"We don’t want to play "for the good of the country" anymore" (h/t duskie, a very misguided SM)
In a major shift aimed at the 2006 midterm elections, House Democrats are suddenly closing ranks on big votes, forcing an embattled Republican leadership to eke out victories, where they can, on their own.
On three big votes recently – the energy bill, the FY 2006 Labor, Health and Human Services (HHS) and Education spending bill, and a budget reconciliation bill aimed at $49.5 billion in spending cuts – not a single Democrat voted with Republicans.
"The single biggest development of the year has been in the last few weeks: The decision by Democ-ratic House moderates to align themselves and their futures with Pelosi and [Democratic whip Steny] Hoyer," says Michael Franc, vice president for governmental relations at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank.
In political shorthand, it means that so-called purple Democrats are voting blue, making it tougher for the GOP controlled House to pass its agenda. The new unity in Democratic ranks also exposes more Republican moderates to tough votes that could hurt them in their districts.
Or, to put it another way, these purple Democrats are putting the insane Leftist agenda of hatred over the reason they were voted in to office, ie, to serve the interests of their constituents and the People of the United States. Their Bush Derangement Syndrome has seeped over into an insatiable, and dangerous, ability to ignore what is best for the country, in order to perpetuate Moonbat Nation.
What these purple Democrats fail to realize is the power of todays media, and the ability to get that information out. They also do not take into account the normal non political Americans, who do not like to see this kind of petty political politics which hurts their welfare and pocket books.
"If a Democrat like Gene Taylor [of Mississippi] votes against tax cuts or the president’s efforts to cut the deficit, say, 15 times, that’s a TV ad: Please stop voting at Nancy Pelosi’s direction. Please vote your district," says Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform, an anti-tax group.
"His district thinks he goes to Washington and fights people like Pelosi and the San Francisco liberals. These Democrats [in conservative districts] are fooling themselves if they think no one is watching," he adds.
What he said.
