Obama tops Bush at ducking reporters; No formal press conference in 215 days...
Shouldn't "transparency" include questions from the press? Of course it should.
Oil above $80...
Obama has done nothing to prevent crude oil from rising to the $140 per barrel price of days gone by. Obama does not seem to understand that rising oil prices hold the potential of defeating any economic gains that may occur during the meantime, a failure (should it happen) for which he and his administration will bear the blame come November, 2010.
The Dems argue that this procedure has been used before and is perfectly acceptable. Our question is this: if what the Dems say is true, why have they not used the process before? They have certainly threatened to do so several times over the course of the past 12 months. Correct answer? Because they know that the procedure allowing for 51 votes is reserved for financial amendments added to existing law, that they will catch all kinds of heat if they pull this high level trick, that many of their own Party members dislike this bill. In other words, the reason why they will misuse the 51 vote rule is because they cannot get enough members of their own party to come on board. We need health care reform. We do not need back room deals that have totaled more than a billion dollars to date. We do not need pertinent health care legislation hidden in other bills such as the Stimulus bill.
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