Posted on 12/01/2010 12:06:59 PM PST by pissant
Editor's note: Ed Rollins, a senior political contributor for CNN, is senior presidential fellow at the Kalikow Center for the Study of the American Presidency at Hofstra University. He is a principal with the Dilenschneider Group, a global public relations firm. He was White House political director for President Ronald Reagan and chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee.
(CNN) -- The first date is over. Not much happened. President Obama and his new governing partners, the House and Senate Republicans, met at the White House along with the Democratic leaders and discussed the unsolvable issues between them.
Even though they made no decisions and both sides went their separate ways, they agreed to start negotiations on extending the tax cuts. That in itself is the beginning of a positive process. They actually talked to each other and talked of a plan for action.
As with real dating, both sides have to get along or nothing will happen. So maybe this situation has more in common with an arranged marriage.
The American voters are the substitute parents, and they want this marriage to work or at least to be civil. And we, the voters, hold the shotgun.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
And who would those be?
I'm sorry. You're not getting anymore hints.
"How about replying to my refutation "
When I see you actually "refute" something, I'll respond.
I wouldn't expect anything else from you since you are a Romneyite.
Fantasy my ant stained foot.
Paulson saw an attractive vehicle for his rescue plana package of housing legislation meant to give homeowners direct relief that had been winding its way through Congress for months. The Democratic leadership in Congress was happy to comply with Paulsons request, as President George Bush had previously threatened to veto the legislation over a provision giving $3.9 billion in grants to local governments, and the new administration request gave them leverage. The new version of the legislation, including the Fannie-Freddie bailout, was formally introduced in the House on July 23. The Congressional Budget Office estimated the cost to be some $25 billion.
The bill had been available just 19 hours when the House took it up. In the short debate that followed, several House Republicans raised their displeasure over the sped up process demanded by the administration. Deciding this issue without hearings and within a one-week span with virtually no deliberation and no opportunity to amend is a surrender of congressional responsibility, said Rep. Spencer Bachus. Complained Rep. Sam Johnson, I'm all for finding commonsense housing relief for those in trouble, but we need to hold hearings and take a closer look at this proposal and the ramifications. Despite these objections, the House approved the 694-page bill that same afternoon by a vote of 272 to 152. The Senate followed suit a few days later, and President George W. Bush signed the legislation on July 30.
Duncan Hunter's line entry in Roll Call 519
Sure they will, troll...
For starters, Rollins saying that Palin compares her self to to Ronald Reagan is foolish on his part.
I feel the same way about you with your nobody-on-Earth-besides-Palin posts and vanities. Obsession on either end of the spectrum gets old in a hurry.
just love my country and want what is best for it. conservatism.
If the aliens end us before I collect even a penny of my retirement, I'm going to be very pissed.
On the upside, I'll never have to hear the name "Keith Olbermann" again.
I did refute your assertation, but with your inability to write a cogent English sentence, you are just digging your heels in.
That’s okay, you won’t have the last laugh; though you are supplying plenty of giggles for the rest of us.
I guess you didn't bother to watch him on Sarah's show managing both his family and fishing business with a firm hand...
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It seems like we have heard this song before.....
Good for me.
Not really.
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We know one alleged candidate will not be pushed on FR
Yeah, all you guys are right. NO CONSERVATIVE LEADERS will have to give their opinion on a Sarah Palin candidacy.
(rolling eyes)
ES replies: Perhaps he's also speaking to those other people.
Really? By lying about Palin, saying that she's a doof for "comparing herself to Reagan," when she hasn't?
He's a piss-poor speaker, obviously.
You poor little retard. Vote 519 was an amendment to the bill.
There were only two REAL votes for the bill. One that created the original House bill 3221. Roll Call 832: Hunter NAY
And the one that ADDED the F&F bailout into the bill via Senate Amendment.
Vote 301: Hunter NAY.
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