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| 2010-10-25 | ||
| (KUNA) -- Heads of the Democratic and the Republican parties expressed on Sunday confidence in winning the midterm election scheduled for November 2. Tim Kaine, the Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, told "This Week" on ABC NEWS that "Democrats would maintain control of the House in the midterm elections nine days from now." When asked does he think Democrats will keep the House of Representatives in their control? he said, "I do, I do. I think it's going to be close," adding "these races are very close, but from this point forward, it is all about turnout and ground game.
San Fran NanPelosi would remain Speaker of the House. "She has done a marvelous job, in a town where it is hard to do heavy lifts," he said. On the other side, speaking Sunday on "Meet the Press," on NBC, Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele said that ideas put on the table by Republicans about health care, economy and budget have been "summarily rejected" by the Democrats. Steele says that Republican leaders "could not even get a meeting with the president." He also believes voters are tired of the way Democrats, who control the White House and Congress, are running the federal government. Steele predicted huge victory for the Republicans and voter dissatisfaction will give his party control of the House, and possibly the Senate. Steele stressed that Republicans will be ready to work with Obama on issues ranging from the economy to health care to the environment.
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| Posted by:Fred |
| #19 Timmy, baby, this one's for you... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2010-10-25 22:20 |
| #18 That is one of my fears with the current batch of tea party republicans coming in. If they don't act like economic conservatives, this nation will be in serious trouble by 2012, if not outright fragmenting. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2010-10-25 16:53 |
| #17 EC #5 Yep!; "For God's sake, the Republicans NEED to start building up a real good candidate pretty soon". This is the observation of someone outside this circus. He or she is correct. Reminds me of the old of a dreamer who saw a head of gold, shoulders of silver, upper body of bronze, then stone or brick then finally to a base or foundation of clay. I'm certain that others can see something is missing big time. |
| Posted by: Dale 2010-10-25 16:35 |
| #16 Not "with", "over" |
| Posted by: mojo 2010-10-25 13:46 |
| #15 All spending bills must originate in the House. I'd look for the first bill to pass to be the one for Interior(NPS). And then all the other motherhood appropriations, department by department. Then they can take on Education and Barry can't shut down the parks. If they go the omnibus route, they'll get stuffed as in the past. But if they sequence things correctly, they can prevent a shutdown and make all the sticky ones land on Barry's desk just as the 12 campaign is starting. The Senate will be the problem. If the trunks don't try it, the TEA Party will be all over them. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2010-10-25 13:34 |
| #14 If the Republicans get a clear majority in the House, by far the most important thing they can do is right at the start, with the House Rules Committee, to split the budget into manageable pieces, segregating parts to fund, from those parts to starve. That is, when the Republicans tried to slash the budget under Clinton, because so many appropriations were lumped together, he vetoed the bills, then accused them of shutting down the government. But if they had been able to segregate just, say, the Department of Education, and slash its funding, he could veto their bill if he liked, but Education would still be over. It wouldn't *matter* if it was shut down. The Republicans would still win. It wouldn't affect the rest of the government. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2010-10-25 12:22 |
| #13 One big element in this election is the unemployment rate. I don't imagine that whatever the GOP might do between taking office in the next Congressional term & the next election in 2012 will have much of an effect on that key rate. They will get the blame for not improving that. The Dems can use it as an election slogan 2 years from now. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2010-10-25 12:00 |
| #12 UN General Assembly resolutions aren't even worth a bucket of warm spittle. |
| Posted by: European Conservative 2010-10-25 11:54 |
| #11 Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has warned Foreign Ministry planners that they must prepare for the possibility that a U. N. Resolution declaring a Palestinian State, based on the 1967 borders, and encompassing the entirety of the West Bank, may be neither opposed nor vetoed by the Obama Administration. |
| Posted by: junkirony 2010-10-25 11:34 |
| #10 Look for the Republican establishment, coming out of the gates, to introduce a number of bills to satisfy their Tea Party members and constituents. Reality suggests they will be mostly symbolic. Quite possibly, some of the bills will pass in the House but many will then most assuredly languish in the Senate. Moreover, any bill of consequence will face the specter of a Presidential veto. The biggest impending decision facing Republicans (Should they gain control.) is what to do about raising the Debt Ceiling in 2011. If they stand on principle and hold tight they need to be prepared for the monumental consequences. Either way they will be forced to cooperate with Democrats on this issue. So some of you purists out there might want to get prepared...cause it ain't gonna be pretty. |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2010-10-25 10:42 |
| #9 eLarson is right. The 2012 campaign will begin November 3 and there will be lots of TEA Partiers letting the trunks in wonderland know they will face primary challengers if they don't toe the line. The TEA Partiers, now roused, will not go home and think the folks they sent will do the job without routine spinal supplements. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2010-10-25 09:01 |
| #8 I can't wait to see the look on John Boehner's face the first time the TEA Party shows up at his office after the election. "Wait... whut? I thought you were just trying to get us elected..." |
| Posted by: eLarson 2010-10-25 08:41 |
| #7 I believe G Bush may have been correct. When you get to Washington the information you get limits your options. Fear of the making the tough decision will buckle the knees of most. 60% of the American people want this circus ride to stop. http://www.santamariatimes.com/news/national/govt-and-politics/article_a4472a49-46d7-5277-88fd-67eba2ef80bc.html |
| Posted by: Dale 2010-10-25 08:39 |
| #6 The Israelis are concerned that the White House is only restrained in order not to inflame the Israel-loving American electorate before the election, and will then take revenge afterward. The logic goes, if the Republicans maximize their gains, President Obama will do what damage he can before the new Congress is sworn in; if the Democrats keep control, by however slim a margin, he will have until the end of his term to wreak damage on those Juices he believes humiliated him. The Palestinians on the other hand, hope that an unhappy President Obama -- because he won't be happy regardless the outcome, now he isn't riding high as the messiah any more -- will force Israel to do Palestinian bidding. The Devil and the deep blue sea, and all that. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2010-10-25 06:56 |
| #5 At this time I'm not sure whether winning the House (the Senate seems to be out of reach) isn't a poisoned gift for Republicans. They won't get anything passed, and Democrats will introduce lots of feelgood-stuff which will be voted down but will inflame the believers of Zero. If Democrats keep both houses by a very narrow margin they won't accomplish anything but won't be able to blame it on the Republicans. Which will give the Republicans a much better start into the next Presidential elections. Also watch discontent of the Democratic base with Obama. It will rise when there are no Republicans to blame for things tanking (and they will). Obama looks like a quitter for me when the getting gets tough. Hillary is waiting. For God's sake, the Republicans NEED to start building up a real good candidate pretty soon. |
| Posted by: European Conservative 2010-10-25 01:10 |
| #4 Like the man said, "It's not an election. It's a restraining order." |
| Posted by: SteveS 2010-10-25 00:53 |
| #3 Here I am, stuck in the middle with tu .... |
| Posted by: gorb 2010-10-25 00:22 |
| #2 yep, clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right... |
| Posted by: Broadhead6 2010-10-25 00:20 |
| #1 What I'm afraid of is that if the Pubs get either side of Congress they will play the same-ole play-along-to-get-along bullshit they've been doing for the last couple of decades. Smaller Government dammit! |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2010-10-25 00:10 |