Mitchell Bard: Baucus Debacle Shows Why Democrats Have to Stop Trying to Woo Republican Lawmakers
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on September 17th, 2009 4:44 am by HL
Mitchell Bard: Baucus Debacle Shows Why Democrats Have to Stop Trying to Woo Republican Lawmakers
What Baucus, and the rest of the Democrats in Congress, have to realize is some exceptionally simple math: 60 seats in the Senate + 256 seats in the House + 365 electoral votes = They get to do what they said they would do during the campaign. It really is that simple. Make the Republicans vote against the bills. Make them filibuster what they oppose. Expose them for what they are: the Party of No that puts political games and corporate interests ahead of what is best for the American people.
Frank Dwyer: Political Haiku: Progressives Defend Max
No fair for DC cops to haul in Max Baucus and let the johns walk!…
Kenneth C. Davis: Don’t Let ‘Elites’ Lock the Doors to the Library
Public libraries, like schools or the fire department, are not luxuries. The public library is more than just our soul. It is our lifeblood.