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All is Forgiven, Charlie Rangel
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Charlie Rangel was censured in the well of the House a year ago. It didn’t take him long to get his virginity back. Party bigwigs showed up recently to to support him as he sold access to donors for $500 to $5000. Dana Milbank has the play by play in the Washington Post.
Rebuttal
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Nancy Pelosi is offended that Republicans won’t tear themselves away from the game tonight to complain about Obama’s speech.
Kick the Can
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Here’s Obama telling congress not to kick the can down the road. Here’s Obama kicking the can down the road last February. Here’s the can. It’s big.
Lockdown
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The Democrats accused the Republicans of murdering women and children. The president scolded everyone and called for grownups. Meanwhile Paul Ryan slipped through the back door with a plan to rein in entitlements with $6 trillion in cuts through 2021.
Staying Power
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Nancy Pelosi seems to think nothing is changing except her job title – from “Speaker of the House” to “Minority Leader”. Not all members of her party are going with the flow. Mike Quigley of Illinois tells the Boston Globe she’s “politically toxic”.
My political pledge – no more melting metaphors. UPDATE: Here’s a good explainer by David Broder about how the Democratic leadership changed its rules to avoid change.
Failure to Communicate
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Maybe a 55th speech on Obamacare would have set us straight. The Democrats blamed their problems on poor communication to the end.
Foreclosure
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Here’s a WP discussion about why a foreclosure moratorium would prevent house values from finding a bottom.
There’s no moratorium on the political race to the bottom. The Real Clear Politics average poll value of Congress is 20.5% approve 72.8% disapprove.
New Math
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The House returned from vacation to pass a $26 billion bail-out for the dues paying, campaign funding, men and women who educate our children. According to USA Today, federal workers make more than you. Teachers aren’t federal workers but neither is the city manager of Bell, California (pop 40,000). He earned even more vacation and sick time than teachers, clocking in at 28 weeks, and way more in salary – $800,000 per year! He lost his job when word got out thanks to the LA Times. Now he has to make do with a $600,000 per year pension. Bail-out for California, anyone?