Question (at 13:35 mark): Senator, I was wondering, I know you and Barbara Boxer have butted heads a few times and it looks like the election (in California for US Senate) is getting pretty close. Do you have any comments on that?
Senator Inhofe: The only problem with that election out there is she’s the beneficiary of three Republicans who are trying to beat up each other. I wish we had one Republican. Frankly, I don’t care who it is. I used to say, “Defeating Barbara Boxer is not a victory, it’s a contribution to humankind.” We need to get her defeated by anyone who’s out there. So I hope the strongest one who would wage the best campaign against her would go ahead and win.
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It's Wednesday night (party night at the White House) and Barack Obama is hanging out with ten House
Democrats who voted against the health care bill in November at the
White House.
One of those members is Jim Matheson, representing Utah's 2nd District. Jim has already voted against his own party's
reform plan twice. First, in the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Second, on the floor
of the House, saying it didn't do enough to control long-term costs. So, what would make him change his vote this time around? Could it be that Obamacare 3.0 promises to control long-term costs? Or could it have something to do today's White House press release?
“Scott Matheson is a distinguished candidate for the
Tenth Circuit court,” President Obama said. “Both his legal and
academic credentials are impressive and his commitment to judicial
integrity is unwavering. I am honored to nominate this lifelong Utahn
to the federal bench.”
Romney endorses McCain over J.D. in the Cactus Contest. Why? Did McCain dig up some dirt on him in the '08 primary? Here's what Rush thinks:
I like Mitt Romney, but I think he’s risking his career
over a guy, endorsing McCain, who is so out of step with what’s going on
right now. McCain’s always conservative when he’s running for
reelection in Arizona. The tea parties have produced a wave of
conservatism that have swept Republicans-in-name-only aside. I
understand Palin endorsing McCain. She’s got no choice. Loyalty, plus
if she doesn’t the media will cream her, “Oh, he’s good enough to be
president but you won’t endorse him to be Senator?” And it’s
understandable Romney would endorse Brown, but I don’t understand Romney
endorsing McCain. I just don’t think it’s going to fly. These
endorsements are unnecessary. What is there to gain by this? Look,
it’s unfortunate, but people are weeding themselves out of the
process all the while engaging in this kind of behavior. So in
one sense it has a cleansing aspect to it…
This is what I’m telling you now, I tried to say that the Republican
Party is trying to fight this off right now, they’re trying to fight off
the tea party people. They’re trying to avoid being run over by them.
Nobody is willingly going to give up a position of leadership they
think they hold and a lot of people, it’s very difficult for people to
change their core. Now, again, with Romney endorsing McCain, this is
all about the future. This is Romney wanting McCain’s endorsement in
2012 if he runs for president. This is all about Republicans hanging
together and this is one of the things that irritates people, especially
new arrivals, to what is considered to be the same old politics. It
is tone deaf, it’s suicidal, at least it seems to me, but at
least you find out where people think things are important early on in a
process like this so it’s got its value even though it does make you
mad…
Okay, so imagine you got this tent, and we all know that McCain is
still ticked off that he didn’t win the presidency, and he’s still
ticked off that he had to fight so hard to win the nomination. So 2012
comes along, let’s say McCain loses the Senate run, so now he’s out
there really ticked off, and some people just might — just throwing this
out there, I’m not trying to convince you of this. I don’t even know
if it’s true or even accurate. But maybe they’re just figuring down the
road they’d rather have McCain not outside the tent throwing bombs at
‘em, rather have him inside the tent doing whatever he’s doing, I think
either way it’s irrelevant because I think you’re right, the era of
McCain’s over.
Eric Cantor (R-VA) issued the following news release that contrasts the Democrats' $862 billion failed stimulus with the reality faced by millions of Americans.
Here is a list of congressmen that MUST GO for passing the failed stimulus:
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