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Old 11-21-2014, 08:01 PM
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A fleeting, illusory supermajority

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-s...-supermajority
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This has been one of Pete's favorite arguments to use against the Democrats.

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It’s in Republicans’ interest right now to characterize the Democrats’ congressional majority in 2009 and 2010 as enormous. As the argument goes, President Obama could get literally anything he wanted from Congress in his first two years, so Democrats don’t have any excuses.

The stimulus wasn’t big enough? Blame Dems; they had supermajorities in both chambers for two years. There’s no comprehensive immigration reform? Blame Dems; they had supermajorities in both chambers for two years. There was only one big jobs bill? Blame Dems; they had supermajorities in both chambers for two years. And so on.
If you read the rest of the article you will see that the Democrats only had a so called "supermajority" in the senate for four months.


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Old 11-22-2014, 06:20 AM
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^^^^ Calling Pete.
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Old 11-22-2014, 07:56 AM
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I can think of a certain party that had majorities in House and Senate and the Whitehouse for six years, 2001-2007.

Every bad thing that happened during those six years is..............

The Dems fault. (Especially that damned Obama.)

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Old 11-22-2014, 08:16 AM
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I can think of a certain party that had majorities in House and Senate and the Whitehouse for six years, 2001-2007.

Every bad thing that happened during those six years is..............

The Dems fault. (Especially that damned Obama.)

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Old 11-22-2014, 09:16 AM
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:roll eyes: That only applies to blood sucking vampires.....
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Old 11-24-2014, 10:10 AM
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Well admitting they had one is a good start towards recovery.

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Old 11-24-2014, 01:03 PM
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Well admitting they had one is a good start towards recovery.

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Pffffttt. Channelng Rush Limberger or Glen 'Vaporub' Beck this morning Pete?
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