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yurbud's Journalwhatever the "strategery" was, it looked to this progressives like Obama pulled punches
Like once again, Democratic politicians are asking us to bust our ass, give our money, and show up to vote, only to see our candidate not bother to punch an opponent with a glass jaw.
Most frustrating for me was the health care debate when Romney said he and Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi pushed it through without a single Republican vote instead of working in a bipartisan way. Obama correctly mentioned that his plan was exactly what Romney did in Massachussetts, and a Republican idea, but failed to mention the Republicans in Congress refused to vote for their own idea. He not only could have made Romney look like a liar, but all the Republicans in Congress look like petulant petty sociopaths. In one sentence, he could have helped every Democrat running for the House and Senate.
And that could have killed whatever advantage Republicans thought they would gain through that strategy of obstruction.
Will you watch the debates live or just highlights online?
The only reason I can think of to watch it live is the same reason people go to NASCAR races: to see a massive wreck.
I think we all know which driver is going to need to be hosed down with the fire extinguishers.
RAVITCH: Michelle Rhee’s Plan to Destroy Public Education--buy conservative Dems
Eventually, Democrats have to get a handle on this shit. The only conversation any Democrat should have with Rhee should be in front of a congressional committee, investigating who is funding her "reform" efforts and what they have gained and stand to gain in the future in return.
Conservative Democrats are desperately trying to keep the GOP viable so they have an excuse to agree with them on money making issues like this.
If they're not careful, when the GOP finishes dying, they will find themselves in the new minority party with actual Democratic voters either leaving them to form a new party or spitting them out of the existing one.
That this education "reform" agenda has any Democratic Party support shows how "bipartisan" and "corrupt" are almost interchangeable.
What is her program? Destroy teachers' unions; eliminate tenure and seniority; privatize public education. Having failed to transform the public schools of the District of Columbia, she now wants to privatize public education everywhere.
When I was in Chattanooga, Tennessee, I learned from a Democratic state senator that Rhee had poured $105,000 into a race between a liberal Democrat and a conservative Democrat. The difference between them? The conservative Democrat supports vouchers. My informant said, "Candidates here will jump through hoops for a contribution of $1,000. Getting $105,000 is unimaginable." Rhee bought the election. The voucher-loving Democrat won. He added: Most of Rhee's money goes to conservative Republicans.
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