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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 08:07 PM Original message |
Why do you think that Obama "shut out" the Congress on the tax deal? I'm listening |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
1. the house has liberals and progressives while repubs have none. pesky liberals lol nt |
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Born_A_Truman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
2. You mean the congress that didn't want to address this before midterms? |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 08:57 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. Ding Ding Ding, we have a winner ... The House and Senate Dems ... |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 02:10 AM Response to Reply #10 |
16. It was the righties that put the kibosh on a vote by siding with the TeaPubliKlans |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 08:17 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. You are wrong. |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 12:33 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Dude, I agree they should have dealt with this well before the election. |
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jeanpalmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 03:34 AM Response to Reply #10 |
24. Irrespective of what happened |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
3. Because the impasse was with Senate Republicans. |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
4. Jim McDermott (D - WA) said pretty much the same thing today... |
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Supersedeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 08:37 AM Response to Reply #4 |
18. shoving in the Estate Tax benes that the Repub didn't even ask for is pretty embarrassing |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
5. For the same reason that |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 08:54 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. It reminds me of the crap they pulled under * |
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Schema Thing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
6. because he needed it to get done |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 08:59 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. It didn't have to get done. |
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WiffenPoof (676 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
7. Yeah...I Brought This Up In Another Thread |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
9. First we complain that Obama sits on his hands and lets Congress take the driver's seat. |
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Uzybone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 09:00 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. damned if he does and damned if he doesnt |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 12:31 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. True, but it's not US that's complaining - it's the DC Dems. That's what surprised |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 12:39 AM Response to Reply #13 |
22. Cause they can't do anything else. |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 01:52 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Who made the deal with Billy Tauzin? |
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akbacchus_BC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 02:06 AM Response to Original message |
15. Veers in cautiously, wasn't the tax thing supposed to go through before |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
19. Because if Congress was going to pass something without his help, it would have done so already |
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frazzled (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
20. Because the Democrats in Congress shut him out on this too? |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 01:13 AM Response to Original message |
23. Ah, maybe because they took so damn long |
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Pistarkle (123 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 07:54 AM Response to Original message |
25. This is what I think... |
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quiller4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
26. Perhaps because House leadership announced they would not craft compromise? |
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