Oh, didn’t I predict this? But why listen to me when there is bitching to do?
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Martin Longman a contributing editor at the Washington Monthly. He is also the founder of Booman Tribune and Progress Pond. He has a degree in philosophy from Western Michigan University.
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You figure the Progressive Caucus can work around the Blue Dogs and still get anything passed knowing the GOP will be in lockstep to stop every piece of legislation Nancy brings up?
The stimulus package will be a damn good test. Obama will have to peel off one of the two groups to get anything done, and it’ll be far harder in the Senate.
We’ll see.
Here’s a list of the primary committee assignment for each of the freshman reps.
The Republicans won’t be in lockstep. Those days are over.
See, I don’t get that. Inertia is a hard thing to overcome, especially political inertia. Every time the chips are down for the GOP, they double down on their bet no matter how dire the situation is.
Knee-jerk reaction to anything Obama wants to pass is going to be “no” for any Republican. Democrats are still The Enemy. Obama’s election changed nothing on the partisan bickering front.
I’m not being mean, I’m being honestly curious, who are the Republicans that are going to jump sides?
Check the November election results and find out who won by less than 5% – those would be your target House Republicans. In the Senate, the ladies from Maine and the Republican gentlemen from Pennsylvania and Ohio would be the most likely targets IMO.
Who wants to listen to a blogger that poses with a cookie shooter?