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No, if there had a shutdown,

Desider — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 18:14:25 +0000

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No, if there had a shutdown, America might have registered a problem.

In this case it's a big ho-hum, with liberal causes thrown under the bus.

Social cuts paid for tax-cuts for the rich, but the coin hasn't dropped for the rank-and-file.

24% got it right! I got it

Michael Maiello — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 17:21:02 +0000

In reply to Hey, I got it right. Always

24% got it right! I got it wrong. But happy to be wrong this time.

Hey, I got it right. Always

Michael Wolraich — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 05:10:26 +0000

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Hey, I got it right. Always best to hold off predictions until all the votes are in.

I'm still rooting for the

Beetlejuice — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 02:26:52 +0000

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I'm still rooting for the tea-baggers to pull one out of their asses and shutdown the government and in a few moth refuse to increase the debt ceiling. It's the only way to completely discredit both them and the GOPers...something Obama has refused to do in the name of bipartisanship. Too bad he doesn't realize bipartisanship was officially declared DOA after Gore v. Bu$h. Seems the only way to prove to the American public GOPers don't deserve a seat in government is to let them run it into the ground every 80 to 100 years. It's hard price to pay, but sooner or later we might get lucky and find some out of the way place where we can sent them all to (like the Moon or Mars) and never see them again.

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we are stardust — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 01:51:23 +0000

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I've also wondered why that

Michael Maiello — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 01:40:30 +0000

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I've also wondered why that theme was never reprised. I don't think it's because Obama and Clinton have major differences on the issue, either. I wonder if it's not a racially demographic issue -- the white, "independent," Appalachian, working class voters identified with Clinton in a way they refuse to identify with Obama (even though both men came from comparably humble origins).

Well MSNBC SAYS AT 8:34 cdt

Richard Day — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 01:37:00 +0000

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Well MSNBC SAYS AT 8:34 cdt ITS OVER!

An agreement is reported.

Damn.

I would rather have:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5ziIcON2LY

I always wondered why Obama

artappraiser — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 01:29:27 +0000

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I always wondered why Obama doesn't use a version of the Clintonian "those who work hard and play by the rules" thingie, especially as it was so relevant vis-a-vis the mortgage crisis, Wall Street, banks, etc. I think that played well with people because It's sort of populist but without class warfare, i.e., people who work hard but have bad breaks deserve some assist from society, but you don't resent the rich or successful if they worked hard, played fair, and got lucky, only those rich that got that way by breaking "the rules."

Like 3-dimensional chess,

miguelitoh2o — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 01:23:26 +0000

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Like 3-dimensional chess, right? Feinting with your queen before surrendering your king. Or did I get it backwards? ;)

"Perhaps he is refraining

miguelitoh2o — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 01:19:51 +0000

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"Perhaps he is refraining from doing that publicly until there is a shutdown."

Which would be kinda like waiting till the hurricane makes landfall before making preparations, or even more like waiting till you're convicted of a felony offence before presenting a defense.