http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/dems/ en-us Mon, 4 Jan 2010 23:08:21 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2420905/posts Now that both the House and Senate have passed health care reform bills, all Democrats have to do is work out a compromise between the two versions. And it appears they’re not about to let the Republicans gum up the works again. According to a pair of senior Capitol Hill staffers, one from each chamber, House and Senate Democrats are “almost certain” to negotiate informally rather than convene a formal conference committee. Doing so would allow Democrats to avoid a series of procedural steps--not least among them, a series of special motions in the Senate, each requiring a vote with... The New Republic http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2420905/posts#comment Mon, 4 Jan 2010 23:08:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2419856/posts According to Politico, the Dems are reviving their “Party of No” attack against the Repubs, saying that the Repubs always say No and obstruct President Obama’s agenda. Looking at where the country stands today, it is VERY good that Repubs say no to… …economic and social policies that brought us the 2008 meltdown. …a Stimulus economy that increased the Unemployment Rate much higher and faster than it did after 9/11 which was initially nothing less devastating to America than the meltdown. …an unemployment rate of above 9%. …an economy not gaining anywhere close to the 150,000 jobs it should have... yossigestetner.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2419856/posts#comment Sun, 3 Jan 2010 06:12:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419553/posts Desperate for Edge in Election Year, Dems Turn to Old Strategy House Democrats began an ad campaign in December assailing Republicans for opposing legislation restructuring federal financial rules and recalling the final days of the Bush presidency, when the economy tanked With the congressional GOP poised for a comeback in the 2010 midterm elections, Democrats are dusting off an old playbook, using George W. Bush as their boogeyman and castigating Republicans as cozy with Wall Street. House Democrats began an ad campaign in December assailing Republicans for opposing legislation restructuring federal financial rules and recalling the final days of the... FOX http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419553/posts#comment Sat, 2 Jan 2010 17:02:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417315/posts Even in an economic recession, Americans in urban areas continue to buy second homes in rural parts of the country, frequently helping to revitalize depressed areas. Inevitably, though, political operatives have also been seizing on weekend residents as a way to change the political complexion of rural communities. Nowhere is the battle being more fiercely fought than in New York's Columbia County, a two-hour drive up the Hudson River from New York City. Local Democrats have encouraged weekend residents to register and vote on the theory that their ballots aren't needed in New York City, where Democrats already hold an... The Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417315/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:51:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414063/posts Well this ends that debate "This bill will strengthen Medicare and extend the life of the program." - President Barack Obama, after the Senate health care bill secured 60 votes. The notion that the health care reform bill would make Medicare more solvent and also expand benefits never made any sense. The health care reform bill makes cuts to Medicare, and uses them to pay for new spending; to the extent that we think we need to pay for, um, Medicare with cuts to Medicare, this bill actually weakens either the program, or our future budgets. I mostly ignored claims... The Business Insider http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414063/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:39:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411553/posts Health reform is shuffling toward its endgame, and even though the bill's popularity resembles George Bush's circa 2007, Democrats seem determined to push the bill through. Browse through certain liberal blogs, or listen to Democratic leadership speeches, and you'll read the same justification again and again: However bad passing this bill might be, politically speaking, not passing it would be much, much worse. This bill may encourage a few Democratic policy wonks to run to the polls, but this trickle will be nothing compared to the flood of angry Republicans and Independents. And this is all analysis conducted before election... Real Clear Politics http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411553/posts#comment Sun, 20 Dec 2009 06:59:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409162/posts Public's Malaise and Insecurity Translate Into Significant Shift in Political Landscape Since Start of the Obama Era Support for the Democratic Party is slumping amid a wave of public discontent, according to a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll. The findings underscore how dramatically the political landscape has changed during the Obama administration's first year. In January, voters were optimistic about the future, the new president enjoyed soaring approval ratings, and congressional leaders were set to swiftly pass his ambitious agenda.In December's survey, for the first time, less than half of Americans approved of the job Barack Obama is doing,... WSJ.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409162/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:21:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407589/posts Guilt Quiz & Guilt Level Chart: Tools for the Guilted Age Now that the properly conditioned guilt-ridden voters have elected the first Certified-Oppressed-Minority™ president, America has officially entered a new Guilted Age. The Guilted Age is similar to the Gilded Age, only instead of being motivated by the acquisition of gold, the nation is motivated by the distribution of Guilt™. A guilty electorate is a less demanding electorate: beggars are not choosers. Collective remorse makes the masses more malleable. Workers toil harder for less pay and donate surpluses to progressive causes within the hope that it would offset their culpability... The Peoples Cube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407589/posts#comment Tue, 15 Dec 2009 01:56:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405709/posts Health Care Shocker: Special Democratic Voting Counties Would Get Protected Medicare Benefits http://www.breitbart.tv/healthcare-shocker-special-democratic-voting-counties-would-get-protected-medicare-benefits/ BREITBART.TV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405709/posts#comment Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:48:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2404767/posts Jamie Dupree The Omnibus Arrives It's a classic time in Congress, as lawmakers will try in the next few days to jam six budget bills through the House and Senate, so they can quickly issue press releases to take credit for some of the local projects stuffed in there. We already had one Omnibus earlier this year, which wrapped up the leftover budget work from 2008. Now we have a second one, as Democrats have rolled six budget bills into one, totaling $448 billion in government budgets. And yes, there will be a lot of Republican votes for this, because... wsbradio.com/blogs/jamie_dupree http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2404767/posts#comment Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:55:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402904/posts Author Nonie Darwish, whose new book warns of the advance of Islamic law in the West, completed a scheduled speech at Boston University but not without the interruption of an apparent arson in a nearby restroom. Darwish, whose recently scheduled addresses at both Columbia and Princeton were canceled following Islamic opposition, said the students who arranged her Boston University appearance this week believe the fire was an attempt to hinder her message. "I am still in shock," she said in an e-mail to supporters. "Fifteen minutes before I was to speak at Boston University a fire was set on purpose... WND http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402904/posts#comment Tue, 8 Dec 2009 16:28:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391542/posts The Democratic Party's broad ruling coalition is starting to fracture as lawmakers come under increasing pressure from the left to respond to voter anger over joblessness and Wall Street bailouts. Tensions boiled over this week, with an angry party caucus meeting Monday in the House, and black lawmakers Thursday threatening to block legislation in protest of President Barack Obama's economic policies. Along the way, members of both parties grilled Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner over his ties to Wall Street, and some called on him to resign. The squabbling is turning up pressure on the White House and Democratic leaders in... WSJ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391542/posts#comment Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:15:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2387626/posts If Dems don’t support the Obamacare bill that they have not yet read in its entirety, they are not faithful to the party. If Dems do support that bill they are in trouble back home and also imploding our economy. MichNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2387626/posts#comment Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:22:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386610/posts Former Congressman William Jefferson, the New Orleans Democrat with bribery cash hidden in his freezer, was sentenced Friday to 13 years in prison, the longest-ever for a Member of Congress on a corruption charge -- yet the CBS Evening News didn't utter a word about it, just as that newscast ignored his August conviction, while ABC's World News didn't bother to mention his party affiliation. NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams noted Jefferson's party in this short item: “Former Louisiana Democratic Congressman William Jefferson made headlines a while back when the FBI found $90,000 in cash hidden in his freezer.... Newsbusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386610/posts#comment Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:29:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2385690/posts A Democratic Party-sponsored "national innovation conference" to examine key policy and technology issues at Google's headquarters beginning today has critics charging that the $5,000-and-up ticket prices limit access to the event to Silicon Valley high rollers and raise the specter of "pay to play" politics. Consumer Watchdog in Santa Monica likened the event to Republicans holding an energy conference at an oil company headquarters. The consumer rights group urged California Sens. Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein and four other senators to boycott the fundraiser sponsored by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. Eric Schultz, communications director for the campaign committee, defended... SFGate.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2385690/posts#comment Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:40:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2385654/posts It’s one thing to avoid the “terrorist” label when reporting on Ft. Hood suspect Major Nidal Hasan. It’s quite another to say that those who do use it are making a political calculation to “paint the Democrats as soft terror.” Yet that’s what MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow insisted on her Nov. 11 broadcast. Maddow launched into a minute-and-a-half soliloquy on why it is bad for the Democratic Party when commentators label Hasan a “terrorist.” She even attempted to make the case on Hasan’s behalf against a terrorism label. Who needs a legal team when you have friends like Maddow and Chris... Newsbusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2385654/posts#comment Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:14:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2381594/posts WASHINGTON – Democrats just don't get the election message from voters and are pushing a liberal, big government agenda at their party's peril, Republican officials said Sunday as they predicted a political price after the majority's victory on health care. Voters are "tired of the borrowing, the spending, the bailouts, the takeovers," said Rep. Mike Pence of Indiana, the No. 3 House GOP leader, pointing to GOP victories in gubernatorial races in Virginia and New Jersey last week. The Democratic-controlled House narrowly approved a health care bill Saturday night, with 39 Democrats voting against it and a single Republican voting... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2381594/posts#comment Sun, 8 Nov 2009 18:19:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2381387/posts Following the election results a few days ago, November third, Speaker Pelosi said ‘we won’? You remember how the Republicans mocked her for this statement? well wel well, Pelosi did indeed win that night – she won the Health Care Reform bill. Had the Republicans won on Tuesday the two open congressional seats, the final HCR vote would have failed in a 218-217 vote. Here is how: yossigestetner.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2381387/posts#comment Sun, 8 Nov 2009 08:27:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2381343/posts Listening to the debate on the floor today, it was clear that Democrats considered it a moral and ideological obligation to pass this bill—consequences be damned. The leadership is congratulating itself now—Pelosi is already the greatest speaker of all time apparently—but there's a tough rough ahead in the Senate. Pelosi could lose 39 votes. Reid can't lose any. Passage in the House definitely creates more pressure on Reid to get it done, but the slender margin—despite the size of the Democratic majority in the House and all the arm-twisting and deal-making (what did Cao get?)—has to make Senate moderates even... National Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2381343/posts#comment Sun, 8 Nov 2009 05:18:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2380695/posts Abortion opponents won a huge last-minute concession late Friday night after Democratic leaders agreed to grant them a vote on an amendment that would effectively bar insurers that participate in the exchanges from offering coverage for abortions. Members of the Rules Committee were expected to approve a vote on the amendment early Saturday morning after hours of negotiations in Speaker Nancy Pelosi's Capitol office. Leaders reluctantly made the decision after working for days to broker a truce that would garner a blessing from the Conference of Catholic Bishops. But the church, according to members and aides, wouldn't accept a compromise... Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2380695/posts#comment Sat, 7 Nov 2009 06:46:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2380589/posts 1. Why are all the details on Maj. Hasan so slow to come out? He is a member of the military, and thus his personnel records are open to the government. I mean, we knew more about Joe the Plumber at this point than about the Major. 2. Will Barack Obama have to give back his Nobel Peace Prize? 3. Will Barack Obama stand with the Muslims, should the political winds blow in an ugly direction? I'd say the Ft. Hood mini-jihad is an ugly direction all by itself. 4. Has anyone contacted John Murtha (Depends-PA) about this? Will he... grey_whiskers http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2380589/posts#comment Sat, 7 Nov 2009 03:19:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2379408/posts Place your bets here? http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2379408/posts#comment Thu, 5 Nov 2009 20:23:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2379310/posts Majority leader: House will pass health bill By ERICA WERNER and RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press Writers WASHINGTON – The second-ranking House Democrat predicted that historic health care legislation will be passed Saturday as the AARP, the nation's premier lobbying group for the elderly, announced it was signing on to the bill. Rep. Steny Hoyer said House leaders expect to have the 218 votes needed to pass the sweeping bill, which would extend coverage to tens of millions of uninsured people and ban insurance companies from turning people away. President Barack Obama has the health care overhaul the defining social goal... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2379310/posts#comment Thu, 5 Nov 2009 18:24:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2379225/posts The Dems are spinning so hard after Tuesday’s elections that the earth may be in danger of flying off its axis. Some of the intellectual chaos they have generated was on display Wednesday afternoon on Chris Matthews’ “Hardball.” Admittedly, being on the Matthews’ show is a challenge for guests, who have to struggle to get a word in edgewise as the hyperkinetic host asks questions and immediately answers them himself and generally acts less like an interviewer than someone on sodium pentatol. Cross Action News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2379225/posts#comment Thu, 5 Nov 2009 16:46:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378830/posts November 5, 2009 Election results warn Barack Obama and Democrats of disastrous 2010 Tim Reid in Washington Barack Obama and his Democratic Party were given clear warning yesterday that they face a potentially disastrous 2010 after big Republican victories on Tuesday signalled mounting voter discontent with the economy and the President’s spending plans. The Republican gubernatorial victories in Virginia and New Jersey also revealed significant cracks in the broad coalition that swept Mr Obama to power last November 4 and showed that floating voters — crucial to his win last year — are defecting to the Republicans in droves. The... The Times (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378830/posts#comment Thu, 5 Nov 2009 02:08:37 GMT