Congressional Republicans like to think that they are standing on principle when opposing President Obama at every opportunity. But, if that is the case, they are out of step with the majority of Americans. It is little wonder that their approval rating continues to sink.
It wasn’t surprising that no House Republicans voted in favor of [...]
Posts Tagged ‘bipartisanship’
Principle of obstruction
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Al Franken, bipartisanship, budget, Congress, Election '08, Mitch McConnell, Norm Coleman, obstruction, Republican Party, Sarah Palin, Ted Stevens on April 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
On the road to that one vote
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bipartisanship, California budget, compromise, leadership, obstruction, open primary, Republican Party on February 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The California budget has passed — 106 days of stalemate have been broken.
An interesting tidbit surfaced yesterday — the state senate minority leader was ousted from his position. He had been one of the Republican senators who was willing to buck his party. True to recent form, he was replaced by someone who is more [...]
Stimulus vote post-mortem
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bipartisanship, compromise, Congress, economic collapse, Economy, leadership, negotiation, obstruction, Republican Party, stimulus on February 16, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Each week my local paper encourages readers to have their say on a particular issue. While it’s certainly not a scientific survey, it does provide some amusing and maddening reading. Many of the same people voice their opinions on a weekly basis, and given the frequency with which their comments appear, I figure there aren’t [...]
No GOP Fingerprints allowed???
Posted in Politics, tagged leadership, Congress, Republican Party, bipartisanship, Arlen Spector, House Republicans, Senate Republicans on February 14, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Yesterday, as Congress was in the process of approving the stimulus package, I happened upon an interesting report from Arlen Spector, one of the three Republican senators who voted for the package. Sen. Spector recounted a conversation with an unidentified Republican colleague. The unnamed Senator congratulated Spector on his vote supporting the package. The colleague [...]
