“How Do You Get Rid of This Guy?”
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on April 16th, 2011 4:31 am by HL
“How Do You Get Rid of This Guy?”
Patricia Murphy, The Daily Beast
As President Obama headed to Chicago Thursday afternoon to kick off the first official fundraiser of his re-election campaign, he left behind a sizable collection of dispirited Democrats.They were not relishing the chance to vote on a budget-cutting bill that had been forged without their input and that most found repugnant.The compromise that Obama struck last week with House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to keep the federal government running contained steep cuts to some of the party’s most cherished programs—nutrition for poor women…