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Originally posted by LadySkadi
Geesh... A win in Mass. and all of a sudden it's a Paradigm change. D.C. is D.C. and politicians are still politicians. Left/Right, Dem./Rep. we've seen countless examples of what that gets us. Why [all of a sudden] the rally to "party" affiliation?
Democrat Sen. Jim Webb on gov’t health care takeover: Whoa, Nelly!
By Michelle Malkin • January 19, 2010 10:23 PM Yes, some Democrats are finally seeing the writing on the wall. Or are finally working up the guts to back off shoving Demcare down their constituents’ throats.
Enlightenment:
Calling the election an referendum on the “openness and integrity of our government process,” Webb wrote in a statement: “It is vital that we restore the respect of the American people in our system of government and in our leaders. To that end, I believe it would only be fair and prudent that we suspend further votes on health care legislation until Senator-elect Brown is seated.”
House Democrats are sounding the same note:
“The only way to go forward is to take a step back. If there isn’t any recognition that we got the message and we are trying to recalibrate and do things differently, we are not only going to risk looking ignorant but arrogant,” said Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.), one of the leading advocates for health reform in the House.
“I don’t think it would be the worst thing to take a step back and say we are going to pivot to do a jobs thing” and include elements of health care reform in it, he said.
Originally posted by LadySkadi
reply to post by OldThinker
I will, thanks for the link.
Originally posted by MaxBlack
.......We deserve better and lets hope he gets rid of all the communist influencing his actions, but I have come to accept the fact that Obama is the one mostly pushing for the destruction of our freedoms and what we considered to be America, land of the brave and the free.
Originally posted by genius/idoit
I humbly disagree.obama is not smart enough
Originally posted by LadySkadi
Geesh... A win in Mass. and all of a sudden it's a Paradigm change. D.C. is D.C. and politicians are still politicians. Left/Right, Dem./Rep. we've seen countless examples of what that gets us. Why [all of a sudden] the rally to "party" affiliation?
Originally posted by expat2368
2011 will find Zero impeached and tried for treason... hopefully along with more than a few of his marxist cohorts.
Originally posted by LadySkadi
reply to post by OldThinker
I will, thanks for the link.
GOP Wins Another Key Victory
by Nima Reza, managing editor
The Republican win in Massachusetts came only days after polling showed Democrats with a significant lead.
Republican Scott Brown beat Democrat Martha Coakley on Tuesday for the Massachusetts Senate seat that was held by the late Ted Kennedy.
The GOP also won governor races in New Jersey and Virginia in November 2009. Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell won by a wide margin, 77-23 percent. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's victory was closer, 61-34 percent.
Mark Montini, a political consultant, said the Massachusetts vote reflected the American people's growing dissatisfaction with President Barack Obama and Congress.
"I don't think the message could be any clearer," he said. "The voters of Massachusetts, in this case representing probably most of America, have said that the Obama agenda has just gone way, way too far."
The Republican victory represented a huge swing in just 14 months.
Massachusetts was among the bluest of blue states in the 2008 elections. President Obama won by 26 points.
Brown, who won 52 percent of the vote, said he would vote against the Democrats' health care reform plan, which includes taxpayer-funded abortions. His vote would end the Democrats' filibuster-proof Senate majority. However, analysts said the Senate could try to rush the health care bill through before Brown gets to Washington, D.C