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Republican governors support Obama
New York Times ^ | 02/17/09 | Jackie Calmes

Posted on 02/17/2009 12:43:49 PM PST by Big_Monkey

WASHINGTON - President Obama must wish governors could vote in Congress: While just three of the 219 Republican lawmakers backed the $787 billion economic recovery plan that he is signing into law on Tuesday, that trifling total would have been several times greater if support among the 22 Republican state executives counted.

The contrast reflects the two faces of the Republican Party these days.

Leaderless after losing the White House, the party is mostly defined by its Congressional wing, which flaunted its anti-spending ideology in opposing the stimulus package. That militancy drew the mockery of late-night television comics, but the praise of conservative talk-show stars and the party faithful.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: gop; governors; nytimes; porkulous; porkulus
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To: Recovering_Democrat

And I’M stuck with dumb a$$ Arnine.


21 posted on 02/17/2009 2:43:50 PM PST by jocko12
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To: jocko12

I feel your pain, as I have Cc.


22 posted on 02/17/2009 3:04:49 PM PST by Recovering_Democrat
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To: jocko12

by the way, here is a good thread I started last night...you can watch arnie before he lost his mind...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2187111/posts


23 posted on 02/17/2009 3:06:51 PM PST by Recovering_Democrat
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To: Frantzie
"Charlie Crist - the person who gave us Juan McCain instead of Mitt Romney."

Well, at least he did ONE thing right.

24 posted on 02/17/2009 4:19:17 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
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