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Enrique

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24. i should have said the super commission

Tue Nov 27, 2012, 05:08 PM

Nov 2012

not Simpson Bowles. I guess I forgot another time I was "wrong", because I also thought Simpson Bowles would result in entitlement cuts.

Why he would do it, is a lot of people want it to happen. Have you watched TV? Everyone is drooling over the prospect of a grand bargain. And a lot of rich people, some of whom gave Obama a lot of money and others who didn't, all of whom Obama might want to please, really really want it too. When so many people want you to do something, that is a reason you might do it.

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Why is Schumer attacking the far left on CSPAN [View all] Mass Nov 2012 OP

Remember that my senator likes to be liked by people. He has a big ego. hrmjustin Nov 2012 #1

Rich people. Octafish Nov 2012 #11

I do not know what kind of money he has. They don't talk about that here in ny. He never gets hrmjustin Nov 2012 #12

The agreement has already been made behind the scenes. The theater we are watching is just to GiaGiovanni Nov 2012 #2

yes, last year Enrique Nov 2012 #4

When you are wrong ... will you post and admit it? JoePhilly Nov 2012 #8

I'm already "wrong" Enrique Nov 2012 #13

Just make your prediction. JoePhilly Nov 2012 #16

i should have said the super commission Enrique Nov 2012 #24

What political gain would Obama get? JoePhilly Nov 2012 #27

Lots of "tv people" wanted Mitt to be president, too. Ikonoklast Nov 2012 #31

Exactly ... JoePhilly Nov 2012 #32

the prediction would be "obama bad obama bad" ad nauseum... dionysus Nov 2012 #26

Yup ... another Manufactured Outrage Widget hits the shop room floor. JoePhilly Nov 2012 #28

Sounds exactly right GiaGiovanni Dec 2012 #41

"Far left?" There's a far left? Where? dchill Nov 2012 #3

Or what does "Far Left" mean? I'm not sure that many would accept Wikipedia's definition jody Nov 2012 #14

Nah... Far Left means simply this... dchill Nov 2012 #17

To Schumer, it may mean people who want to protect Medicare, Social JDPriestly Nov 2012 #40

Oh, that :"far left" -- it was smashed to pieces in its organized forms in the late 1940s and coalition_unwilling Nov 2012 #35

What is your purpose in using "red baiting"? It detracts from the OP. nt jody Nov 2012 #36

Schumer is the one doing the 'red baiting' by attacking a mythical 'far left' that coalition_unwilling Nov 2012 #37

Thanks nt jody Nov 2012 #39

because the center right Democrats hate the Democratic base. Warren Stupidity Nov 2012 #5

Just like the center-right Republicans... dchill Nov 2012 #18

A rule of politics is compromise to get a one vote majority but no more. Are we there yet? nt jody Nov 2012 #6

Not in the filibustering Senate, we're not. dchill Nov 2012 #19

I understand but what goes around, comes around and we Democrats might someday find the filibuster jody Nov 2012 #20

I'm just advocating a return to the... dchill Nov 2012 #25

Makes sense to me and Mr. Smith. nt jody Nov 2012 #29

With a name like Schmuck GeorgeGist Nov 2012 #7

Because he's Chuck Schumer (D-Wall Street) nt joeybee12 Nov 2012 #9

Before he became he a big shot in the Senate... kentuck Nov 2012 #10

"I have no idea what he is anymore? " dixiegrrrrl Nov 2012 #34

It's showbiz and centrist politicians kissing each others butts sells. Tierra_y_Libertad Nov 2012 #15

The most dangerous place in the world is the space between Chuck Schumer and a live microphone... truebrit71 Nov 2012 #21

He probably wants to egg that minimum from $250,000 to a million. nt Poll_Blind Nov 2012 #22

He's just catapulting the progranda Oilwellian Nov 2012 #23

It's whay they do before the cave in mercuryblues Nov 2012 #30

Corporate shill Schumer has made no secret of his disdain for the left. marmar Nov 2012 #33

Because Schumer, like most other Democratic leaders, MadHound Nov 2012 #38