"I don't care who does the electing, so long as I get to do the nominating." -- William Marcy Tweed - (1823-1878) American politician, "Boss Tweed" was convicted for stealing millions of dollars from New York City, died in jail. Tweed was head of Tammany Hall, the Democratic Party political machine that played a major role in the politics of 19th century New York.
I believe that the democrats next move should be to make good the promises they said they would do two years ago when they won a good majority of the house. Now that they have a even more majority in both houses they should now be able to do as they wanted to do. I hope they get some work done.
Actually, Klar, I think those Dems are hoping the American public has forgotten all those promises from two years ago. We're all just a bunch of sheep, you know?
What's going to happen now is that the Dems will do a lot of work... but what work will they do? Now that they have a Dem president, it will be easier to negotiate for things along their own agenda.
Majority rules, right?
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Yeah that is the problem most of the sheeple have forgotten the promises that they made two years ago. I remember they were going to bring home the troops and end the war with Iraq. That has not happened. I remember Obama promising to end the war with Iraq and bringing home the troops if he was elected president. HE seems to have forgotten that promise before his campaigning was over.
I think the democrats do have their own agenda to put through and it looks like they have the numbers and the puppet in office to make sure it gets done like they want. This is what scares me the most.
Filibuster-Proof Democratic Majority Hinges on 3 Undecided Senate Races
Three Senate races still hang in the balance-Georgia, Alaska and Minnesota-with a filibuster-proof, sixty-seat Democratic supermajority at stake. We get reports from Anchorage and Minneapolis.
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Well this dashes the plans for a phila buster(?):
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Republican wins key Senate race US Republican Senator Saxby Chambliss wins re-election in Georgia, dashing the Democrats' hopes of a "super-majority". Ref. Source 9 |
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