majority in the HoR to cash-starve the beast. Nothing gets funded unless it gets actively added into the budget.
Right you are SB! That's one fight I'd like to see re-occur a few times--House Republicans repeatedly refusing to put a nickel into Obamacare, possibly Senate Dems filibustering it (if they end up in the minority), Obama vetoing the budget because of this if it does finally get out that way, and again, and again...the libmedia and Team Obama will say Republicans are "shutting down the government," but as the country mostly hates Obamacare, and in any case it's easy enough to say "hey, if you want a budget, stop with the vetoes," this really is a losing battle for them. And it would keep Obamacare front-and-center for 2012.Gingrich tried that a couple of times but he folded.
I can tell you this. Wall Street will love this kind of gridlock.
November will be sweet! Idiots crying and jumping off the Internets in an attempt to commit suicide.
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Right you are SB! That's one fight I'd like to see re-occur a few times--House Republicans repeatedly refusing to put a nickel into Obamacare, possibly Senate Dems filibustering it (if they end up in the minority), Obama vetoing the budget because of this if it does finally get out that way, and again, and again...the libmedia and Team Obama will say Republicans are "shutting down the government," but as the country mostly hates Obamacare, and in any case it's easy enough to say "hey, if you want a budget, stop with the vetoes," this really is a losing battle for them. And it would keep Obamacare front-and-center for 2012.
I can tell you this. Wall Street will love this kind of gridlock.
Gingrich tried that a couple of times but he folded.
Hopefully with Tea party pressure and 60% in favor of repeal around their necks the GOP can hold the line this time.
I would like to add:
60+ Republican Senators in the Senate. The Dems who remain will not allow Obamacare to be repealed without a fight. 'Course, that won't happen until 2013.
Nice scenario, except for 4 things, and their names are Snowe, Collins, McCain and Graham.
If the Obamessiah continues to **** things up after the Republicans take the House and Senate back, the Dems still have to defend about 23 of the 33 Senate seats up in 2012. I'd say that maybe eight to ten of those 23 would flip. That could very well give Republicans the supermajority.
Easy now, you'll make me "cream my jeans"!
That would be excellent as long as they act like conservatives and not like the last time, with a bunch of gubmint spendin' pricks! You have to admit, they went hog wild with our money, just like the current traitors in charge!!!! Maybe not to the extent that the DemoncRats did, but still they sure as hell didn't have the country's best interest at heart.
You better put a wrapper on that rocket! Or, call Toots to take care of things . . .
Anyway, I think that we're seeing a shift in the NRSC, one that the PTB of the NRSC aren't quite in line with yet. They're going away from the "McCain-McConnell" wing and drifting more to the "DeMint" wing. As the latter grows, people like Jeff Sessions will sign on. The momentum will start to build. When John Cornyn faces a rival in the primary, maybe even gets primaried, he'll come around. And so it will go.
If the Obamessiah continues to **** things up after the Republicans take the House and Senate back, the Dems still have to defend about 23 of the 33 Senate seats up in 2012. I'd say that maybe eight to ten of those 23 would flip. That could very well give Republicans the supermajority.
You better put a wrapper on that rocket! Or, call Toots to take care of things . . .
Anyway, I think that we're seeing a shift in the NRSC, one that the PTB of the NRSC aren't quite in line with yet. They're going away from the "McCain-McConnell" wing and drifting more to the "DeMint" wing. As the latter grows, people like Jeff Sessions will sign on. The momentum will start to build. When John Cornyn faces a rival in the primary, maybe even gets primaried, he'll come around. And so it will go.