Posted on 04/27/2010 9:27:53 PM PDT by rabscuttle385
The Republican lawmaker, under attack from both parties, backs off from efforts to work with Democrats on immigration, energy and Guantanamo Bay.
BY JIM TANKERSLEY
For months, Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina was one of the few Republicans willing to cross the aisle to work with the Obama administration on controversial issues. Now, he may be the showcase example of why bipartisanship is all but dead in Washington.
In the beginning, Graham's attempts to find compromises with Obama and Senate Democrats on immigration, energy and closing Guantanamo Bay looked like the best chance for a thaw in Washington's icy partisan environment. But now, under attack from colleagues and activists in both parties, Graham is threatening to chuck the whole effort.
That potentially dooms prospects for congressional action this year on energy and immigration, as well as the likelihood of widespread cooperation across party lines on most other issues.
From the right, Republican activists in Graham's home state have heaped scorn and censure on him. Fellow Senate Republicans, including party leaders, have left him to deal with Democrats on his own.
Meanwhile, from the other side, White House officials have criticized Graham's push to include what would have amounted to a new gasoline tax in the energy bill. Liberals have griped that Graham packed the bill with giveaways to industry; moderates say he hasn't delivered Republican support for the bill anyway.
Perhaps most important, Graham suddenly finds himself wrestling with the Senate's top Democrat, Harry Reid of Nevada, over a plan to fast-track the immigration bill. Graham says that by pushing immigration when it isn't ready and can't pass, Reid has jeopardized good-faith negotiations on immigration and energy in hopes of scoring cheap political points against Republicans.
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http://www.alipac.us/article5191.html
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Senator Lindsey Graham’s Miraculous 180 on Amnesty On Display
Graham is nothing more than a bloackmailed closet queer tool of the left.
They yell jump, and he must. Lindsey has had one too many leftist queers in his hopper.He is part of the extended Obaka homo/queer network now lacing through Washington.
He will not be re-elected.
I think Lindsgay would enjoy getting it from both sides.
BRAVO! Proving that most Republicans are 'getting it' and that Graham, as a true RINO, is an anomale.
Get RID of him, SC! We don't need no RINOS!
If he should disappear under a rock...I would not care ...
Everyone despises a Judas Goat.
When you try to please everybody, you only wind up pissing everybody off.
Hope he and a few others from both sides of the aisle do the right thing by tossing all of these crazy bills that only harm the US. Bipartisanship my ass.
Lucy... Charlie Brown... football...
“That makes him dumber or more naive or more opportunistic than Snowe or Collins.”
Don’t forget more arrogant. There’s nothing more dangerous than an arrogant idiot.
The lifestyle of a Senator sucks? Okay, you serve one term, then get your salary as a pension for life, plus the best medical care in the country, your own giant office, and bribes coming at you from every direction.
I used to like hm... no more
(I particularly like the "You stole the spotlight" caption. Too funny!)
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