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Offline dandi

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Biden: Losing 60th Seat May Be A Blessing
« on: January 26, 2010, 02:32:08 PM »
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By Eric Zimmermann

Democrats losing their 60-seat supermajority in the Senate may be a good thing, Vice President Joe Biden suggested Tuesday.

Speaking to a meeting of the Democratic National Committee's finance committee, Biden said that the supermajority came with excessively high expectations.

"Yes, it's had a practical impact, but I'm not so sure what a blessing 60 votes was. Not a joke, I mean it sincerely," he said, according to a pool report.

"When we had 60 votes there was the expectation left, right, and center that we could do everything we wanted to do, which was never realistic. Never," he explained.

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/78087-biden-losing-supermajority-may-be-a-blessing

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Re: Biden: Losing 60th Seat May Be A Blessing
« Reply #1 on: January 26, 2010, 02:36:23 PM »
Biden.....the gift that keeps on giving........

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Re: Biden: Losing 60th Seat May Be A Blessing
« Reply #2 on: January 26, 2010, 02:42:11 PM »


Finally, I agree with something joey said. 
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Re: Biden: Losing 60th Seat May Be A Blessing
« Reply #3 on: January 26, 2010, 03:02:38 PM »
Are we sure that Biden isn't really an SNL politican? He seriously could be one!!
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Re: Biden: Losing 60th Seat May Be A Blessing
« Reply #4 on: January 26, 2010, 04:31:09 PM »
Quote from: TVDOC on January 26, 2010, 02:36:23 PM
Biden.....the gift that keeps on giving........

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Re: Biden: Losing 60th Seat May Be A Blessing
« Reply #5 on: January 26, 2010, 04:54:12 PM »
Quote from: TVDOC on January 26, 2010, 02:36:23 PM
Biden.....the gift that keeps on giving........

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Actually the old gaffer stumbled onto the truth there, if not exactly for the right reason.  It does end the free pony parade, but more importantly it repairs a dangerously-nonfunctional emergency brake in the whole system of governmental checks and balances.
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