Fight it tooth and nail, never giving up, with the damn thing going through as is anyway. The media will make “the three” appear as angels on high and every other Republican Senator look like a vicious obstructionist and haters of Americans in need (which the media is going to do to us anyway).

or

Step aside…. make the Democrats totally own the thing and it’s results and also COMPLETELY DISAVOW IN PUBLIC the three “pre-rub-lickin’s”.

The Republican Senators should make a statement TOGETHER in front of the Capitol saying “The People (whoever they are) want this and we can’t stop it anyway,so there you go. Let us know when you’ve had enough and we’ll help take the country back. Meanwhile,we’ll go back inside and try to stop these arses from stripping what little actually remains of YOUR Constitution and Bill Of Rights.”

It’s time for McConnell to go. He’s given up.

or

You pick the fights you can win (this is a defense of McConnell).

or

You fight the fights that need fighting – win or lose. A $1 trillion Spending bill seems to be a worthy fight to stand against on principle, even if there’s no way it doesn’t get passed.

Spineless fools all. All you say? Yes, all that voted for McConnell as leader and esp all that don’t oust him NOW!

Steele is the one with the party leverage.

Next move, Steele should cut off funds for the three RINOs, and Mitch should move to take away their committee seats. Next, oust them from the party.

They are brain dead anyway.

I’m already hearing ads attacking us as “obstructionist”… we should have ads explaining that we are PROUD to obstruct Socialism

For years, we’ve heard and made the argument that we have to support the left-wing Republicans because when critical close votes came, we’d need them.

Well, we’ve needed them, and they betrayed us to support the Democrats.

So I see no use for them. I’m out of arguments to dissuade conservatives from going after them like rabid wolves. I see no reason to stop them.

What is the difference between destroying this Country economically and destroying it physically?

Every politician, both Democrat and Republican, who vote for this bill are American Traitors worthy only of hanging. McConnell, not willing to fight is actually worse. A coward and a traitor.

We are being sold out by the lowest form of American Scum, the modern politician.

They have the votes to break the filibuster. So let it go and focus on getting rid of Specter, Snowe and Collins. I called the RNC and told them not to fund their campaigns. Tomorrow, I will call McConnell and suggest that he encourages those 3 to leave the party.

Let me speak in fluent cliche – With Republicans like these who needs Democrats?

Get ready for 8 years of Obama, brothers and sisters.

and your signature on the bill, you own the failing economy of your party’s creation, and subsequently, a failed presidency.

Congratulations Senators Collins, Snowe and Specter. You have enabled the failed presidency of Barack Obama, but significantly more important than even that, you have proven beyond a shadow of doubt, there is no such thing as a “moderate” Republican.

…just another example of our two party system; the inside-the-Beltway party and the rest of us poor schmucks.

I agree with Mike in that where is the outrage from McConnell and the GOP leadership at the Turncoats for hosing us. Spector, Snowe and Collins should be excommunicated from the party caucus. And why aren’t the GOP on TV and the radio 24-7 exposing the 140 pages devoted to the new Health Information Technology czar…….18% of the bill devoted to a fascist health care provision sneaked into the bill with little or no fanfare. I really think if the American people knew that this bill would fundamentally change health care in this country, they would do something about it. Some of the health care IT czar language is right out of the movie Gattica.

McConnell is a clown and spineless fool.

He is making senate republicans look like a joke. Time to get a new republican leader for the senate.

You guys are crazy. You want McConnell to fight tooth and nail to stop this bill KNOWING that the Dems have the votes to break a filibuster?

Do you want the GOP to be out of power for a generation? They would look like fools and STILL lose the fight.

Better to live to fight another day.

I heard Rush say something today and if I were not driving I would have stood up and gave a standing ovation – he said go ahead democrats/liberals and when conservatives take over we are going to use the power they have created to investigate them, make it all transparent, fund our conservative groups, etc… That was my favorite thing I have ever heard Rush say (and he says something awesome everyday but this topped it all). I was so happy to hear somebody as mad as I am, as mad as all of you are, somebody that gets it, somebody ready to fight, somebody with a spine.

Thanks Rush.

and

McConnell, Snowe, Collins, Specter – we are getting ready to get all the RINO’s out of government – we the people are tired of it!!!

Don’t fight it. Let it be all Dem. But don’t go out and say “this bill is bad. dems are bad.” Instead, we need to get the Cantor Bill publicized. That shoudl be our ad.

If the Dems blame us for being obstructionist, fighting back just gives them more to point at. We can’t just be the party of the not-Dems. We have to present a viable alternative by showing WHY our ideas are better. Show them what a GOOD stimulus bill would look like.

This way we present ourselves in a positive light. Plus, it gives the people a genuine choice.

The Machevillian angle would be you know the stimulus is not going to work and Obama has staked his presidency on it working, so let your enemy take himself out. However, given McConnell track record I am sure he is afraid of the media and is going along to get along.

I heard him complaining on Monday or Tuesday that there should be public hearings on the healthcare provisions and other items in the bill. Well, wake up Arlen! YOU voted for cloture to END discussion. What a numbnut!! PA folks vote for him and Murtha. Such a beautiful state, and they have these two.

and not a word or sign of partisanship that would launch a verbal broadside or at least more shots across the bow of the two trillion USD+ deficits that this incures.
If gold stays above $900 then say hello inflation, no wonder the One brought Volcker in.

weak.

as the MSM keeps focus on Senate and the 3 RINOs ….

(244 – 188) / 2 = 28,

Just my layman’s two cents, but it seems to me that there have got to be at least 28 districts presently represented by a House Democrat that are against the porkulus. Time to put the pressure on those congressmen. Make those House Dems that thought they had cover in numbers (before the House vote) own their votes.

The outcome will be either

a) a conservative Republican pick up in 2010, or

b) an immediate pick-up of a Blue Dog Democrat house vote for the conservative side

If I were a Blue Dog, I would prefer having less congressional commitee clout over losing the next election.

Word I heard today was that the Senate may vote first. All we need to do is switch over a handful of Blue Dog Senators (one is in Idaho) to block it there. That’s our best bet.