Said Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas: "If it's take it or leave it, we'll leave it."

[democracy1st]

Another great quote ! Thank You Sir..

[Horse with no Name]

1. My favorite!

The republicans have done EVERYTHING in their power to take this man down--Tom Delay gerrymandered his district into such a hodgepodge that it went beyond ridiculous. And they STILL didn't keep him out.
Now HERE is a man I would support for POTUS.:loveya:

[Bluebear]

9. +

[readmoreoften]

2. And that name right there is why I can still say I vote Democrat.

[leftstreet]

3. Oops. Looks like the President's gonna have to reach across the aisle

Compromise...er wait, what?

[BeyondGeography]

8. Funny

and sad.

[Supersedeas]

14. a heavy handed stand against the folks who help to get him elected

must be time to position himself for a new election and appease a different constitutency


Where was this hard-line three months ago when Repukes said that they'd leave it.

[TexasObserver]

4. One of the best in congress.

[girl gone mad]

6. Does Austin proud. n/t

[TexasObserver]

13. Lloyd Doggett does Texas and the nation proud.

State Senator. US Senate candidate. Texas Supreme Court Justice. Congressman.

Forty years he's been on the side of the good folks.

[ZombieHorde]

5. I was not aware we had elected officials like this, other than Kucinich. nt

[dgibby]

7. Amen!n/t

[Individualist]

10. Bravo Sen. Doggett!

[Horse with no Name]

11. Not to be pedantic

but it is Representative Doggett.
But hey...in MY dreams he would be MY Senator! Instead, my nightmare is Cornyn and Hutchison.:puke:

[gratuitous]

12. You MUST be able to say this

Or you will get rolled every time. If the other side in a negotiation senses that you won't walk away, that you will make a deal regardless of the terms (or worse, if you tell the other side that you won't walk away), then it becomes a simple matter of just how much the other side feels like plucking its little pigeon. Will they clean you out or leave a little something to come back for later?

If you can say what Doggett did, and you can walk away and mean it, the other side has to decide how important a deal is. Will they also walk away, or will they move off their position? So far, the Republicans and their pals have had no reason to walk away as long as they were getting all their demands met (and more). Which also precludes their modifying their position, except to perhaps refine their demands further and demand more.

[CanonRay]

15. I have a Democratic Party obituary written and ready to post

if and when this assinine tax "compromise" passes. Guys like this make me think that the party may be on life support, but it ain't dead. Yet. Go Doggett