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Dems to Use Moderation if They Win House
AP ^ | 10/19/6 | ANDREW TAYLOR

Posted on 10/19/2006 1:26:01 PM PDT by SmithL

They're mostly a liberal bunch. Yet the would-be chairmen in a House under Democratic control promise to rule from the center. They'd have little choice, given the likely balance of power they would confront if elected.

George W. Bush would still occupy the Oval Office, and no one thinks Democrats could win control of the House by more than a few seats next month. And that would include three dozen or more moderate "blue dog" Democrats.

The dynamics ensure that despite the overwhelmingly liberal cast of the chairmen-to-be — as measured by liberal interest groups such as Americans for Democratic Action — the early agenda would consist of bills that could garner Republican support.

Those include legislation to raise the minimum wage, empower the government to negotiate lower prescription prices from drug companies for the Medicare program and end tax breaks for companies that move U.S. jobs overseas.

"If we do take back the House, there will certainly be a Republican president and there may well be a Republican Senate, so we're well aware of the constraints," said Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass. "But I think there are some things that we can put out that will put some pressure on: minimum wage, negotiating with drug companies."

What won't be seen is any serious move to impeach Bush, even though the top Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, Rep. John Conyers of Michigan, has introduced a bill calling on Congress to determine whether there are grounds for impeachment over the government's warrantless wiretapping program.

Conyers already has been overruled by Democratic leaders including would-be Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California, who dismiss any talk of impeachment.

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Politics/Elections
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To: SmithL
Ah, the drive-by media, spraying out the cover story for Nancy and her merry band of loony lefties.
21 posted on 10/19/2006 1:34:19 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: SmithL

Why should the DNC bother with news releases when the AP is more than willing to do their sales job for them?


22 posted on 10/19/2006 1:34:35 PM PDT by popdonnelly
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To: SmithL

The AP once again actively campaigning for their side.

Don't worry about the liberals, Amerika, they will be "moderate" when they ascend to power (which is their birth right, btw). Therefore, vote for the Democrats. They will "rule from the center."


23 posted on 10/19/2006 1:34:52 PM PDT by Skooz (Chastity prays for me, piety sings...Modesty hides my thighs in her wings...)
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To: SmithL
The AssPress, back in their familiar role as propagandists for the DNC.

Internal polling must be really crappy for Al AP to have to run a political ad, er, uh, I mean story like this.

Couple this with Harold Ford, Jr., running ads in Tennessee claiming to be a "Reagan conservative" and it adds up to the serious potential for Dim losses, not gains, and they know it.....

24 posted on 10/19/2006 1:35:05 PM PDT by Thermalseeker
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To: SmithL

Moderate? This is total disinformation. The DBM is soooooo transparent. They do nothing without a political calculation to support leftist Dhimmis.


25 posted on 10/19/2006 1:35:29 PM PDT by WashingtonSource
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To: SmithL

"The AssPress, back in their familiar role as propagandists for the DNC."

And when did they ever stop save for a token article here at there that is not favorable towards the Rats?


27 posted on 10/19/2006 1:36:11 PM PDT by The South Texan (The Democrat Party and the leftist (ABCCBSNBCCNN NYLATIMES)media are a criminal enterprise!)
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To: SaxxonWoods

I agree!


28 posted on 10/19/2006 1:36:14 PM PDT by colonialhk (not a sooprize sooprize sooprize)
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To: SmithL

Andrew Taylor, aka Karl Marx


29 posted on 10/19/2006 1:36:15 PM PDT by WashingtonSource
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To: SmithL

Some poll must be telling them they might NOT win the House the way things are right now.......wait till next weeks news spin....


30 posted on 10/19/2006 1:36:24 PM PDT by goodnesswins (I think the real problem is islamo-bombia! (Rummyfan))
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To: crucifiedhope
if you look at the mainstream Democrats, they have moved steadily right over the past quarter of a decade

Don't you mean "if you look at what some of the Democrats say"?

I don't believe for a minute that they have actually moderated their beliefs. I think they have moderated what they have been saying publicly.

31 posted on 10/19/2006 1:36:32 PM PDT by nitzy (Every man needs a credo)
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To: SmithL
LOL! The AP being the unpaid cheerleader for the democrats.

nancy pelosi represents San Francisco, radical left capital of the US, sheesh, how stupid does the AP think people in flyover country are.

32 posted on 10/19/2006 1:36:39 PM PDT by Dane ("Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall" Ronald Reagan, 1987)
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To: SmithL

1 chicken, 2 chickens, 3 chickens, 4 chickens, 5 chickens ...


33 posted on 10/19/2006 1:36:41 PM PDT by NonValueAdded (Prayers for our patriot brother, 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub. Brian, we're all pulling for you!)
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To: SmithL

Does that "moderation" come with a bridge in Brooklyn thrown in for good measure?


34 posted on 10/19/2006 1:37:10 PM PDT by The_Victor (If all I want is a warm feeling, I should just wet my pants.)
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To: SmithL

Yep. Are you undecided? Vote for the Dems, they won't be unkind to George Bush. (Until they've destroyed Dick Cheney.)
So transparent.


35 posted on 10/19/2006 1:38:07 PM PDT by Graymatter
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To: SmithL

Fer cryin outloud!
Horse hockey!
Lying nitwits!

I yelled so loud my purse opened up!
Just sent another donation to the RNC at http://www.gop.com/finalpush


36 posted on 10/19/2006 1:38:42 PM PDT by debg
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To: SmithL
Dems to Use Moderation if They Win House

Yeah. Sure. Pull the other leg now.

37 posted on 10/19/2006 1:39:21 PM PDT by Ichneumon (Ignorance is curable, but the afflicted has to want to be cured.)
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To: SmithL

Yeah, and if you believe that, I have a refrigerator to see you in Nome, Alaska.


38 posted on 10/19/2006 1:39:25 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (...where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. -2 Cor 3:17)
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To: SmithL
AP editor: "ANDREW TAYLOR! Sign this fax from the DNC and get it on the wires pronto! "
39 posted on 10/19/2006 1:40:20 PM PDT by mrsmith
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To: SmithL
Conyers already has been overruled by Democratic leaders including would-be Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California, who dismiss any talk of impeachment until after the election.
40 posted on 10/19/2006 1:45:04 PM PDT by Skooz (Chastity prays for me, piety sings...Modesty hides my thighs in her wings...)
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