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Senate Dems Hope Legislative Losses Lift Election Odds
Investor's Business Daily ^ | 7/27/2010 | Sean Higgins

Posted on 07/28/2010 7:42:05 AM PDT by Slyscribe

Can you win by losing? Democrats are about to give it a try.

With time running out, congressional leaders have all but given up hope of passing any more legislation this year and are scheduling "message" votes to bolster their chances in the fall elections.

On Tuesday they brought up a campaign finance reform bill popular with liberal constituencies. The Disclose Act failed, 57-41, shy of the 60 needed to break a GOP filibuster. But Democrats argued the defeat gives them an election edge

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Americans care more about jobs and deficits than campaign finance.
1 posted on 07/28/2010 7:42:09 AM PDT by Slyscribe
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To: Slyscribe

“Vote for us! All of our legislation failed to pass and if it does pass, it fails to work!”

Yep, sounds like a winner to me!


2 posted on 07/28/2010 7:45:09 AM PDT by Personal Responsibility (The problem isn't that 1% of muslims are terrorists. The problem is 99% of terrorists are muslim)
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To: Slyscribe

Our guys had better learn how to fight. They need to be out there shouting “JOBS” every time the dems try to pass something.


3 posted on 07/28/2010 7:48:57 AM PDT by McGavin999 (I'm sorry, your race card is overdrawn and no further charges can be accepted)
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To: Slyscribe

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/mood_of_america/importance_of_issues

Guess they might do better to try reading the polls raTHthen clinging to their ideological dogmas


4 posted on 07/28/2010 7:55:11 AM PDT by MNJohnnie (The problem with Socialism is eventually you run our of other peoples money. Lady Thatcher)
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To: Personal Responsibility

Pathetic.


5 posted on 07/28/2010 7:56:58 AM PDT by Col Frank Slade
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To: Slyscribe

Not even a chance of this happening.

LLS


6 posted on 07/28/2010 8:49:00 AM PDT by LibLieSlayer ( WOLVERINES!)
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“Democrats argued the defeat gives them an election edge”

Clueless.Voters are angry BECAUSE of what they’ve already passed. So why remind them of the rest of its leftist agenda?
Moreover, why remind them that the majority party in Congress continues to ignore focusing on the economy in favor of getting further down their Bucket List while they still have the chance?

These votes simply will steel the resolve of voters to get to the polls and make sure these clowns get voted out of power before they can do more damage to the country.


7 posted on 07/28/2010 9:29:55 AM PDT by DrC
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