I Guess We Didn't Lose the Supermajority

MobBoss said:

I have said several times already. If the dems will offer the GOP something worth voting for, some republicans will actually vote for it. Not all, but some will.

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Miles Teg said:

It's a new dawn for Bi-Partisanship.

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Shangri-la and Brigadoon and Bipartisan. Three mythical places. One of which few Republicans have seemingly ever heard. Because if there is one thing we can take from the first weeks of the "New" Washington, it's that the (liberal) Democrats are incompetent (old news, really) and the Republicans are disingenuous when it comes to bipartisanship. Oh, sure, they talk up the swellness of President Obama every chance they get. And will continue to do so as long as his approval numbers are above fifty percent. But most GOPers tend to become like children who dance hysterically in a sandbox when it comes time to play with others.

Despite all the sit-downs Obama had with the Republicans -- apparently too many for Speaker Pelosi's tastes -- and despite the fact that the House version of the Stimulus Bill contained specific tax breaks for which the Republicans had asked -- though not to the degree they wished -- not a single GOPer would break ranks, step up and vote for the bill. A surprisingly "my way or the highway" attitude for the minority party whose eight years of good cogitating was a major factor in whipping America into the stellar fiscal shape we find ourselves.

When three Republican Senators voted for the Senate version of the bill -- Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, and Maine Sens. Olympia J. Snowe and Susan M. Collins, who in particular worked tirelessly with moderate Dem Sen. Ben Nelson to try and reach a true bipartisan compromise -- they were immediately put on a "hit" list by the conservative National Republican Trust PAC. The PAC's executive director Scott Wheeler stated: "We just want to send a message that we're going to have a long institutional memory, and we're going to remind your constituents of what you did."

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MobBoss said:

I guess this puts to rest the canard that the GOP blocks everything the Dems do, eh?

I have said several times already. If the dems will offer the GOP something worth voting for, some republicans will actually vote for it. Not all, but some will.

And although I dont know much about this jobs bill in particular, I do think creating more jobs to help the economy right now much more important than just about anything else we face at the moment aside from the wars.

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Heavens! Did you hear the one about Harry Reid scuttling bipartisanship? The Washington Post's Dana Milbank is besides himself!

The Senate then moved to validate Washington's concern by taking up the jobs bill. The measure had been rolling toward swift and easy passage -- a tally of 80 votes had been anticipated -- because of a bipartisan deal negotiated between the top Democrat and Republican on the Finance Committee.

Wow! 80 votes in today's Senate? We don't get that kind of tally except when naming post offices! And all of it scuttled because Harry Reid didn't want bipartisanship! It was horrible!

But of course, Milbank offers no supporting evidence for that laughable claim. There's nothing to suggest mass support for that bill was in the offing, and in fact, it appears that Reid decided to gut the pork-laden bill, with its estate-tax gift to the Waltons, after Senate Republicans refused to commit to it.

The Baucus bill, which was estimated at $85 billion, included $31 billion in tax extenders that Reid has decided to leave out. A Senate Democratic leadership aide said Reid decided to drop the tax extenders after Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) declined to endorse the Baucus package.

So where is Dana getting the 80-vote thing? Apparently, from the Senate GOP's press office.

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/2/23/839930/-Fake-bipartisanship-in-Milbanks-fantasy-world

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this is the most beautiful thing i have ever seen. Yes, that's him in his marine uniform.

http://gawker.com/5478186/which-enraged-scott-brown-facebook-fan-comment-is-your-favorite

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bombshoo said:

Is OT so far left that we refer to us collectively as democrats?

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FriendlyFire said:

ABORTIONS ? stripped
PUBLIC OPTION ? stripped
CUT COST MEDICARE ? stripped
NEW TAX for INSURANCE companies ? stripped
DEATH PANEL ? teabagged

Now that Dems no longer have super majority who knows what they will conceed to the Republicans ?

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