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jefferson_dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-15-10 07:57 AM
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White House will "prioritize" requests for midterm election assistance based on support for reform.
Good. As they should...

To Democrats Wavering on Health Care

Washington Post: "Obama intends to lobby wavering House Democrats to vote for a Senate version of the legislation and to support the subsequent reconciliation process... Among the rewards Obama is ready to offer, White House officials said, are election-year visits to competitive congressional districts, where a presidential appearance can bring in hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign funds."

New York Times: "The White House has signaled to lawmakers that assistance for midterm elections -- for example, presidential visits and fund-raisers -- will be prioritized for those who support the bill."

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2010/03/15/to_democrats_wavering_on_health_care.html
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jaxx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-15-10 07:58 AM
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1. Makes sense to me.
Why reward bad behavior?
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bluethruandthru Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-15-10 08:04 AM
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2. This is how it should be done! n/t
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nightrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-15-10 08:18 AM
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3. this is how corporatists reward... see how it works?
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Donnachaidh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-15-10 08:28 AM
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6. smell that? The smell of desperation.
When does the big guy named Luigi start following reps into dark alleys? :sarcasm:
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nightrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-15-10 02:22 PM
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14. yep, let's pass anything, even gas, and call it a "win", to hell with the people!
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Jennicut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-15-10 08:18 AM
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4. Good! That is exactly how to do it. The blue dogs/conservadems who vote against this
bill don't deserve the President's full support.
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yodermon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-15-10 10:49 AM
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12. Obama's presence wouldn't help these DINO's anyway. n/t
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DFLforever Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-15-10 11:43 PM
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19. No but his fundraising and that of the DCCC would.
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nradisic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-15-10 08:25 AM
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5. Holy Shit!
It's about fucking time! Are you with us or against us?
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harun Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-15-10 08:33 AM
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7. He should do this to get support for the PO, not for the Senate Bill.
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JoePhilly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-15-10 08:37 AM
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8. Great!!!!
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leftygolfer Donating Member (287 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-15-10 08:51 AM
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9. Go Prez!
Time for more stick, less carrot
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DLnyc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-15-10 09:12 AM
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10. Good idea.
Next up, actually support the winners of primaries (as in Ned Lamont, for example).
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slipslidingaway Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-15-10 09:19 AM
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11. Too bad he is not doing this for Universal Health Care n/t
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nightrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-15-10 02:24 PM
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15. yep, money for war, nuclear power, Xe mercenaries, but not for HR 676
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slipslidingaway Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-15-10 07:38 PM
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18. Yes and it cannot even be discussed, but it is easily dismissed. n/t
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mkultra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-15-10 10:53 AM
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13. Good.
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The2ndWheel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-15-10 02:31 PM
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16. The world is a business, Mr. Beale
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/MovieSpeeches/moviespeechnetwork4.html

"There is only one holistic system of systems, one vast and immane, interwoven, interacting, multivariate, multinational dominion of dollars. Petro-dollars, electro-dollars, multi-dollars, reichmarks, rins, rubles, pounds, and shekels.

It is the international system of currency which determines the totality of life on this planet. That is the natural order of things today. That is the atomic and subatomic and galactic structure of things today!"
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-15-10 06:13 PM
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17. And, why the hell not? My blue dog prolly
expects help from the insurance corps.
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donheld Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-16-10 12:02 AM
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20. Then why are they supporting Blanche Lincoln?
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DFLforever Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-16-10 12:14 AM
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22. She voted for HCR.
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Hippo_Tron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-16-10 01:47 PM
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23. One she's a senator, two they're supporting all Democratic incumbents
But the question is whether or not they are going to come to their district/state and raise money for them.
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depakid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-16-10 12:07 AM
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21. If that happened last summer when a robust public option and progressive taxation was on the table
This would have been finished by August- and Democrats would have been looking at increasing their majorities (rather than loosing them).

...And we'd still have a Democratic Senator from Massachusetts.
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SunsetDreams Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-16-10 01:52 PM
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24. Nice!!
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