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November 13, 2006
Hey, wait a second. That's not what moderates voted for
A new poll indicates that, among other thing, a lot of people didn't vote last Tuesday. Less than a week after 100 million people did vote and elected a Democratic Congress, 78% of Americans are "somewhat or very concerned that it would seek too hasty a withdrawal of troops from Iraq"; 69% are "concerned that the new Congress would keep the administration "from doing what is necessary to combat terrorism"; and 2/3 are "concerned [the Democratic Congress] would spend too much time investigating the administration and Republican scandals," the Democrats seem prepared to meet voters' low expectations.
Those concerns already seem well-founded, if we're to judge by what Dems have done in the past few days. Nancy Pelosi endorses turncoat John Murtha. And Dems are pushing to begin an Iraq withdaw "within months."
Newt G. emails: "[Pelosi's endorsement of Murtha] Pelosi, despite all her talk of moving to the center and reaching out to conservatives, will govern from the left. It is a direct assault on the moderate wing of the Democratic Party and a deliberate break with the second-ranking Democrat in the House, Rep. Steny Hoyer (Md.). The next test for whether Pelosi will govern from the left or the center will be if she appoints Alcee Hastings (D-Fla.), the impeached former federal judge, to chair the Intelligence Committee. No national security supporter will be comfortable with Hastings' having oversight of the nation's secrets, but the pressure on Pelosi to appease the Black Caucus is immense. Stay tuned."
Posted by bill at November 13, 2006 01:40 PM
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Too bad Ron "Red" Dellums won the election for mayor of Oakland. He'd fit right in with Pelosi's merry band of leftists.
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at November 13, 2006 05:58 PM
Well with elections people really didnt know who to vote for. Some of the Props were confusing so if you dont know what it is you just vote "no" anyways. Most people stay on the fence and then the votes become split votes. Like I learned in My PLS 201 class, votes arent high for primary election.
Posted by: rumeisha06 at December 4, 2006 03:12 AM
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