The Hill:
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-Nev.) deal to allow Sen. Arlen Specter to retain his seniority after he switches to the Democratic Conference has not been received well by senior senators in the party.
Several Democrats are furious with Reid for agreeing to let Specter (Pa.) keep the seniority accrued over more than 28 years as a Republican senator. That could allow him to leap past senior Democrats on powerful panels — including the Appropriations and Judiciary committees.
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This assumes Spector wins the 2010 election.
Posted by: mad | April 29, 2009, 5:21 pm 5:21 pm
The dumbest person in Congress has struck again.
“Bachmann took to the House floor and paid tribute to the economic policies of Calvin Coolidge and the “Roaring 20s” (the era that ended with a massive monetary contraction and the Great Depression). One particular line really does stand out, though — saying Franklin Roosevelt turned a recession into a depression through the “Hoot-Smalley” tariffs:”
Posted by: Ryan C | April 29, 2009, 5:28 pm 5:28 pm
“This assumes Spector wins the 2010 election.”
Its a fair assumption that he will win.
But his committee assignments will be resolved soon, not post 2010.
Posted by: Ryan C | April 29, 2009, 5:32 pm 5:32 pm
Hot Air:
“I don’t think there is anybody in the world who believes he can get elected senator there,” said Sen. Orrin Hatch, the vice chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee.
Asked if the NRSC would back Toomey, Hatch said, “I don’t think so” and that the party should look for “someone who can win there.”…
Hatch later equivocated and said, “I’m not saying he can’t win – nobody gave me a chance when I ran.”…
On Wednesday, Cornyn said he didn’t know if Toomey would be the “only candidate” or the “strongest candidate” in the GOP primary.
“It’s too early to endorse,” Cornyn said.
Posted by: Ryan C | April 29, 2009, 5:39 pm 5:39 pm
Ryan C, The Hill article said they would meet to decide those assignments after the 2010 election.
Posted by: mad | April 29, 2009, 5:45 pm 5:45 pm
“Ryan C, The Hill article said they would meet to decide those assignments after the 2010 election.”
And so it does.
I thought it would happen early.
Posted by: Ryan C | April 29, 2009, 5:52 pm 5:52 pm
While we’re on the subject of images, Jake…it’s almost May and your photo still shows you in a muffler and heavy overcoat. If you don’t have time for a new photo, PLEASE have someone PhotoShop this one. It’s rather unsettling.
Posted by: Tom J | April 29, 2009, 5:53 pm 5:53 pm
Ryan C, it makes sense to wait until after the election to know exactly who will be in the Senate.
Posted by: mad | April 29, 2009, 6:08 pm 6:08 pm
“Ryan C, it makes sense to wait until after the election to know exactly who will be in the Senate.”
I think I am stuck in House mode when 1 1/2 years is a term of office.
I also thought the would offer Specter a plum to vote for colture over the next year or so but I guess to some allowing him in the party is a big enough plum for now.
Posted by: Ryan C | April 29, 2009, 6:22 pm 6:22 pm
AS IS THE CASE with all leftists, they cannot tolerate diversity of thought.
Posted by: Ron | April 29, 2009, 7:26 pm 7:26 pm
We in Pa. say Good Riddance,Arlen!!!! He will never get elected as a Dem. He has shown the country that he is nothing but a liar, and any Dem or Rep. will show what he has said in the past.
He only voted 65% of the time with the Rep. He has lost his credibility even with backing from Rendell and Obama. Rendell will lose his job if he tells everyone that they cannot run against Arlen!! This is a good thing for the Rep. party!
Posted by: bobby | April 29, 2009, 7:31 pm 7:31 pm
“He only voted 65% of the time with the Rep.”
That is with the current session of Congress which has not voted on many bills.
Though I just looked at past sessions of Congress and it seems for the last few years Specter has been voting less and less with the GOP.
Last session he was 70%
Session before that he was 76%
Session before that he was 85%
Session before that he was 75%
The only ones with a smaller percentage of voting with their party in the last two session of Congress are the two Senators from ME.
Posted by: Ryan C | April 29, 2009, 7:41 pm 7:41 pm
“While we’re on the subject of images, Jake…it’s almost May and your photo still shows you in a muffler and heavy overcoat. If you don’t have time for a new photo, PLEASE have someone PhotoShop this one. It’s rather unsettling.”
I hear the Statue of Liberty is a nice backdrop.
Posted by: James | April 29, 2009, 8:01 pm 8:01 pm
Now they know they have nothing to fear:
“BAGHDAD — April was the bloodiest month for violence in Baghdad in more than a year, another sign that Iraq’s security gains are beginning to reverse.
“On Wednesday, a series of explosions killed at least 43 people, including at least 41 who were killed in Sadr City, a sprawling Shiite Muslim slum in east Baghdad. Three bombs hidden in parked cars detonated in quick succession along a busy commercial street around 5 p.m., an official with Iraq’s interior ministry said. At least 68 were wounded, and authorities said they expect the death toll to rise.
“‘It was chaos in the streets,’ said one witness, Wissam Hassan.”
Elections have consequences.
This is an Associtated Press “Fact Check.” Even the AP knows he’s lying.
“WASHINGTON – ‘That wasn’t me,’ President Barack Obama said on his 100th day in office, disclaiming responsibility for the huge budget deficit waiting for him on Day One. It actually was him – and the other Democrats controlling Congress the previous two years – who shaped a budget so out of balance.
“And as a presidential candidate and president-elect, he backed the twilight Bush-era stimulus plan that made the deficit deeper, all before he took over and promoted spending plans that have made it much deeper still.
“Obama met citizens at an Arnold, Mo., high school Wednesday in advance of his prime-time news conference. Both forums were a platform to review his progress at the 100-day mark and look ahead.
“At various times, he brought an air of certainty to ambitions that are far from cast in stone.
“His assertion that his proposed budget ‘will cut the deficit in half by the end of my first term’ is an eyeball-roller among many economists, given the uncharted terrain of trillion-dollar deficits and economic calamity that the government is negotiating.
“He promised vast savings from increased spending on preventive health care in the face of doubts that such an effort, however laudable it might be for public welfare, can pay for itself, let alone yield huge savings.”
At the end of his first year, the data will be in. What will he say then?
Fascist Hyena
But Obama just said the violence wasn’t as bad as last year. Who to believe.
Posted by: Axey | April 29, 2009, 9:33 pm 9:33 pm
Wow, Jake, the left leaning bloggers don’t like you much. You may have to switch from the party of tolerance to the party of intolerance because you don’t ask Obama questions that include the words “enchanted” in them.
Posted by: Axey | April 29, 2009, 9:39 pm 9:39 pm
Fascist Hyena: Do you work for Fox? Your selective quoting is quite impressive. From the EXACT SAME ARTICLE:
“The economy has worsened under Obama, though from forces surely in play before he became president, and he can credibly claim to have inherited a grim situation.”
It’s this sort of dishonest nonsense that has earned Republicans a reputation just below that of a used car salesman with a lot of cars with new interiors just in from New Orleans…
Axey:”But Obama just said the violence wasn’t as bad as last year. Who to believe.”
Uh, go back to the start of 2008 – still last year – and it was worse. That would correspond to the worst in “more than a year” time frame in the article Fascist Hyena dug up. There is no actual contradiction.
jhw539,
Ahh, I missed the nuance.
["The economy has worsened under Obama, though from forces surely in play before he became president, and he can credibly claim to have inherited a grim situation."]
Sure, he could credibly claim that if he hadn’t spent 4 years in the senate prior to taking office and 2 of those 4 years as part of the majority party. Nuance again, right?
Posted by: Axey | April 29, 2009, 9:59 pm 9:59 pm
Axey:”Sure, he could credibly claim that if he hadn’t spent 4 years in the senate prior to taking office and 2 of those 4 years as part of the majority party. Nuance again, right?”
One freshman senator does not get ‘credit’ for the current economy, whose troubles are actually rooted further back than 2005 (which is close to when the housing bubble peaked). There was also the little issue of not being in the majority party for all four of those years, and never having control for the Whitehouse. That’s not nuance, that’s fact.
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Obama Backs Off Birth Control Battle?
That’s funny.
Posted by: Silky | April 29, 2009, 4:56 pm 4:56 pm
The Hill:
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-Nev.) deal to allow Sen. Arlen Specter to retain his seniority after he switches to the Democratic Conference has not been received well by senior senators in the party.
Several Democrats are furious with Reid for agreeing to let Specter (Pa.) keep the seniority accrued over more than 28 years as a Republican senator. That could allow him to leap past senior Democrats on powerful panels — including the Appropriations and Judiciary committees.
===================================
This assumes Spector wins the 2010 election.
Posted by: mad | April 29, 2009, 5:21 pm 5:21 pm
The dumbest person in Congress has struck again.
“Bachmann took to the House floor and paid tribute to the economic policies of Calvin Coolidge and the “Roaring 20s” (the era that ended with a massive monetary contraction and the Great Depression). One particular line really does stand out, though — saying Franklin Roosevelt turned a recession into a depression through the “Hoot-Smalley” tariffs:”
Posted by: Ryan C | April 29, 2009, 5:28 pm 5:28 pm
“This assumes Spector wins the 2010 election.”
Its a fair assumption that he will win.
But his committee assignments will be resolved soon, not post 2010.
Posted by: Ryan C | April 29, 2009, 5:32 pm 5:32 pm
Hot Air:
“I don’t think there is anybody in the world who believes he can get elected senator there,” said Sen. Orrin Hatch, the vice chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee.
Asked if the NRSC would back Toomey, Hatch said, “I don’t think so” and that the party should look for “someone who can win there.”…
Hatch later equivocated and said, “I’m not saying he can’t win – nobody gave me a chance when I ran.”…
On Wednesday, Cornyn said he didn’t know if Toomey would be the “only candidate” or the “strongest candidate” in the GOP primary.
“It’s too early to endorse,” Cornyn said.
Posted by: Ryan C | April 29, 2009, 5:39 pm 5:39 pm
Ryan C, The Hill article said they would meet to decide those assignments after the 2010 election.
Posted by: mad | April 29, 2009, 5:45 pm 5:45 pm
“Ryan C, The Hill article said they would meet to decide those assignments after the 2010 election.”
And so it does.
I thought it would happen early.
Posted by: Ryan C | April 29, 2009, 5:52 pm 5:52 pm
While we’re on the subject of images, Jake…it’s almost May and your photo still shows you in a muffler and heavy overcoat. If you don’t have time for a new photo, PLEASE have someone PhotoShop this one. It’s rather unsettling.
Posted by: Tom J | April 29, 2009, 5:53 pm 5:53 pm
Ryan C, it makes sense to wait until after the election to know exactly who will be in the Senate.
Posted by: mad | April 29, 2009, 6:08 pm 6:08 pm
“Ryan C, it makes sense to wait until after the election to know exactly who will be in the Senate.”
I think I am stuck in House mode when 1 1/2 years is a term of office.
I also thought the would offer Specter a plum to vote for colture over the next year or so but I guess to some allowing him in the party is a big enough plum for now.
Posted by: Ryan C | April 29, 2009, 6:22 pm 6:22 pm
Perfect Obamicon!
Posted by: MayBee | April 29, 2009, 6:27 pm 6:27 pm
AS IS THE CASE with all leftists, they cannot tolerate diversity of thought.
Posted by: Ron | April 29, 2009, 7:26 pm 7:26 pm
We in Pa. say Good Riddance,Arlen!!!! He will never get elected as a Dem. He has shown the country that he is nothing but a liar, and any Dem or Rep. will show what he has said in the past.
He only voted 65% of the time with the Rep. He has lost his credibility even with backing from Rendell and Obama. Rendell will lose his job if he tells everyone that they cannot run against Arlen!! This is a good thing for the Rep. party!
Posted by: Sa1950 | April 29, 2009, 7:28 pm 7:28 pm
great
Posted by: bobby | April 29, 2009, 7:31 pm 7:31 pm
“He only voted 65% of the time with the Rep.”
That is with the current session of Congress which has not voted on many bills.
Though I just looked at past sessions of Congress and it seems for the last few years Specter has been voting less and less with the GOP.
Last session he was 70%
Session before that he was 76%
Session before that he was 85%
Session before that he was 75%
The only ones with a smaller percentage of voting with their party in the last two session of Congress are the two Senators from ME.
Posted by: Ryan C | April 29, 2009, 7:41 pm 7:41 pm
“While we’re on the subject of images, Jake…it’s almost May and your photo still shows you in a muffler and heavy overcoat. If you don’t have time for a new photo, PLEASE have someone PhotoShop this one. It’s rather unsettling.”
I hear the Statue of Liberty is a nice backdrop.
Posted by: Silky | April 29, 2009, 7:43 pm 7:43 pm
Perfect.
Posted by: James | April 29, 2009, 8:01 pm 8:01 pm
Now they know they have nothing to fear:
“BAGHDAD — April was the bloodiest month for violence in Baghdad in more than a year, another sign that Iraq’s security gains are beginning to reverse.
“On Wednesday, a series of explosions killed at least 43 people, including at least 41 who were killed in Sadr City, a sprawling Shiite Muslim slum in east Baghdad. Three bombs hidden in parked cars detonated in quick succession along a busy commercial street around 5 p.m., an official with Iraq’s interior ministry said. At least 68 were wounded, and authorities said they expect the death toll to rise.
“‘It was chaos in the streets,’ said one witness, Wissam Hassan.”
Elections have consequences.
Posted by: Fascist Hyena | April 29, 2009, 9:20 pm 9:20 pm
This is an Associtated Press “Fact Check.” Even the AP knows he’s lying.
“WASHINGTON – ‘That wasn’t me,’ President Barack Obama said on his 100th day in office, disclaiming responsibility for the huge budget deficit waiting for him on Day One. It actually was him – and the other Democrats controlling Congress the previous two years – who shaped a budget so out of balance.
“And as a presidential candidate and president-elect, he backed the twilight Bush-era stimulus plan that made the deficit deeper, all before he took over and promoted spending plans that have made it much deeper still.
“Obama met citizens at an Arnold, Mo., high school Wednesday in advance of his prime-time news conference. Both forums were a platform to review his progress at the 100-day mark and look ahead.
“At various times, he brought an air of certainty to ambitions that are far from cast in stone.
“His assertion that his proposed budget ‘will cut the deficit in half by the end of my first term’ is an eyeball-roller among many economists, given the uncharted terrain of trillion-dollar deficits and economic calamity that the government is negotiating.
“He promised vast savings from increased spending on preventive health care in the face of doubts that such an effort, however laudable it might be for public welfare, can pay for itself, let alone yield huge savings.”
At the end of his first year, the data will be in. What will he say then?
Posted by: Fascist Hyena | April 29, 2009, 9:25 pm 9:25 pm
Fascist Hyena
But Obama just said the violence wasn’t as bad as last year. Who to believe.
Posted by: Axey | April 29, 2009, 9:33 pm 9:33 pm
Wow, Jake, the left leaning bloggers don’t like you much. You may have to switch from the party of tolerance to the party of intolerance because you don’t ask Obama questions that include the words “enchanted” in them.
Posted by: Axey | April 29, 2009, 9:39 pm 9:39 pm
Fascist Hyena: Do you work for Fox? Your selective quoting is quite impressive. From the EXACT SAME ARTICLE:
“The economy has worsened under Obama, though from forces surely in play before he became president, and he can credibly claim to have inherited a grim situation.”
It’s this sort of dishonest nonsense that has earned Republicans a reputation just below that of a used car salesman with a lot of cars with new interiors just in from New Orleans…
Posted by: jhw539 | April 29, 2009, 9:45 pm 9:45 pm
Axey:”But Obama just said the violence wasn’t as bad as last year. Who to believe.”
Uh, go back to the start of 2008 – still last year – and it was worse. That would correspond to the worst in “more than a year” time frame in the article Fascist Hyena dug up. There is no actual contradiction.
Posted by: jhw539 | April 29, 2009, 9:55 pm 9:55 pm
jhw539,
Ahh, I missed the nuance.
["The economy has worsened under Obama, though from forces surely in play before he became president, and he can credibly claim to have inherited a grim situation."]
Sure, he could credibly claim that if he hadn’t spent 4 years in the senate prior to taking office and 2 of those 4 years as part of the majority party. Nuance again, right?
Posted by: Axey | April 29, 2009, 9:59 pm 9:59 pm
Axey:”Sure, he could credibly claim that if he hadn’t spent 4 years in the senate prior to taking office and 2 of those 4 years as part of the majority party. Nuance again, right?”
One freshman senator does not get ‘credit’ for the current economy, whose troubles are actually rooted further back than 2005 (which is close to when the housing bubble peaked). There was also the little issue of not being in the majority party for all four of those years, and never having control for the Whitehouse. That’s not nuance, that’s fact.
Posted by: jhw539 | April 29, 2009, 10:04 pm 10:04 pm
Why is Mr. Burns from the Simpsons wishing Obama a Happy 100 Days?
Posted by: Grd | April 29, 2009, 10:08 pm 10:08 pm
The picture is pathetic!
Posted by: anonymous | April 30, 2009, 5:19 am 5:19 am