[2ndDivisionVet]

"That litany sounds great in theory, but as the oil spill in the gulf and the economic collapse on Wall Street demonstrate, only the federal government has the ability to counterbalance powerful economic interests — and clean up the mess when they fail."

How's that working out so far, folks? LOL

BTW: Who knew this couple was still around?

[albie]

“You know, I feel a little lonely today. I usually bring Smith and Wesson along.”

...I like it. Beats “who’s ass I gotta kick” from an undernourished, spaghetti arms, tough guy wanna be kenyan.

[Clyde5445]

“In New Mexico, county prosecutor Susana Martinez was locked in a tight race for the gubernatorial nomination when Palin blessed her candidacy in mid-May. Two weeks later, she scored a narrow victory and gave the Republicans a valuable political commodity: a Hispanic woman who colors in the party’s pale, male outline.”

A narrow victory, Martinez won by at least 25 points.

[y6162]

Mama's grizzlies..

[skeeter]

they have to demonstrate their ability to reach beyond their conservative base and attract moderate voters who don’t think of “government” as a four-letter word.

If the democrats want to hang on to the senate and house they have to demonstrate their ability to reach beyond their liberal base and attract moderate voters who don’t think of “capitalism” as a four-letter word.

[Lancey Howard]

Then there’s the economic crisis facing the states. The same Republican governors who cheer on Palinism are pleading with Washington to plug gaping holes in their state budgets. Where are those federal dollars going to come from if an anti-tax obsession cripples Washington’s ability to raise revenues?

Har! "Republican" governors like Arnold Schwarzenegger from states where Democrats have spent themselves into oblivion? Naturally, these two fossilized socialists, Steve and Cokie, don't even contemplate plugging the "gaping holes" in state budgets by cutting spending. No, the only solution for these two socialist dinosaurs is to "raise revenues" (they could at least have the guts to say "raise taxes").

I can't believe these two poster children for failed liberalism are still around.

[Starboard]

but as the oil spill in the gulf and the economic collapse on Wall Street demonstrate, only the federal government has the ability to counterbalance powerful economic interests — and clean up the mess when they fail.

The main reason why they failed in the first place is because of the government's ineffectiveness and inability to act proactively to prevent these disasters. The gubmint did not adequately inspect the BP well and gubmint policies unquestionably encouraged risky lending. Government is not the solution, it is the problem.

[unseen1]

Liberals just can not understand limited government means not that the federal government is powerless it just means that the federal government is limited to act on only certain things. The oil spill happened in international waters, it is moving into US waters. both are clearly defined as within the scope of power of the federal government to protect given to it by the Constitution.

There is no contradiction. the federal gov has unlimited power in certain areas not unlimited power.