Yail Bloor Wrote:
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cotton Wrote:
the press understands that it's only filibuster-proof when everyone votes along party lines, right?
Why are you trying to ruin today's narrative?
Also - this is a huge set up that has possible seeds of a way back for certain Republicans. "Even with 60 votes in the Senate, his agenda was just too far out there for Real Americans."
"certain Republicans" = Republicans running in Republican districts?
I actually kinda like Pat Toomey but Arlen will roll him up in the General (though he would have been beaten like a dog had he stayed in the Repub. primary). Methinks its a political masterstroke.
Yep, and 53 seats held by Dems went for Bush and McCain...wuh whoa...
The Senate is another matter, but this has the potential to be a be careful what you wish for phenomenon, as for the next 2 years the Republicans will push very very hard to have Dems take ownership of Afghanistan and the economy.
The question is, can Obama pull a Reagan and effectively remind voters that this all because of the previous administration. Right now, I would argue yes, he will be able to, but if a dolt like me can see this potential, so can National Repub Strategists.
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harry Wrote:
I understand that you, of all people, know this crisis and, in your own way, are working to address it. You, the madras-pantsed julip-sipping Southern cracker and me, the oldman hippie California fruit cake are brothers in the struggle to save our country.
FT Wrote:
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