Ya Think?
Posted on 01/10/2010 1:05:05 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Dan Boren, Oklahoma's only Democrat in Congress, predicts his party will lose seats in elections later this year.
While such a statement falls in the category of conventional wisdom that historically has the party in power losing congressional seats in mid-term elections, Boren parts company with others within his own party by suggesting such a setback would be a "good thing for Oklahoma and for me.''
"If we have a tight majority one way or another, that puts me in the driver's seat,'' the three-term lawmaker said.
"In the 112th (Congress), I probably will have the most influence I have ever had, no matter who has the majority.''
Describing a Republican takeover of the House as a "tall order'' for the GOP, Boren said his party, even if it retains the majority in a new Congress that convenes in 2011, will be forced back toward the center politically.
He pointed to new figures on job losses and described his party's legislative agenda last year as one of missed opportunities on the economic front.
"I think the House Democratic leadership along with the administration made a very large mistake by focusing on a lot of different pieces of legislation that would not do a lot to help the economy,'' Boren said.
At the top of that list of mistakes, he places health-care legislation, which is expected to pass Congress in the coming weeks, and the cap-and-trade measure, which passed the House but is not at this point expected to come out of the Senate with the cap-and-trade provisions.
Boren voted against both bills and vowed to oppose the health-care legislation when it comes back to the floor for a final vote on its way to President Obama's desk.
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Bizarre....a Dem who sounds like he has half a brain?
Ya Think?
He went to the Barack Obama school of modesty.
At least one dem sees the writing on the wall.
Well, he comes from Oklahoma, and good stock: his dad would have been the only Democrat I would have considered voting for as president.
Agreed. He comes across basically as a cynic, without much in the way of genuine conviction. He says in effect that he doesn't really care who controls the House, ‘Pubs or Dhimmis, as long as the margin is close enough to give him clout as a potential tiebreaker.
(But I guess we gotta give him a few points for honesty. There must be dozens — maybe hundreds — of Washington politicians who feel exactly the same. But he seems unique in confessing publicly to what we know is a widespread Washington cynicism!)
Gee...a congressman who thinks of HIMSELF first!! Well isn’t THAT a change!!
Met with him a couple of weeks ago. He is very unhappy with inmates running the asylum. He is what I would call a JFK dem, a near extinct species on Capital Hill.
Nope just the Democratic Shuffle, first you move to the right, then you move to the left, elections are coming so they have to dance to the right.
David would have been moderately better than Obama, I lived there when he was Governor.
David is a lot smarter than Obama and certainly smart enough to see he had no place in national Democratic politics.
We can only hope and pray they lose the house.
We The People plan to scribble our message on their walls big time. How about “Start Packing You’re Treasonous Toast.”
http://www.patriotsheartnetwork.net/forum/topics/texas-states-rights-rally
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=UZkvkLmkYVg
His Dad? You mean the one they Gay Community was about to ‘out’?
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