Paul Plans Filibuster Over Debt Ceiling
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on July 4th, 2011 4:39 am by HL
Paul Plans Filibuster Over Debt Ceiling
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) told C-SPAN that he will lead a Senate filibuster to force debt ceiling negotiations into the open.
Said Paul: “We’ve had not one minute of debate about the debt ceiling in any committee. We haven’t had a budget in two years. We haven’t had an appropriations bill in two years. So I’m part of the freshmen group in the Senate that’s saying, ‘no more.'”
“Next week, we will filibuster until we talk about the debt ceiling, until we talk about proposals.”
Quote of the Day
“This is all about him being a bully and a punk. I wanted to punch him in his head.”
— New Jersey Senate President Stephen Sweeny (D), in an interview with the Newark Star Ledger, on Gov. Chris Christie (R).
He added that Christie reminds him of Mr. Potter from It’s a Wonderful Life, “the mean old bastard who screws everybody.”
An Early Look at 2012 Campaign Logos
With the caveat that Joseph Hughes thinks President Obama’s 2008 campaign logo is in the upper echelon of brand marks — “Nike territory. Apple territory. Volkswagen territory.” — he takes an interesting look at the logos currently used by the Republican presidential hopefuls.
“Overall, I would argue that, from a design perspective, nothing in these comes remotely close to the memorability inspired by the Obama icon. To be sure, though, that’s a nearly impossible goal to reach. Still, no matter Obama’s 2012 opponent, he or she will have to at least get close. If I had to pick a best and worst, my best would go to Huntsman and my worst to Pawlenty. Despite what I said about Huntsman’s logo, there is a lot of potential. I’m curious to see where it goes — provided the candidate is in the race long enough to go there. As for Pawlenty, that logo is just embarrassing.”
