Wait a second. Is this an example of Republicans backtracking on campaign promises before they've even taken office?
it get's better... At Least 13 New Republican Members Of Congress Hire Corporate Lobbyists To Manage Their Office As the Washington Post reported last weekend, freshmen “Tea Party” Republicans have already ingratiated themselves into the cocktail culture of K Street. Dozens of freshmen Republicans have crowded into near-daily fundraisers, parties, and high-priced dinners hosted by corporate lobbyists. Already undercutting a promise to wean themselves off earmark giveaways to corporate interests, the new Republican Chairman of the Appropriations Committee is leaning towards hiring a defense industry lobbyist as the committee chief of staff.
As demonstrated by health care & this tax compromise, he's consistently picked getting important stuff done over being popular.
Yes in addition to that everyone always think the President is cool. He's never edited, vilified, or assassinated. We've seen two conservatives on this very bbs advocate violence or murder against elected officials or citizens of the U.S. who's parents were illegal aliens. What a great group of people.
Major, this thread is about the midterm elections. As head of his political party, the President is also supposed to do his best to either help his party win elections, or at least limit the damage. What he in fact did was lead that party to a defeat of historic proportions. While I applaud the passage of healthcare reform, even if it came short of what some of us wanted, and applaud financial reform, such as it was, the President's leadership during the campaign simply sucked and he deserves to be criticized for it.
American's warning to the GOP and new House majority -- In poll, many still skeptical of GOP Republicans may have made major gains in the November elections, but they have yet to win the hearts and minds of the American people, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. The midterm elections - in which Republicans gained 63 seats to take control of the House and added six seats to their Senate minority - were widely seen as a rebuke to President Obama. Still, the public trusts Obama marginally more than they do congressional Republicans to deal with the country's main problems in the coming years, 43 percent to 38 percent. The poll suggests that the election, while perhaps a vote against the status quo, was not a broad mandate for Republicans and their plans. The survey also underscores the degree to which Americans are conflicted about who they think is setting the agenda in Washington.
^^^I don't know how you can get a "mandate" for plans that don't exist. What's amusing (or sad) is that congress will continue to be loathed as long as the same two incompetent and corrupt parties get voted into office. And yet...I don't see that changing anytime.
This definitely doesn't deserve its own thread and am not sure which Christine O'Donnell thread this should go in so putting it here. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40842323/ns/politics-decision_2010/?GT1=43001 O'Donnell blames disgruntled former aides for funds probe Delaware Republican allegedly used part of $7.3 million on rent, personal expenses BALTIMORE — Failed U.S. Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell said Thursday that accusations she misspent campaign funds are politically motivated and stoked by disgruntled former campaign workers. The Delaware Republican appeared on several network morning shows to defend herself a day after The Associated Press reported federal authorities have launched a criminal probe to determine whether she broke the law by using campaign money to pay personal expenses. "There's been no impermissible use of campaign funds whatsoever," O'Donnell told ABC's "Good Morning America." O'Donnell, the Tea Party favorite who scored a surprise primary victory before losing in the general election, suggested the accusations are driven by political establishments on the right and left, including Joe Biden. He represented Delaware in the Senate for decades before he became vice president. O'Donnell, the Tea Party favorite who scored a surprise primary victory before losing in the general election, suggested the accusations are driven by political establishments on the right and left, including Joe Biden. He represented Delaware in the Senate for decades before he became vice president. O'Donnell, the Tea Party favorite who scored a surprise primary victory before losing in the general election, suggested the accusations are driven by political establishments on the right and left, including Joe Biden. He represented Delaware in the Senate for decades before he became vice president. On Thursday, she told NBC's "Today Show" that people making the spending allegations include a fired former staff member and a former volunteer, both of whom she described as disgruntled. She says many other workers who spent longer with her campaigns have defended her. "Given that the king of the Delaware political establishment just so happens to be the vice president of the most liberal presidential administration in U.S. history, it is no surprise that misuse and abuse of the FBI would not be off the table," she said. The vice president's office declined to comment. O'Donnell's campaign also has criticized the nonpartisan watchdog group, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, which filed a complaint about O'Donnell's campaign spending this fall and asked Delaware's federal prosecutor to investigate. O'Donnell says the group is part of a liberal effort to kill her career, noting that the organization is run by Washington attorney Melanie Sloan, who worked under Biden as a lawyer for the Senate Judiciary Committee in the early 1990s. Sloan dismissed the criticism Thursday, emphasizing that the allegations originated with conservatives who worked for O'Donnell. "I don't see how anybody can say that those people are part of the liberal machine," Sloan said. "What CREW did was look at what they were saying and say, 'Wait a minute, that's against the law.'" The U.S. Attorney's office in Delaware has confirmed it is reviewing CREW's complaint. But officials in the office and the FBI declined to say whether a criminal investigation was under way. "Given that the king of the Delaware political establishment just so happens to be the vice president of the most liberal presidential administration in U.S. history, it is no surprise that misuse and abuse of the FBI would not be off the table," she said. The vice president's office declined to comment. O'Donnell's campaign also has criticized the nonpartisan watchdog group, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, which filed a complaint about O'Donnell's campaign spending this fall and asked Delaware's federal prosecutor to investigate. O'Donnell says the group is part of a liberal effort to kill her career, noting that the organization is run by Washington attorney Melanie Sloan, who worked under Biden as a lawyer for the Senate Judiciary Committee in the early 1990s. Sloan dismissed the criticism Thursday, emphasizing that the allegations originated with conservatives who worked for O'Donnell. "I don't see how anybody can say that those people are part of the liberal machine," Sloan said. "What CREW did was look at what they were saying and say, 'Wait a minute, that's against the law.'" The U.S. Attorney's office in Delaware has confirmed it is reviewing CREW's complaint. But officials in the office and the FBI declined to say whether a criminal investigation was under way.
I'm betting on either a DUI/Oxy prescription arrest or a brief, uncomfortable marriage to pop out some human criticism shields and get the TANF and WIC funds a goin'.
