Eisboch wrote:
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On Wed, 08 Nov 2006 04:52:06 GMT, "NOYB" wrote:

Most of the Democrats who won the House races all ran to the right.
Pro-God, pro-life, pro-gun.

That is true. This is still going to be a fairly conservative
congress. Losing guys like Chafee who consistantly voted against Bush
anyway is not scaring him.
Lieberman winning is pushing the DNC back on the war. Dean was on
tonight warning the faithful that we are not leaving Iraq any time
soon. Pity.


Chris Mathews was pushing Dean pretty hard for the democratic "plan" to exit
from Iraq.
Dean was so tongue tied he couldn't answer for a while. Finally, he
muttered something like, "after we get control, we'll figure out something".

Decisive.

Absolutely not true. The Dems have plenty on the table, ready to go in
just the first 100 HOURS:

Franklin Roosevelt had his first hundred days. House Democratic leader
Nancy Pelosi is thinking 100 hours, time enough, she says, to begin to
"drain the swamp" after more than a decade of Republican rule. As in
the first 100 hours the House meets after Democrats in her fondest wish
win control in the Nov. 7 midterm elections and Pelosi takes the gavel
as the first Madam Speaker in history.

Day One: Put new rules in place to "break the link between lobbyists
and legislation."

Day Two: Enact all the recommendations made by the commission that
investigated the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

Time remaining until 100 hours: Raise the minimum wage to $7.25 an
hour, maybe in one step. Cut the interest rate on student loans in
half. Allow the government to negotiate directly with the
pharmaceutical companies for lower drug prices for Medicare patients.
Broaden the types of stem cell research allowed with federal funds "I
hope with a veto-proof majority," she added in an Associated Press
interview Thursday.

All the days after that: "Pay as you go," meaning no increasing the
deficit, whether the issue is middle class tax relief, health care or
some other priority. To do that, she said, Bush-era tax cuts would have
to be rolled back for those above "a certain level." She mentioned
annual incomes of $250,000 or $300,000 a year and higher, and said tax
rates for those individuals might revert to those of the Clinton era.
Details will have to be worked out, she emphasized. "We believe in the
marketplace," Pelosi said of Democrats, then drew a contrast with
Republicans. "They have only rewarded wealth, not work."