{"id":2250,"date":"2010-07-15T01:25:28","date_gmt":"2010-07-15T08:25:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=2250"},"modified":"2010-07-15T01:25:28","modified_gmt":"2010-07-15T08:25:28","slug":"ive-got-some-major-backup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2010\/07\/15\/ive-got-some-major-backup\/","title":{"rendered":"I&rsquo;ve Got Some Major backup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Yesterday I <a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/?p=2238\" target=\"_blank\">shared<\/a> how the entire Republican Party if off the deep end about balancing the budget.&#160; It\u2019s a rare day when I cover something in the morning and both Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow do the same afternoon.&#160; Here\u2019s their take on it.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Keith with Ezra Klein:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><object width=\"420\" height=\"245\" id=\"msnbc60b3e1\" classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=10,0,0,0\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/32545640\" \/><param name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"launch=38251985^0^335934&amp;width=420&amp;height=245\"><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"opaque\" \/><embed name=\"msnbc60b3e1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/32545640\" width=\"420\" height=\"245\" FlashVars=\"launch=38251985^0^335934&amp;width=420&amp;height=245\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" wmode=\"opaque\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" pluginspage=\"http:\/\/www.adobe.com\/shockwave\/download\/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash\"><\/embed><\/object><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 5px; width: 420px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; color: #999; font-size: 11px\">Visit msnbc.com for <a style=\"border-bottom: #999 1px dotted; height: 13px; color: #5799db !important; font-weight: normal !important; text-decoration: none !important\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\" target=\"_blank\">breaking news<\/a>, <a style=\"border-bottom: #999 1px dotted; height: 13px; color: #5799db !important; font-weight: normal !important; text-decoration: none !important\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/3032507\" target=\"_blank\">world news<\/a>, and <a style=\"border-bottom: #999 1px dotted; height: 13px; color: #5799db !important; font-weight: normal !important; text-decoration: none !important\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/3032072\" target=\"_blank\">news about the economy<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">That graphic was too good not to find and share.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/20100217cbppdeficit.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px; 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margin-top: 5px; width: 420px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; color: #999; font-size: 11px\">Visit msnbc.com for <a style=\"border-bottom: #999 1px dotted; height: 13px; color: #5799db !important; font-weight: normal !important; text-decoration: none !important\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\" target=\"_blank\">breaking news<\/a>, <a style=\"border-bottom: #999 1px dotted; height: 13px; color: #5799db !important; font-weight: normal !important; text-decoration: none !important\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/3032507\" target=\"_blank\">world news<\/a>, and <a style=\"border-bottom: #999 1px dotted; height: 13px; color: #5799db !important; font-weight: normal !important; text-decoration: none !important\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/3032072\" target=\"_blank\">news about the economy<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Republican logic holds up no better that her stick on.&#160; If the Republicans get their way, they will more than triple the deficit.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><strong><font color=\"#0000ff\">Every Republican in office is one Republican too many!<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I shared how the entire Republican Party if off the deep end about balancing the budget.&#160; 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