{"id":3005,"date":"2010-10-01T02:33:03","date_gmt":"2010-10-01T09:33:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=3005"},"modified":"2010-10-01T02:33:03","modified_gmt":"2010-10-01T09:33:03","slug":"new-poll-major-outrage-and-poll-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2010\/10\/01\/new-poll-major-outrage-and-poll-results\/","title":{"rendered":"New Poll, Major Outrage, and Poll Results"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I put up the new poll here to determine our readers\u2019 choice of a replacement for Harry Reid, the Nevada Leg Hound.  The options were gathered here and at BuzzFlash<\/a>.  I got it up just in time, because yesterday, Leg Hound Harry humped Republican legs in his most cowardly move to date.<\/font><\/p>\n

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\"Reid-LegHound\" \u2026Last night, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid decided he’d hold multiple weekly pro-forma Senate sessions during the election-season recess, which will prevent Obama from legally recess appointing his stalled nominees<\/strong>. The reason, according to top Democratic and Republican aides has nothing to do with recess appointments per se, but rather with protecting the rest of Obama’s executive and judicial nominees.<\/p>\n

All presidential nominees expire when Congress adjourns for recess, unless the entire Senate agrees they can be carried over to the next session. Obama’s had to renominate several of his picks after recent recesses because of this obscure rule, and with Republicans, and even some Democrats, objecting to so much these days, Reid’s decision will allow all of Obama’s nominees to remain valid when the Senate returns in November\u2026 [emphasis added<\/em>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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A far better tactic would be to allow Obama\u2019s nominees to expire, change the Senate rules, outlawing the filibuster and personal holds as allowed in the first session ion January, and confirming them all.  In the meantime, Obama could have made mass recess appointments.  Now, although they let a few of the non controversial nominees through, Republicans will go back to blocking the nominees, and they will expire after the lame duck session anyway.<\/font><\/p>\n

Keith Olbermann was just as angry as I am in his interview with Ezra Klein.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Reid must be replaced!<\/font><\/p>\n

On our Teabaggers poll, here are the results.<\/font><\/p>\n

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And here are your comments.<\/font><\/p>\n

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From <\/span>SoINeedAName<\/span> on <\/span>September 16, 2010 at 2:31 pm<\/span>.  <\/span><\/p>\n

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It’s only good: Either the American public will wake-up and do the right thing and show the Teapublicans the door – or if certifiable Teahadist hateriots get elected I’ll know to start checking visa requirements on becoming an expat. (I’ll give it to the 2012 elections, but my Passport is always kept current.)<\/p>\n

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From <\/span>Annette<\/span> on <\/span>September 16, 2010 at 7:02 am<\/span>.  <\/span><\/p>\n

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With the mood of this country, it is really hard to say if they will hurt or help. Most of them seem so over the top to me and others, but that seems to be what the people of the right want. I don’t think we will know until after the General Election. <\/p>\n

I would think just these candidates would mobilize the left… but am not sure they are even paying attention. <\/p>\n

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From <\/span>TWM<\/span> on <\/span>September 16, 2010 at 6:23 am<\/span>.  <\/span><\/p>\n

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If the left sits this one out it does not matter one whit who they nominate, even a corporation, they will win.<\/p>\n

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From <\/span>Lisa G.<\/span> <\/span>in reply to<\/span> <\/span>TWM<\/span> on <\/span>September 22, 2010 at 8:10 am<\/span>.  <\/span><\/p>\n

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I’m with you on that, TWM.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I voted good, because they define who the Republicans are, but usually won\u2019t admit.<\/font><\/p>\n

If you\u2019re new here, the new poll is at the top of the right sidebar.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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