Tuesday, July 22, 2008
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No Wonder Why We're Demoralized
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Posted by:
Amanda Carpenter at
7:16 AM
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This will make you sick.
From Politico:
Republican Senate leaders — terrified by the prospect of losing five or more seats in November — have freed their members to vote however they need to vote to get reelected, even if that means bucking the president or the party’s leadership.
On at least four votes over the past month — Medicare, housing, the GI Bill and the Farm Bill — Republican leaders haven’t even bothered whipping members to toe the party line or back President Bush’s veto threats. Instead, a GOP leadership aide says leaders have told vulnerable senators that it’s all right to “get well” with voters by siding with Democrats on anything but energy and national security.
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It looks like some Republicans in the Senate have just given up, as Politico reports that the Senate GOP leadership has stopped counting votes on important bills. As Amanda Carpenter at Townhall puts it, “No wonder why we’re demoralized. Th...here |
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