What will come of Obama's bus tour?

[Bull Moose Base]

Let me know when this congress is ready to return to Clinton's tax rates and I'll let you know when deficits are ready to start shrinking.

President Obama - January 2009-January 2013
Senate - 58 + 2 Democrats 2009-2011
House of Representatives 256 Democrats - 178 Republicans.

The only think standing in the way of the Democrats was, well, the Democrats. 

2009 was the most concentration of power in one party since FDR.

Let me know when this congress is ready to return to Clinton's tax rates and I'll let you know when deficits are ready to start shrinking.

President Obama - January 2009-January 2013
Senate - 58 + 2 Democrats 2009-2011
House of Representatives 256 Democrats - 178 Republicans.

The only think standing in the way of the Democrats was, well, the Democrats. 

2009 was the most concentration of power in one party since FDR.

Dem supermajority second half of 2009 only.
GOP record-shattering use of filibuster 2009-2011.
(And I think Dems under LBJ had larger majorities.)

[The Vorlon]

(And I think Dems under LBJ had larger majorities.)

I "think" the filibuster rule was 67 back then though? (Yup - changed in 1975)

If you can blame it all on Bush when he had smaller majorities than Obama, it's fair to put some of the blame on Obama when his party had larger majorities, is all I am saying...

And.. the democrates envoked cloture more than nay time in history...



They invoked cloture more than 100 times... if raising taxes was so important, why not use one of those 100+ times to push us to the wrong side of the Laffer curve?

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

This picture is of the President leaving the White House yesterday. I know it might just be a bad picture or something, but a picture speaks a thousand words. With his approval rating down to 39% and the economic recession taking another downturn, I still wonder if the President truly wants to seek re-election, atleast in 2012.

Are you kidding? That picture is epic.

Obama looks like he's about to embark on a secret mission or something.

It looks kind cool, actually, but at the same time, with the expression I think I'm seeing, I'd call him a "pissed off white male" if he were white, but he's not.

[zorkpolitics]

Another example of wasted spending: something like $2.2 million just for the buses, charged to the government when it should be paid for by his campaign.
In the end he will try to blame others for his failures of leadership, but to no avail

[NVGonzalez]

Let me know when this congress is ready to return to Clinton's tax rates and I'll let you know when deficits are ready to start shrinking.

President Obama - January 2009-January 2013
Senate - 58 + 2 Democrats 2009-2011
House of Representatives - 2009 - 2011: - 256 Democrats - 178 Republicans.

The only think standing in the way of the Democrats was, well, the Democrats JOE LIEBERMAN.  

2009 was the most concentration of power in one party since FDR.

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[Reaganfan]

I'm sure the President has to be doing some recalculating. I think he has been foreseeing a likely match-up against Mitt Romney and the new co-frontrunner Rick Perry has really changed things up. But if it becomes, "re-elect me because this guy seems like George Bush" he will lose, and lose badly.