Senator Boxer on Obama, bipartisanship and the stimulus

A quote from Barbara Boxer in this Daily Kos diary



The obstructionist (Repubs) are not going to get their way.

I love Boxer!!!!

She is the best and they always look over her when it comes to praise.

While Diane and her husband get rich.

putting Mica down as I know my senator to be. :loveya:

but when I was changing channels I saw Boxer listed in the line up and decided to watch.

Wish it becomes a video because it was a keeper.

Senator Boxer was beyond great this morning and always.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036789/#28891791

It was AWESOME. Mika needed a good smackdown and our Babs sure delivered - over, and over, and over again! I liked it so much I've bookmarked it - lol.

How sweet she was ~ love my California Senator! :bounce:

Obama gave an outline. Its up to them to allocate it.

Its Obama's job to at least act like he's involving Republicans and taking them seriously. He's doing that. Now the Democrats in Congress should add more to things like infrastructure if they want.

repubs keep crying. Nobody is putting up with their shit. President Obama is playing the game with them so he can say he reached across the isle.

People will perceive Obama and the Dems. as bending over backwards to be "bipartisan" when they didn't have to.

The Rethugs can either take a few small compromises that are being offered to them, or vote against it, in which case, they are going to be perceived as the bad guys who stalled and dithered and tried to play politics in the face of a crisis.

I love my senator! :loveya:

:rofl:

Why allow the Repukes to bully you? It's not necessary because their goal is to make you fail! They don't care about this country or what's best for Americans.

The media will continue spinning in favor of the Republicans, but that and Boehner's tears will get them nowhere.

Even Steny Hoyer is mouthing off to them.

Obama is in a great position. He's got math on his side: a nearly 60% majority in both Houses of Congress.





edited typo.

on spending for infrastructure projects that actually spur economic growth.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/27/obama-doesnt-d...

Ryan Grim
Obama Doesn't Defend House Dems
January 27, 2009 02:51 PM

Republicans complained loudly to President Obama during a closed-door meeting Tuesday that House Democrats had shut them out of the process of writing the stimulus bill, said Republican members in the meeting.

The room burst into applause at the mention of congressional Democrats' alleged lack of bipartisan outreach. Obama did not come to their defense - a silence that many took to mean he acknowledged that lack of comity.

"I think the House Democrats have failed at bipartisanship, and I think he acknowledged that by what he didn't say as opposed to what he did," said Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-Ala.).

"He didn't say anything, but we got the message," said Rep. John Mica (R-Fla.).

Obama debated House Republicans on differences in political philosophy for more than half an hour. If the purpose was to pick up votes for the House stimulus package in the short term, the visit to the Capitol was largely a failure, several Republicans said.

Obama did tell Republicans, said Bachus, that he would "consider more tax cuts," but defended the amount of cuts in the current bill. He also made the case for the heavy spending, using historical examples going back to the Great Depression to argue that government spending was necessary to turn the economy around.

"That's going to be a gulf," said Bachus of the divide over taxes and spending, "but it starts with communication and the visit today was a very big first step."

Indeed, both interlocutors are taking a longer view. Obama hopes to keep the GOP from outright revolt and House Republicans hope to make congressional Democrats appear partisan and out of step with a more conciliatory president.

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More at link...

We should make a Republican doll to replace the Republican senators/reps with. When you push the belly button, the doll screams out one of the catch phrases:

"media elite!"
"Liberal media unlevel playing field!"
"babies! abortion!"
"gotcha media!"
"deregulation!"
"tax cuts for the rich!!!"

You never know which one the Puke Doll will say; that's the fun! And we could pay it a lot less than the current living Republicans.

"bless their hearts" way.

:D

THAT is what EVERY Dem should be saying! Thank you, Senator Boxer! :applause:

This is not abortion; it is preventing unwanted pregnancy, the best answer to abortion. I am beginning to get very aggrieved at Obama and his bipartisanship. GO, SENATOR BOXER!!!!!!

I'm fuming about the cave on family planning.

he could be playing games with them just to appease them and then turn around and put it back in there anyway. And even if he doesn't, there's no need to be mad, it's not the end of family planning legislation, it WILL get done under Obama I believe.

if the repubs are willing to back the stimulus, but it doesn't appear as if they will, so why should he?

I think that goes for the tax cuts as well. The House Dems are against it, the obstructionist repubs demand it, but I'm sure the President heard their call to vote against H.R.-1 no matter what so if they vote that way today, that should be the litmus test and failing to keep their end of the bargain, the Dems can still add the provision back in, right?

At least he tried.

:rofl:

is a trait that she, and our President share. The woman has a velvet way of delivering the steely truth.

:kick:

You almost had me there.

Senator Boxer? We don't need their votes so why waste time currying favor?

And she's right. President Obama wants to fix the problem.

California has one of the best in Senator Boxer!

of Barbara Boxers!! :patriot:

Can we clone her? Can the DU mad scientists group get on this?

Everyone must see the video of her on Horror Joe this morning.

:kick: :patriot:

You're there to SOLVE problems. Remember that. You will be judged --and that right soon-- by whether you solved the problems, not whether you pleased Republicans.

Right now, and thanks to a long era of Repuke dominance, America has several can-destroy-your-whole-country sized problems. This is a national emergency a real one, not a fake one like the Bush Administration created. SOLVE the problems, Democrats.

You're there to SOLVE the problems, Democrats, not to play footsie with Republicans.

At the end of the day, the Republicans have NO interest in helping you and every interest in seeing you fail and in tricking you into collapse and failure.

You have no choice but to LEAD and go it alone. You will solve America's problems over the Repukes' dead bodies. If you fail to solve the problems, it will be YOUR dead bodies lining DC's streets, and the Repukes will take power back again. Don't expect this see saw game to continue indefinitely in a period of chaos and downfall. Usually the rightwing of a country does what their rhetoric always implies and takes power permanently and exclusively for itself.

it DOWN!

When she speaks, I listen. :loveya: