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I have been touting this for ages. But it's not about winning back the House. So many people are quick to say, well we had the House and Obama was not moving "left". Well it's not Obama. Obama, isn't and really doesn't write legislation. When his admin does, it's when the House or Senate are pussyfooting or dragging their feet on an issue he steps in.
It's not about JUST winning the House. It's about putting positive PROGRESSIVE THINKERS in the seats. I will make clear that Progressivism is not an ideology and it never was. However, it is a way of looking at the future of the nation. You do not have to be a left-wing or anarchist, you can be right-wing as well. I do consider Snowe and Collins to be progressive thinkers. Murkowski moves with whatever is popular---ditto with Brown. However, Snowe and Collins keep close to a bit of their crazy right-wing ideas but also thinking on the positive front.
However, what we had in the House or Senate as far as Dems during 2008-2010 was pretty bad. I mean really. We had people like Lincoln and still have people like Landrieu who stated very clearly and loudly they would reject the entire HCR if there was even a touch of a PO. And because they come from right wing districts it's understood.
We need to vet our Dems. I'm sorry but that's really the issue. I consider Obama to be very left. And he could be more, if he was given the arsenal.
Has anyone sat there and seen the votes on let's say on closing Gitmo? The legislation was there, Obama was all for it, the bill failed because we had Dem congressmen and women who sided with the Repubs.
Has anyone sat there and seen the votes on letting the tax cuts for the rich expire? The legislation was there, Obama was all for it, but the bill failed TWICE because we had many Dems in the House who sided with Repubs.
Has anyone seen the votes on the bill that was bipartisan for us making deals with other countries for lower priced meds? People liked to say Obama made a deal with Big Pharma, however he publicly supported this and was all for it if it went through, which would mean the deal with Pharma would be null and void. Better for us. But did people see how it failed? We had Menendez, who was all for it during Bush turn against it. We got some dirty dealer Dems here.
I think we need to vet each of our Dems very well in each State. I think Obama is great, but I think we need to do serious work on who's funding who and who might be working for who in the past and who's married to who---since a lot of cronism seems to be involved with politics. I think Obama is fine. I think a lot of people working in the Legislative field is not.
I think if we want strong Dems we need to look closely. Some Dems, or really one Dem I spoke to said that Christy in New Jersey didn't seem as much of a threat as the opposition. I think we need to look into that. And I think this is not done.
Voting Dem doesn't mean that they're necessarily the best bet. I think we need to get strong House Dems who think progressively. I do believe that if every Dem was let's say a Grayson---excluding some of his crassness at times---Obama would be very successful. But Grayson was working with a lot of Dems who were not like minded and I think us as the voters need to be very selective.
I think there are lot of Dems on this board who should run for political office. I would totally support them. I don't think they will. If they know anyone who might be willing and is a like minded thinker this would be great. I'm from New York and live in Harlem. It's tough to break the old boy politics here. Hence the reason I never managed to get enough people to vote out Rangel (UGH!).
Again, it's definitely about getting back the House and maintaining the Senate. But it's even more about who we put into office and if they have a positive progressive vision of the US. If they think along the lines of Nuclear Power (done safely) even if it not Solar or Wind (and wind power has it's problems for the bird population). And things of that nature.
What are they're ideas on health care and social projects and so on. I don't expect sharing everything with them. But what I'm saying is a good 85%. I can sit there and Landrieu or Lincoln and I know we don't think the same on 85% of things.
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