Comments on: Senator Backs Down From Blocking Obama's Nominees http://blog.locustfork.net/2010/02/senator-backs-down-from-blocking-obamas-nominees/ A Wide Open Weblog for Big News, the Big Picture Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:37:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Yana Davis http://blog.locustfork.net/2010/02/senator-backs-down-from-blocking-obamas-nominees/comment-page-1/#comment-3911 Yana Davis Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:07:54 +0000 http://blog.locustfork.net/?p=6162#comment-3911 This kind of thing may be the name of the game this year for the Republicans in general. They believe, rightly or wrongly, that they can score big in the mid-term elections in November. In order to do that they have to make sure little, if anything, gets done. This is politics in America in 2010, summed up by my favorite Doonesbury quote, "A Darwinian nightmare of competing special interest groups." This kind of thing may be the name of the game this year for the Republicans in general. They believe, rightly or wrongly, that they can score big in the mid-term elections in November. In order to do that they have to make sure little, if anything, gets done.

This is politics in America in 2010, summed up by my favorite Doonesbury quote, “A Darwinian nightmare of competing special interest groups.”

]]> By: Laura Parenteau http://blog.locustfork.net/2010/02/senator-backs-down-from-blocking-obamas-nominees/comment-page-1/#comment-3910 Laura Parenteau Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:33:17 +0000 http://blog.locustfork.net/?p=6162#comment-3910 I certainly gave it a digg. It is truly a good example of the problem with politics today. This country is in a very bad place and we need to unite to support our president in getting business taken care of. Just getting his attention is code for just showing him how much power i have. Makes me sick. I certainly gave it a digg. It is truly a good example of the problem with politics today. This country is in a very bad place and we need to unite to support our president in getting business taken care of. Just getting his attention is code for just showing him how much power i have. Makes me sick.

]]> By: Glynn Wilson http://blog.locustfork.net/2010/02/senator-backs-down-from-blocking-obamas-nominees/comment-page-1/#comment-3909 Glynn Wilson Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:19:54 +0000 http://blog.locustfork.net/?p=6162#comment-3909 Please help us build the Web Press around here. Click on the Truthout story, share it on Facebook, give it a digg at Digg.com. Please help us build the Web Press around here.

Click on the Truthout story, share it on Facebook, give it a digg at Digg.com.

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