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The Four Republican Senators Open to Working With Obama
Talking Points Memo ^ | 2009-02-05

Posted on 02/05/2009 11:46:54 AM PST by rabscuttle385

President Obama talks about seeking bipartisan accord ... and he reaches out to GOP senators ... but how many Republicans are even open to the need for fixing the economy through government spending?

As The Washington Independent's Dave Weigel points out, that question seems to have been answered in a Senate vote last night. When Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) offered an alternative stimulus plan that would replace all government spending in the stimulus with a series of tax cuts, 36 Republican senators voted for it.

To emphasize the point, that means all but four GOPers were perfectly happy with scrapping the core assumption of the president's plan. Here, then, are the four Republican senators whom Obama has the best shot at working with: Susan Collins (ME), George Voinovich (OH), Arlen Specter (PA), and Olympia Snowe (ME).


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Front Page News; Government; US: Maine; US: Ohio; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: 111th; bho2009; bho44; bhostimulus; collins; congress; democrats; economy; gangoffour; porkulus; rino; rinos; senate; snowe; specter; stimulus; stimuluswatch; traitors; ussenate; vichy; voinovich
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To: rabscuttle385

I knew it would be those four liberal “republicans”.


61 posted on 02/05/2009 1:00:35 PM PST by darkangel82 (I don't have a superiority complex, I'm just better than you.)
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To: Flycatcher
This is a good test for new RNC chief Steele. Explain to these RINOs to back the party

It's also a good time to remind Steele that he gets no contributions if he supports these people in their reelection. The only way to kill an incumbent is to starve it.

62 posted on 02/05/2009 1:02:31 PM PST by JrsyJack (Oh dem golden slippers!!)
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To: N. Theknow

RINOagra? lmao, that’s great. They must sell that over the counter in ME and PA.


63 posted on 02/05/2009 1:04:52 PM PST by darkangel82 (I don't have a superiority complex, I'm just better than you.)
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To: rabscuttle385
Just sent this to Spector, FWIW:

Senator Spector,

Please oppose this outrageous attempt to socialize the American economy.

For President Obama and the Democratic Congress to even suggest that this monstrosity has anything to do with economic 'stimulus' is a despicable lie. We need you and every other Republican senator to stand firm and oppose this bill. It needs to die a quick death, and allow the free market economy to recover on its own, as the recent turnaround in the existing housing market portends.

When casting your vote, please remember this famous quote from a very prescient 19th-century foreign observer of American life - Alexis de Toqueville:

"The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money. "

Thank you for your service,

bassmaner

64 posted on 02/05/2009 1:52:09 PM PST by bassmaner (Hey commies: I am a white male, and I am guilty of NOTHING! Sell your 'white guilt' elsewhere.)
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To: N. Theknow; upchuck
There needs to be a harsher term.

One that's printable.

Vichy. American-style.

The irony of the picture is that Queeg and his mini-me Grahamnesty are running scared and now are savaging their Democrat masters.

65 posted on 02/05/2009 2:01:37 PM PST by rabscuttle385 ("If this be treason, then make the most of it!" —Patrick Henry)
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To: rabscuttle385

Why the Senate is corrupt
http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3912ba5d3ee8.htm


66 posted on 02/05/2009 2:10:18 PM PST by shielagolden
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To: jersey117
Those 4 get to share the blame with the rats when the stimulus fails to stimulate.

Those 4 are going to give Hussein, Harry, and Pelosi Galore cover to say it was a bi-partisan effort.
67 posted on 02/05/2009 2:12:43 PM PST by Sig Sauer P220 (There ought to be one day -- just one -- when there is open season on Senators --- Will Rogers)
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To: libs_kma

“Sherrod Brown is as liberal as the day is long.

But I will say that when Brown votes for every liberal, douche bag idea that comes down the pike you at least know where he’s coming from. “

Yes, indeed. Sherrod Brown is a cheerleader for big govt boondoggle spending. He’d be a sure vote for this monstrosity.


68 posted on 02/05/2009 2:18:58 PM PST by WOSG (Oppose the bailouts, boondoggles, big Government)
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To: rabscuttle385

Enemies of the Republic.


69 posted on 02/05/2009 2:27:59 PM PST by mad_as_he$$ (Chevron 7 will not engage!)
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To: rabscuttle385

Voinovich is retiring, he won’t vote GOP for anything is my bet, Specter really needs to go — email Steele — Personally I think COllins and Snowe are both beyond hope ditzes.


70 posted on 02/05/2009 2:30:25 PM PST by Arizona Carolyn
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To: Osage Orange

Freep ‘em like they never been Freeped before!

http://defendourfreedoms.us/


71 posted on 02/05/2009 2:38:36 PM PST by FreeManN (DefendOurFreedoms.US)
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To: Obadiah

Demint has a group worth donating to. I forget the name.


72 posted on 02/05/2009 3:00:53 PM PST by WOBBLY BOB (ACORN:American Corruption for Obama Right Now)
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To: KarlInOhio
<Rinovich

I like it...

If DeWhiner were still in, he would be on the list too.

73 posted on 02/05/2009 3:26:08 PM PST by SteamShovel (Global Warming, the New Patriotism)
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To: montesquiue

I can tell you from experience that Specter doesn’t care one whit how many people — including constituents— contact him.


74 posted on 02/05/2009 3:34:07 PM PST by malkee (Actually I'm an ex-smoker--two and a half years-- But I think about it every day.)
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To: malkee

I can tell you from experience that Specter doesn’t care one whit how many people — including constituents— contact him.
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That’s ok!! He still needs to hear from us. Republicans and Conservatives are too easily swayed. If they’re going to do something this worthless, I think, they should hear about it...


75 posted on 02/05/2009 3:58:29 PM PST by montesquiue
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To: rabscuttle385

The usual RINO traitors


76 posted on 02/05/2009 4:05:46 PM PST by clamper1797 (Obummer ... "Change ... for the worst")
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To: WOBBLY BOB; Obadiah

You can donate at jimdemint.com.


77 posted on 02/05/2009 4:08:19 PM PST by rabscuttle385 ("If this be treason, then make the most of it!" —Patrick Henry)
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To: WakeUpAndVote
why not!...everything south of Augusta we call Northern Mass. anyway......

If u call the gold dust twins ...Make sure u mention not burdening your children's future...They're both “touchy” about that as neither of them have any kids

78 posted on 02/05/2009 4:40:52 PM PST by M-cubed (Why is "Greshams Law" a law?)
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To: montesquiue
See my post 39 on on this thread.

Write. Write.Write. Maybe he'll change his vote. Maybe I should start a separate thread.
79 posted on 02/06/2009 11:21:46 PM PST by malkee (Actually I'm an ex-smoker--two and a half years-- But I think about it every day.)
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To: RetiredArmy

Let’s see. Snowe and Collins are in states that are so Democratic that nobody can figure out how Republicans get re-elected there in the first place. If you knock them off they will certainly go Democratic.

Voinovich is already not running so you don’t need to knock him off. But Ohio is certainly no sure bet to put in a Republican especially as times get worse and after the McConnell lead fiasco of obstructionism on the stimulus bill. How tone-deaf is our Republican leadership? Getting a better stimulus bill would have been something to be proud of but to the average American McConnell and his crowd came across as uncaring, out-of-touch and ruthlessly partisan. That’s how you lose an election.

Specter knows that Pennsylvania is moving leftward as well and he’s unlikely to move to the right because he wants to get re-elected. Knocking him off would also probably increase the probability of a Democrat winning there too.

With Gregg bowing out and Martinez not running both of these states have a really strong chance of moving into the Democratic column in 2010. Be careful which Republican you target to take down because we’re already in trouble. Two more senators and the Republicans won’t even have a say in things.


80 posted on 02/15/2009 4:20:51 PM PST by Ted O.
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