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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 06:35 PM Original message |
Poll question: How do you feel about "reaching across the aisle?" |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
1. I believe in reaching across the aisle - and yanking them over to our side of issues. |
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Lisa0825 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 06:43 PM Response to Reply #1 |
16. That is exactly what he has done! |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 06:51 PM Response to Reply #16 |
30. Yes, I think he'll be very good at getting things done... |
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Terry in Austin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 07:03 PM Response to Reply #16 |
36. Hear, hear! |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
2. Obama should choose whomever he feels is most competent |
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billybob537 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
3. I think it's time for |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
4. Obama should offer cabinet positions to Moderate Repukes who are sitting senators... |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 06:40 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. Like here in Maine? |
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givemebackmycountry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
5. Keep your friends close.... |
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daninthemoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 06:44 PM Response to Reply #5 |
18. It's going to be fascinating to watch. I too believe that he will be able |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 06:52 PM Response to Reply #5 |
33. I vaguely remember a story a rethug told about working with Obama |
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FreakinDJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
6. Ask the Repubs "How they Feel About a Reach Around" |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 06:42 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. That's where I was headed. |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
7. I'll put up with bipartisan if liberals and progressives are included too |
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daninthemoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 06:49 PM Response to Reply #7 |
27. Exactly. For several years, repubs have excluded anyone whom |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 06:50 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. "Participation, not partisanship" I like it! |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
8. Obama has to go with what works for our country and |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
9. I'm not real crazy about it, |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
10. Enough Reddies to give him political cover. But hammer the shit out of 'em in 2010 |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
12. Obama has to go with what works for our country and |
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QueenOfCalifornia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
13. I can not |
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geckosfeet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
15. First two years - no pubs. Feel them out. Find a good fit. Third year if |
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damonm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
17. Reaching MUST happen, |
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gravity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
19. I want some real compromise in congress |
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Dukkha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
20. only with a sharp cleaver! |
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Kerrytravelers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
21. I don't think every idea that comes from a Republican must automatically be wrong. |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 06:51 PM Response to Reply #21 |
31. Moving forward where? |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
22. Obama's administration should be very bipartisan |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 06:53 PM Response to Reply #22 |
34. It's only losers who call for "bipartisanship" |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 07:11 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. I like this poll because, prior to it, I would have assumed that |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
23. For cabinet posts, he's the boss |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
24. Let's drop the bullshit mythology and deal with what's real as opposed to what's constructed. |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
25. You still don't get it, do you? |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 07:00 PM Response to Reply #25 |
35. I definitely get that part. I want the dems to operate in a way that |
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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
26. I'm cool with it as long as he doesn't get too slimed from touching them |
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4_Legs_Good (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
28. I want to be pissed because he reaches too much |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
32. It's worth reaching across the aisle -- some of those pockets are very pickable. |
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ibegurpard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
37. Well, not a lot of moderate Republicans left |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
39. Only to slap 'em in the head! |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
40. I want a president that wants to be president of all America |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
41. Long as Obama stays in charge (and he clearly will be), it;'s fine with me. |
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Joe the Revelator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
42. The only way we can keep power for the forseeable future.... |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 07:23 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. And when was the last time America was great? |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
44. There's all the Charlie Browns, oh-so-eager for Lucy to pull the ball again for the 324532th time... |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 07:25 PM Response to Original message |
45. How do Republicans define BIPARTISANSHIP? Let's see, I remember there was something about this... |
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SoonerPride (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
46. Take and hold the center and govern for a generation. |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
47. With or without pitchfork in hand? |
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ChimpersMcSmirkers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
48. Obama needs to make progress fast on a lot of nasty issues. Getting the support of moderate pubs |
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