I actually find it funny that you have to play that card every time Obama is in trouble..
Breaking Obama
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I actually find it funny that you have to play that card every time Obama is in trouble..
I'm Obama is in trouble? You parrot the Nazi talking point and I remind you of...
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Political Compromise; Do we want it ?
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A new Pew Research Center/National Journal poll found;
So far this year in Congress, there's been little compromise. The Democratic-
led Congress has passed most major legislation without Republican help.
Who likes No-compromise most ???
The survey also asked who best represents your views, and found:
Of those who identify with the tea party, which has had success winning
GOP primaries in several states, 71 percent liked politicians who stick to
their positions.
The survey was conducted Sept. 16-19 among 1,005 adults.
http://blogs.mcclatchydc.com/washin...-little-agreement-on-reaching-agreements.html
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Political Compromise?
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Americans aren't united
on whether that's a good idea</font size><font size="3">Poll shows little agreement on reaching agreements</font size>
A new Pew Research Center/National Journal poll found;
- 49 percent admire politicians who stick to their positions
without giving in; while
- 42 percent said they admire those who can compromise.
So far this year in Congress, there's been little compromise. The Democratic-
led Congress has passed most major legislation without Republican help.
Who likes No-compromise most ???
- Republicans -- 62 percent
- Independents 53 percent; and
- Democrats 39 percent.
The survey also asked who best represents your views, and found:
- 32 percent say Democrats,
- 20 percent say Republicans, and
- 15 percent say Tea party, which is generally associated with
conservative Republicans
- 22 percent said none of the political groups represent their views.
Of those who identify with the tea party, which has had success winning
GOP primaries in several states, 71 percent liked politicians who stick to
their positions.
The survey was conducted Sept. 16-19 among 1,005 adults.
http://blogs.mcclatchydc.com/washin...-little-agreement-on-reaching-agreements.html
Is bipartisanship even possible?
source: Politco
Jim DeMint vows roadblock
source: Politco
Jim DeMint vows roadblock
South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint warned Monday evening that he would block all legislation that has not been cleared by his office in the final days of the pre-election session.
Bret Bernhardt, DeMint's chief of staff, said in an e-mail to GOP and Democratic aides that his boss would place a hold on all legislation that has not been cleared by both parties by the end of the day Tuesday.
Any senator can place a hold to block legislation — and overcoming that would require the Senate to take time-consuming steps to invoke cloture, which would require 60 votes.
With the Senate slated to adjourn Thursday until after the elections, DeMint's stance could mean trouble for Democrats if the two parties don't quickly agree on a stopgap spending measure to keep the government operating past Sept. 30. And that could mean the demise of a slew of other stalled and largely noncontroversial bills that both parties are looking to clear before Election Day
DeMint told POLITICO Tuesday afternoon that his staff was currently reviewing 40-50 bills that both sides want to clear by unanimous consent before Congress adjourns for the month of October.
“Some of it is easy, and some of it has big price tags – if it’s not paid for and if it doesn’t have a [Congressional Budget Office] score, then it shouldn’t pass without a Senate vote,” he said.
In his Monday night email, Bernhardt said that the "the Executive Committee of the Senate Steering Committee has asked the Steering Committee staff to hold all bills that have not been hotlined by close of business Tuesday," referring to the conservative advisory committee that DeMint chairs.
"If there are any bills you would like cleared before we go out, please get them to the Steering Committee staff along with a CBO score, if applicable, by close of business on Tuesday."
DeMint’s demand is not entirely unusual – and it mirrors a tactic previously employed by Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) at the end of a Senate session.
“At the end of the session, crap gets out of here and nobody knows what it’s in it and we’re not going to do that,” Coburn said Tuesday, saying DeMint’s move was backed by the executive Steering Committee last week.
“This was not my decision,” DeMint said Tuesday. “It was a decision by eight people of the Steering Executive Committee and it’s something we’ve done before.”
Wesley Denton, DeMint’s spokesman, said that the committee simply has asked for 48 hours to review the bills.
“If you wait until Thursday night and then unveil some big spending bill, your bill is not going to pass,” Denton said, accusing Washington of “ramming through bills no one reads.”
But Jim Manley, a spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), mocked DeMint, saying he wondered what Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) “thinks about self-proclaimed King DeMint’s unilateral declaration.”
“One thing I know for sure is if their conference continues to follow the lead of the junior senator from South Carolina, they are destined to be in the minority for years to come,” Manley said.
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Yep...
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Education!
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Education!
Demit has said alot...
also,
Dr. David Cull, a prominent vascular surgeon in Greenville, S.C., had invented a small valve system that could spare 300,000 dialysis patients across the country enormous suffering — and save American taxpayers billions of dollars in Medicare costs.
Yet, Cull's hometown senator, Jim DeMint, refused to write a letter supporting the surgeon's application for a federal grant under the landmark health care bill that President Barack Obama signed into law a year ago this week.
As a hardcore conservative with a growing national following, DeMint opposes most federal spending.
Backing a doctor's grant application under the law — even from a constituent who lives in the same city as DeMint — would leave the senator open to charges of hypocrisy.
And DeMint, who vowed in 2009 to make health care Obama's "Waterloo," is leading Republican efforts in Congress to repeal the law to provide medical coverage to 31 million uninsured Americans — or, if that can't be done, to deny it funding.
"Senator DeMint opposed President Obama's government takeover of health care because he believed it would lead to higher insurance premiums, less choices for patients, and that it was unconstitutional," said DeMint spokesman Wesley Denton. "And that's exactly what has happened, and why ObamaCare must be repealed."
Fail!
Read more: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2011/03/23/110905/sen-demint-chooses-ideology-over.html#ixzz1HiMF6l8O
also,
Dr. David Cull, a prominent vascular surgeon in Greenville, S.C., had invented a small valve system that could spare 300,000 dialysis patients across the country enormous suffering — and save American taxpayers billions of dollars in Medicare costs.
Yet, Cull's hometown senator, Jim DeMint, refused to write a letter supporting the surgeon's application for a federal grant under the landmark health care bill that President Barack Obama signed into law a year ago this week.
As a hardcore conservative with a growing national following, DeMint opposes most federal spending.
Backing a doctor's grant application under the law — even from a constituent who lives in the same city as DeMint — would leave the senator open to charges of hypocrisy.
And DeMint, who vowed in 2009 to make health care Obama's "Waterloo," is leading Republican efforts in Congress to repeal the law to provide medical coverage to 31 million uninsured Americans — or, if that can't be done, to deny it funding.
"Senator DeMint opposed President Obama's government takeover of health care because he believed it would lead to higher insurance premiums, less choices for patients, and that it was unconstitutional," said DeMint spokesman Wesley Denton. "And that's exactly what has happened, and why ObamaCare must be repealed."
Fail!
Read more: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2011/03/23/110905/sen-demint-chooses-ideology-over.html#ixzz1HiMF6l8O
source: NBC News
Capping week of scandal management, Obama says focus remains on jobs
It hasn’t been a fun week in the West Wing, but President Barack Obama insisted Friday that his focus remains on job creation despite Washington’s tendency to get “distracted” by political battles.
“I know it can seem frustrating sometimes when it seems like Washington’s priorities aren’t your priorities,” he said at a manufacturing plant in Baltimore, Md. “I know it all seems like folks down there are more concerned with their jobs than with yours. Others may get distracted by chasing every fleeting issue that passes by but the middle class will always be my Number One focus, period.”
The president’s remarks at Ellicott Dredges, a manufacturer of equipment used for infrastructure projects, came at the end of a week that saw the White House buffeted by competing scandals. On Wednesday, the administration released 100 pages of emails to try to stem controversy over alleged tinkering with official talking points in the wake of the 2012 Benghazi attack; also on Wednesday, in a last-minute statement to the press, Obama harshly reprimanded IRS officials and announced the resignation of the agency’s acting director after revelations that its staff targeted conservative groups for additional scrutiny.
But Obama’s message Friday was one of a bright future for a nation still scarred from the 2008 economic downturn.
“You might not know it if you were just watching the news, and you’re exposed to all the partisan battles and brinksmanship in Washington, but the truth is there are a lot of reasons to be optimistic about where this country is headed,” he said.
The president also announced Friday that he has signed a Presidential Memorandum that will help cut down wait times to begin federal infrastructure projects by overhauling the permitting system.
Obama urged workers in attendance to keep the pressure on lawmakers in Washington to keep working towards more job creation.
“Sometimes our leadership isn’t focused where we need to be focused,” he said. “And that’s where you come in.”
Capping week of scandal management, Obama says focus remains on jobs
It hasn’t been a fun week in the West Wing, but President Barack Obama insisted Friday that his focus remains on job creation despite Washington’s tendency to get “distracted” by political battles.
“I know it can seem frustrating sometimes when it seems like Washington’s priorities aren’t your priorities,” he said at a manufacturing plant in Baltimore, Md. “I know it all seems like folks down there are more concerned with their jobs than with yours. Others may get distracted by chasing every fleeting issue that passes by but the middle class will always be my Number One focus, period.”
The president’s remarks at Ellicott Dredges, a manufacturer of equipment used for infrastructure projects, came at the end of a week that saw the White House buffeted by competing scandals. On Wednesday, the administration released 100 pages of emails to try to stem controversy over alleged tinkering with official talking points in the wake of the 2012 Benghazi attack; also on Wednesday, in a last-minute statement to the press, Obama harshly reprimanded IRS officials and announced the resignation of the agency’s acting director after revelations that its staff targeted conservative groups for additional scrutiny.
But Obama’s message Friday was one of a bright future for a nation still scarred from the 2008 economic downturn.
“You might not know it if you were just watching the news, and you’re exposed to all the partisan battles and brinksmanship in Washington, but the truth is there are a lot of reasons to be optimistic about where this country is headed,” he said.
The president also announced Friday that he has signed a Presidential Memorandum that will help cut down wait times to begin federal infrastructure projects by overhauling the permitting system.
Obama urged workers in attendance to keep the pressure on lawmakers in Washington to keep working towards more job creation.
“Sometimes our leadership isn’t focused where we need to be focused,” he said. “And that’s where you come in.”
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