Comments on: GOP Attempt to Freeze Spending, Strip Earmarks from Omnibus Fails in House

By: itrytobenice

itrytobenice — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 15:02:32 +0000

He’s not been a fiscal rock, but at least he’s good some of the time.

By: Praying

Praying — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 19:24:21 +0000

I just fired a nasty gram email off to Jimmy Duncan (R-TN) who is NORMALLY a pretty good fiscal conservative. The end result may not have been changed, but there guys have got to get back to standing together on principle. They got a lot more positive PR (from the right) for their stand on the stimulus than anything since. If these guys are worried about being labeled “obstructionists” then they don’t have what it takes to be in office…..

By: USNJIMRET

USNJIMRET — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 18:52:31 +0000

Oh not that you aren’t absolutely correct in your analysis.
Just that this is exactly, precisely, detail by detail how the Republicans in Congress got to be such glorious, failure prone RINO’s!!
And, while my specific Congress Critter is a Freshman liberal Democrat, I am disappointed, to say the least, to see that Colorado’s Freshman Republican Congress Critter (Coffman) learned the rope a dope Washington shuffle so quick.
Although I am certain that he will be quick to point out how his voting for pork to buy votes in his district is oh so different the some democrat doing the same thing.

By: aardpig

aardpig — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 18:30:47 +0000

If they had voted, it wouldn’t have made a difference to the outcome; but at the same time, it may have angered their constituents, who could stand to benefit from the earmarks. (Dollar-wise, I believe the earmarks are split about evenly between D and R).

So, just a bit of realpolitik; nothing to see, move on.,,

By: bk

bk — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 18:05:17 +0000

“Democrats overcome bipartisan opposition and defeat popular attempt to remove thousands of earmarks”

And is there an explanation for these folks other than being chickens?
“26 Republicans and 28 Democrats abstained from voting on the motion altogether.”