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leveymg

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Thu Sep-23-10 02:45 PM
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2. Krugman's right. The Blue Dogs want to be the minority party.

Why else throw away a perfect way of defining themselves as opposed to what may well be the emerging Republican majority?

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-"White House will use the failure to vote on the middle class tax cuts as a cudgel against the GOP"	Clio the Leo	Sep-23-10 02:40 PM	#0
- How can you say that the vote "failed", if there was never a vote?	impik	Sep-23-10 02:42 PM	#1
- Because they're saying "the failure To vote".. More Obstructionism..	Cha	Sep-23-10 02:46 PM	#3
- There are only 100 Senators and they know they do not have 60 - and the Republicans	karynnj	Sep-23-10 03:39 PM	#15
- Krugman's right. The Blue Dogs want to be the minority party.	leveymg	Sep-23-10 02:45 PM	#2
- The blue dogs will be in a better position in a GOP majority	DJ13	Sep-23-10 02:49 PM	#4
- Another reason: It makes them look like reliable yes votes by corporate lobbyists.	leveymg	Sep-23-10 02:53 PM	#7
- Very true	DJ13	Sep-23-10 02:54 PM	#8
- They won't be in a better position come 2012, but Obama will be.	Phx_Dem	Sep-23-10 03:22 PM	#14
- For the record, I heard that Pelosi is ready to vote but Jellyfish Reid said no.	ClassWarrior	Sep-23-10 02:50 PM	#6
- That seems to be the pattern ever since he became Majority Leader.	leveymg	Sep-23-10 02:55 PM	#9
- If they don't vote they all expire right?	Skink	Sep-23-10 02:50 PM	#5
- They'll get extended in December--including the ones for the rich. nt	geek tragedy	Sep-23-10 02:59 PM	#10
- How do you know they're going to extend tax cuts for the rich?	young but wise	Sep-23-10 03:14 PM	#12
- R's will have upper hand cause all tax cuts will expire at end of 2010	flpoljunkie	Sep-23-10 03:20 PM	#13
- Yep, you got it.	denverbill	Sep-23-10 04:14 PM	#20
- Not middle class speculation in the housing market, but speculation	karynnj	Sep-23-10 03:41 PM	#16
- Nice try, but no. This is all on the Democrats. nt	geek tragedy	Sep-23-10 03:01 PM	#11
- Let's hope that it's a real cudgel this time instead of the	COLGATE4	Sep-23-10 03:48 PM	#17
- Does extending any form of tax cut even help at all?	denimgirly	Sep-23-10 03:52 PM	#18
- Call me naive or just plain uninformed, but ...	Kweli4Real	Sep-23-10 04:02 PM	#19
- A separate bill creating new tax brackets would be a good idea.	theothersnippywshrub	Sep-23-10 05:11 PM	#22
- Poor excuse for a group a spineless cowards	budkin	Sep-23-10 04:33 PM	#21
- Won't work, we need to have a vote on it to fail/be filibustered first	ShadowLiberal	Sep-23-10 05:23 PM	#23

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