Nov 2, "Tsunami" Midterm Election - Page 3

coadie · #21 11-03-2010, 07:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Twisp

Don't they have to get a majority vote from both the Senate and the House in order to repeal it? I don't see them getting that from the Senate.

Interesting article on it:

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Healt...ry?id=11668055

They can cut funding. Yes. Just don't pay for it.

Remember the Dems were expected to draft a budget for next year and forgot their to do list.

Twisp · #22 11-03-2010, 07:39 AM

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Originally Posted by coadie

They can cut funding. Yes. Just don't pay for it.

Remember the Dems were expected to draft a budget for next year and forgot their to do list.

No they can't. They need a majority vote in the Congress to do that, as well.

coadie · #23 11-03-2010, 07:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Twisp

No they can't. They need a majority vote in the Congress to do that, as well.

Prove it. If they sign no budget, spending stops at some point.

scotty · #24 11-03-2010, 08:04 AM

They don't have enough to repeal obamacare. They do have enough to cut funding to parts of it. This was a good victory, but for those of you who are looking to the Repubs for "one last chance" I'm afraid your going to be a little disappointed. They simply did not win enough. They will be able curb Obamas spending and control, but they dont have enough to pass any new help for the country. Which means the next two years will look pretty lame duck.

The biggest factor will be the Bush tax cuts. If somehow they can keep them in play then the economy will come back fairly quickly. If not it will be pretty slow going for the next two years. Companies simply are not hiring knowing they are about to be taxed to no end come first of the year.

scotty · #25 11-03-2010, 08:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Twisp

No they can't. They need a majority vote in the Congress to do that, as well.

I think your going to see some Dems reverse course. This election cycle should have been a wake up call to pay attention to what the people want and dont want.

Twisp · #26 11-03-2010, 08:19 AM

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Originally Posted by scotty

I think your going to see some Dems reverse course. This election cycle should have been a wake up call to pay attention to what the people want and dont want.

I think there is a chance that they come a little to the right, just to get things done. Of course, they have accomplished a good bit of what they wanted already.

Their other avenue of action is to try and pass bills, let the Republicans gridlock everything, and point that out to the voters in 2012.

scotty · #27 11-03-2010, 08:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Twisp

I think there is a chance that they come a little to the right, just to get things done. Of course, they have accomplished a good bit of what they wanted already.

Their other avenue of action is to try and pass bills, let the Republicans gridlock everything, and point that out to the voters in 2012.

And thats usually the game with both sides. Which I despise. My biggest problem is attitudes like Obama's right now, ignore the will of the majority. They all so easily forget who they work for.

coadie · #28 11-03-2010, 08:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Dedicated Mind

Republicans take the House. Is this the tsunami everyone expected?

Ask Pelosi and Waxman.

Pressing-On · #29 11-03-2010, 08:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Pressing-On

Yes, last chance on the Republican Party for me.

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Originally Posted by Twisp

Don't they have to get a majority vote from both the Senate and the House in order to repeal it? I don't see them getting that from the Senate.

Interesting article on it:

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Healt...ry?id=11668055

I was agreeing with Digging on giving the Republican Party this last chance to redeem themselves. I wasn't commenting on repealing Obamacare. We wouldn't have a Tea Party if the Republicans had stayed true to their values, but it does show that the American people are watching, listening and willing to fight. That is a great day, any day, for American values.

The stark truth is that Obama is the one that signs the bills. The House has the purse strings and we can try putting in riders to allocate where the money goes and what we want to fund, but at the end of the day - the President almost always wins a government shutdown.

We have a long road to hoe, and it's going to take a lot of hard work. DeMint has a great article in the WSJ - instructions to the Senate Conservatives. Good advice and hoping they will follow.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...Tabs%3Darticle

Pressing-On · #30 11-03-2010, 08:41 AM

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Originally Posted by scotty

And thats usually the game with both sides. Which I despise. My biggest problem is attitudes like Obama's right now, ignore the will of the majority. They all so easily forget who they work for.

I am not looking for him to change any of his arrogancy the last two years. He is going to push as much of his Socialist agenda as he can. He's the pawn and he is willing because that is who he is. He was groomed for it.

I wish that I could pull up the post that I made three or four years ago when I said, "They are grooming this man for something." Didn't think it was the presidency, but I saw something in the works. You could certainly feel it. And I don't mean a "tingle up my leg". LOL!