tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4119943.post5547668153028744051..comments2023-09-29T06:57:06.991-07:00Comments on Anglachel's Journal: DownticketAnglachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01110546252851760414noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4119943.post-39361573831407570352008-09-30T16:42:00.000-07:002008-09-30T16:42:00.000-07:00The shocking defections were in the West, where Re...<EM>The shocking defections were in the West, where Republican opposition was only a few percentages higher than in the Northeast, while Democratic defections were 26% higher than their Northeastern counterparts. The majority of Western Democratic representatives voted against the measure.</EM><BR/><BR/>What surprised me is how many of the CA Dems voted against the bill. It's understandable, given how inflated the housing bubble was there, but I'm still surprised that Pelosi wasn't able to keep her state reps in line.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4119943.post-61925004608071663142008-09-30T06:26:00.000-07:002008-09-30T06:26:00.000-07:00Speaking of Pelosi helping Obama...her PAC gave my...Speaking of Pelosi helping Obama...her PAC gave my representative money pre-primary and then the idiot endorsed Obama before the primary took place. Yesterday she voted with Pelosi (surprise!).<BR/><BR/>I called her office before the convention and left a message that should she go against her district and her state and vote for Obama on the first ballot, my spousal unit and I will vote against her in November.<BR/><BR/>As Madame Albright once said...there is a special place in hell for women who don't support other (QUALIFIED!!) women.<BR/><BR/>Welcome to hell, Gabby Giffords.Shainzonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00885787622541523527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4119943.post-19403934762500685532008-09-30T05:31:00.000-07:002008-09-30T05:31:00.000-07:00Thank you Anglachel, I was wondering just which 95...Thank you Anglachel, I was wondering just which 95 Dems voted no. It makes a great deal of sense that where the housing bubble has popped the most, is where the no Dem votes came from. <BR/><BR/>If this is an example of our government at work if Obama gets in , heaven help us. He is being lead by a body whose approval ratings are lower than Bush's. Obama isn't involved, the NYT praises him for staying " above the fray". Can anyone imagine Hillary staying above the fray? Perhaps that's why she was shoved aside. Staying above the fray is for Kings....we need a leader of a democracy. <BR/><BR/>riverdaughter poster,<BR/>myiq2xu found this gem last evening . A snip of Obama's interview with Chris Wallace in April. <BR/>Today you wouldn't know Obama liked regulation so well. <BR/><BR/><I>OBAMA: Well, I think there are a whole host of areas where Republicans in some cases may have a better idea.<BR/><BR/>WALLACE: Such as?<BR/><BR/>OBAMA: Well, on issues of regulation. I think that back in the ’60s and ’70s a lot of the way we regulated industry was top-down command and control, we’re going to tell businesses exactly how to do things. And you know, I think that the Republican Party and people who thought about the markets came up with the notion that, “You know what? If you simply set some guidelines, some rules and incentives, for businesses — let them figure out how they’re going to, for example, reduce pollution,” and a cap and trade system, for example is a smarter way of doing it, controlling pollution, than dictating every single rule that a company has to abide by, which creates a lot of bureaucracy and red tape and oftentimes is less efficient.<BR/> (4-28-08) </I><BR/><BR/>blah blah blah<BR/><BR/>God help us<BR/><BR/><BR/>There is speculation Pelosi wants to keep this going because it helps Obama in the polls. If that's true, we now see the extent she will go to help Barry.... there's no limitAnnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05033117202223821117noreply@blogger.com