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Topic: Senate’s pragmatic ranks
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Senate’s pragmatic ranks
depleted by one with
Chambliss’s departure
Washington Post, by Paul Kane
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Posted By:Dreadnought, 1/26/2013 11:19:52 PM
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| The trio of Southern gentlemen came to the Senate together in 2003, the leading edge of a renegade Republican class set on shaking up the chamber’s staid ways and aggressively promoting the Bush White House’s conservative agenda. Ten years later, Sens. Lamar Alexander (Tenn.), Saxby Chambliss (Ga.) and Lindsey O. Graham (S.C.) are now establishment dealmakers and elder statesmen — roles that earn them respect in Washington but could lead to tough challenges from fellow Republicans when they run for re-election next year.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
john56, 1/26/2013 11:24:49 PM (No. 9141502)
Washington Post: We Love RINOS.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Axeman, 1/26/2013 11:29:53 PM (No. 9141507)
Yeah, I always think of WaPo when I look for advise on pragmatism.
Not.
Lindsey Graham?
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
texaspast, 1/26/2013 11:39:45 PM (No. 9141525)
But I thought the TEA party was dead and buried, WaPo?
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
zephyrgirl, 1/27/2013 12:09:11 AM (No. 9141562)
A republican who´s respected in Washington is a RINO who craves approval from the WA Compost, the NY Slimes, and his democrat colleagues.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
bubber, 1/27/2013 12:44:01 AM (No. 9141582)
Dr. Price is going to run...probable get it...
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
LanieLou, 1/27/2013 1:15:39 AM (No. 9141599)
I pray DeMint, West, Cain & Palin work together to form a 3rd party... The Heritage Party. The GOP leadership has sold us out... removing Tea Partiers from committees was a negotiating tactic that Boehner gave Obama. It´s over.
We can never win another election unless election reform changes the way we vote. Obama & Holder gave SS info to his re-election miscreants. The voting machines are managed by a Soro´s group that programs them.
The GOP has done nothing to curb abuses of the constitution. It took an appeals court to finally said no to Obama´s abuse...
The Heritage Party could work to protect the Constitution & Christians, before Obama´s miscreants demonize us out of existence.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
miceal, 1/27/2013 1:30:56 AM (No. 9141606)
Went to the Circut Clerk´s office on Friday to dis enroll myself from the Republican Party. Found out that here in Mississippi you DO NOT register to vote by Party...you just register. I didn´t know that. My chief clerk said "sorry, you´ll just have to yell at the RNC when they call you...like I do." Made my day....
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
HisHandmaiden, 1/27/2013 2:20:49 AM (No. 9141642)
Southern Gentlemen... he is not...
[They are astute, uncompromising, yet persuasive...
ask Rhett...]
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Spidey, 1/27/2013 3:53:22 AM (No. 9141693)
The media and the left are all distraught over the deal makers and moderates getting out of the senate.In a lot of cases the dems need to pluck off a handful of republicans to get to 60 votes.That´s not even a problem anymore because Reid has bullied McConnell into accepting some kind of moderated filibuster rule.
Every time an issue comes up that rubs the left the wrong way,they unleash armies of activists and lawyers to challenge it.The right just says,uh ok,maybe next election.
Liberals might be stupid in every other way imaginable but they figure out how to steal other people´s money. They also have the tech wizzes who can figure out the semantics of a voting machine and rig it.
It´s funny when the left lost,it was Diebold´s machine´s fault. Now they work just fine when the left wins.
The left can create a national database on gun owners in about 5 minutes,we should be able to do the same thing with legal voter´s ID with a barcode,so you can only vote once and legally.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
tulipwood, 1/27/2013 5:38:08 AM (No. 9141738)
Lindsey, you´re next.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
judy, 1/27/2013 6:11:03 AM (No. 9141755)
The only time WP loves repubs is when they are leaving.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
philsner, 1/27/2013 7:36:13 AM (No. 9141835)
Remember that the media labeled McCain a "maverick".
"Senator! When are you coming back to sit on the right side of the aisle?´
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
MisterDickens, 1/27/2013 7:54:45 AM (No. 9141851)
I like it, #6, The Heritage Party.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
coldoc, 1/27/2013 8:01:44 AM (No. 9141857)
I fail to see where the republican party represents my values, interests, or concerns. They have tried to stomp out the tea party like an annoying brush fire instead of incorporating their input into a platform. Its time to retire the GOP.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
WinMag, 1/27/2013 8:04:16 AM (No. 9141863)
He´s no loss. I wrote him a letter asking him why he voted to confirm Holder, no response. I hope Herman Cain runs for his seat.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
gabula, 1/27/2013 8:45:31 AM (No. 9141928)
I wish Marsha Blackburn would primary Alexander.
Gabula
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