Comments on: The Bailout & Congressional Convenience http://themoderatevoice.com/22877/the-bailout-congressional-convenience/ An Internet hub for moderates, centrists, and independents, with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, and right Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:17:26 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: jchem http://themoderatevoice.com/22877/the-bailout-congressional-convenience/comment-page-1/#comment-153816 jchem Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:15:57 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/at-tmv/newsweek-blogitics/22877/the-bailout-congressional-convenience/#comment-153816 "The GOP will lose the election if the dems take their time with this financial package"<br><br>I think you're making Michael's point for him. Is this really about the election or the economy? The Dems are in just as much of a hurry to get out of town as the Repubs are. Besides, each of them need to do something before adjourning so they can go home and brag to their constituents about how they were "fighting" for all of them...<br><br>I think the best thing that can happen is for everyone to take their time--throw the adjournment out the window. $700B isn't just some loose change at the bottom of the bucket after all. “The GOP will lose the election if the dems take their time with this financial package”

I think you're making Michael's point for him. Is this really about the election or the economy? The Dems are in just as much of a hurry to get out of town as the Repubs are. Besides, each of them need to do something before adjourning so they can go home and brag to their constituents about how they were “fighting” for all of them…

I think the best thing that can happen is for everyone to take their time–throw the adjournment out the window. $700B isn't just some loose change at the bottom of the bucket after all.

]]> By: Silhouette http://themoderatevoice.com/22877/the-bailout-congressional-convenience/comment-page-1/#comment-153805 Silhouette Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:15:45 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/at-tmv/newsweek-blogitics/22877/the-bailout-congressional-convenience/#comment-153805 Congress is made up of two dominant parties. The democrats stand to gain immensely if they take great detailed time and come up with a "Trickle Up" plan that assists mortgagees, that then assists banks and real estate value, that then assists Wallstreet eventually.<br><br>The dems stand to gain if they enact legislation that brings jobs home (the root of why people cannot afford their mortgages). If the dems stood their ground with the one party that is very interested in rapid and foolhardy resolution (a la The French Revolution) to duct tape our economy by saddling the poor taxpayer even further, the dems will not need to spend one minute campaigning.<br><br>Now there is a party in Congress that is pushing for rapid (I think the GOP Treasury Secretary said the work "rapid" like 50 times in today's speech..maybe more, I lost count..) "resolution" to our financial crises. Why? Because if the press lingers too long on the fine details of why we're in this mess to begin with, the GOP will lose the election.<br><br>The GOP will lose the election if the dems take their time with this financial package.<br><br>Now I've said that twice. And I've given strategic advice in the past that people have laughed at, like getting Clinton on the ticket. Now people wish she was there, and how..<br><br>Let's see if democrats are smart enough to figure out just how they own the GOP at this juncture. People say this resolution shouldn't be about partisan politics. I say exactly the opposite. It is our golden cubic centemeter of chance. Let's see if Congressional democrats are smart enough to notice it... Congress is made up of two dominant parties. The democrats stand to gain immensely if they take great detailed time and come up with a “Trickle Up” plan that assists mortgagees, that then assists banks and real estate value, that then assists Wallstreet eventually.

The dems stand to gain if they enact legislation that brings jobs home (the root of why people cannot afford their mortgages). If the dems stood their ground with the one party that is very interested in rapid and foolhardy resolution (a la The French Revolution) to duct tape our economy by saddling the poor taxpayer even further, the dems will not need to spend one minute campaigning.

Now there is a party in Congress that is pushing for rapid (I think the GOP Treasury Secretary said the work “rapid” like 50 times in today's speech..maybe more, I lost count..) “resolution” to our financial crises. Why? Because if the press lingers too long on the fine details of why we're in this mess to begin with, the GOP will lose the election.

The GOP will lose the election if the dems take their time with this financial package.

Now I've said that twice. And I've given strategic advice in the past that people have laughed at, like getting Clinton on the ticket. Now people wish she was there, and how..

Let's see if democrats are smart enough to figure out just how they own the GOP at this juncture. People say this resolution shouldn't be about partisan politics. I say exactly the opposite. It is our golden cubic centemeter of chance. Let's see if Congressional democrats are smart enough to notice it…

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