tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post4516349553933282030..comments2023-09-15T04:27:57.129-04:00Comments on Commentarama: Republicans Flex Their New-Found MusclesAndrewPricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-42650957653964278332010-02-15T12:49:19.767-05:002010-02-15T12:49:19.767-05:00Anyone want to speculate why Rep. Patrick Kennedy ...Anyone want to speculate why Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D/RI) wont' be seeking reelection ? I know he has had a lot of personal problems in the last few years.<br /><br /><br />IMO...Uncle Ted isn't around to 'fix' things for him. And the new Dem power people aren't interested in anything 'Kennedy'.DCAlleyKathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13595521064453455995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-47076954613769893822010-02-13T12:59:27.302-05:002010-02-13T12:59:27.302-05:00WriterX: I genuinely think Obama just can't he...WriterX: I genuinely think Obama just can't help himself. In his insular world, those Marxists he keeps appointing are "centrists." I'll cover one of them, Dawn Johnsen, on Monday. And the reason he is constantly mugging for the cameras is not that he understands, but rather he thinks he needs to make his points clearer for us dumb peasants.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-55339545122969030332010-02-13T12:46:31.133-05:002010-02-13T12:46:31.133-05:00Bev: He either sobered up, or he didn't sober...Bev: He either sobered up, or he <i>didn't</i> sober up and didn't realize what he was doing. Either is fine with me, as long as he's gone.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-4133738458009259912010-02-13T12:30:05.525-05:002010-02-13T12:30:05.525-05:00I wonder if Obama will continue to nominate these ...I wonder if Obama will continue to nominate these left of center (left of anything) candidates, given his plummeting poll ratings and lack of confidence within his own party. Does he believe that people will stop paying attention?Writer Xnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-83124511211862395062010-02-13T12:27:46.805-05:002010-02-13T12:27:46.805-05:00Anyone want to speculate why Rep. Patrick Kennedy ...Anyone want to speculate why Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D/RI) wont' be seeking reelection ? I know he has had a lot of personal problems in the last few years.BevFromNYCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-36420123403118388282010-02-13T12:27:31.344-05:002010-02-13T12:27:31.344-05:00StanH: I really think the three shocks at the spec...StanH: I really think the three shocks at the special elections are going to make some of those Democrats behave like moderates, even if they really aren't. We'll probably learn more about them if the nomination of the new head of OLC heats up, which I suspect it will.Lawhawknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-57495508387392605092010-02-13T12:27:17.042-05:002010-02-13T12:27:17.042-05:00You’re right we have a speed bump! But it’s import...You’re right we have a speed bump! But it’s important that the voters in these states with Blue Dogs remember, there is no such thing as a moderate Democrat. Put them back in, turn your back, instant Marxist. The point is we must pay close attention.StanHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-63985893792421223412010-02-13T12:27:01.634-05:002010-02-13T12:27:01.634-05:00Andrew: I fully agree. The filibuster cloture thre...Andrew: I fully agree. The filibuster cloture threat was all they had to push through their stream of horrible appointments and legislation, and now they can debate in a civil manner and take an up or down vote. That, as you say, gives the Democrats an out for acting reasonably for a change instead of acting like a stampeding herd of cattle.Lawhawknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-84922453156981836422010-02-13T12:14:36.276-05:002010-02-13T12:14:36.276-05:00I think that the big thing about Brown's victo...I think that the big thing about Brown's victory is that the "moderate" Democrats now have an excuse for not voting party lines -- because they "know they can't overcome a filibuster." So I think we're going to see more and more Democrats breaking away.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-41437780107649506692010-02-13T12:13:56.408-05:002010-02-13T12:13:56.408-05:00Great points! We’ve talked about a purity test as ...Great points! We’ve talked about a purity test as political suicide, and indeed it would be. Scott Brown is not our savior, but our beginning - - righting the terrible wrong that the ignorant voters of this country have done. Watch out for a recess appointment, Becker was labor’s golden boy, and Barry and labor are like “peas and carrots.StanHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-30252049195043912352010-02-13T12:12:11.161-05:002010-02-13T12:12:11.161-05:00NewBen: See my comment to HamiltonsGhost (above). ...NewBen: See my comment to HamiltonsGhost (above). Obama has already done it.Lawhawknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-70673657674433682402010-02-13T12:11:57.077-05:002010-02-13T12:11:57.077-05:00LawHawk. I see your point about Brown and future n...LawHawk. I see your point about Brown and future nominations. I just know we can't count on Obama to nominate people who aren't slightly nuts. That judge you mentioned, maybe, but I'm not holding my breath for the next leftist he tosses at us.NewBenandMenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-71273640158319554942010-02-13T12:11:38.051-05:002010-02-13T12:11:38.051-05:00HamiltonsGhost: That is the way of politics, and b...HamiltonsGhost: That is the way of politics, and blocking every presidential nominee who is "normal" is the very obstructionism that the Democrats are always accusing us of. "Great deference" to the choices the president makes has always been the rule, and it's worked well for two hundred years and prevents paralysis when there are so many other issues to deal with. <br /><br />That said, I restricted that rule (as does history) to those "who don't hold radical views, or agendas of their own which are destructive to our form of government." <br /><br />Sad to say, he's done it again. Obama's most recent nomination is for the job of head of the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC). She is an utra-radical who believes that it is her responsibility to make law and ignore precedent wherever it interferes with her re-making of government (fundamentally changing America?). It looks like we're probably in for another nasty battle on this nomination.Lawhawknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-86256432775493396802010-02-13T12:11:17.736-05:002010-02-13T12:11:17.736-05:00Well, I'm constructing this from memory.
Exc...Well, I'm constructing this from memory. <br /><br />Excellent discussion of why Becker had to be defeated, why Brown voted against him, and why Brown might some day feel he had to vote favorably (or at least not join a filibuster) on future nominations. It's tradition to vote for the President's routine nominees, or at least allow them to go forward without using the filibuster. and it isn't a betrayal of either conservatism or the Republican Party.HamiltonsGhostnoreply@blogger.com