Former Gov. Howard Dean was in rare form on Fox News Sunday. Before his bizarre meltdown on national television in 2004 he was the front runner for the Democratic nominee for president. He has been known for saying many outrageous things in his career on Sunday he moved the bar.
No one should be surprised. When the Democrat’s newest senator, Carte Goodwin (D-WV) arrived in Washington this week he had already made his position clear. He is from a coal producing state and he had no intention of voting for any climate bill that would cost his state jobs. Period.
There is an old expression in Washington, “I don’t know if I’m going to heaven or hell, but I pray the decision is made by the House Ethic Committee.”
Bill Clinton famously pointed out in 1992, “It’s the economy, stupid.” Apparently the Democrats have forgotten this simple idea.
Moments after being sworn in, Sen. Carte Goodwin (D-WV) got to cast his first vote. It won’t be a moment he will soon forget. His was the deciding “yea” that broke a filibuster of the extension of unemployment benefits by the Republicans. The final tally was 60-40; exactly the minimum required.
The Obama Administration and British Petroleum went eye to eye and the Feds blinked first.
This is one of those silly food fights that breakout in Washington with jarring regularity. Both sides want to see unemployment benefits extended. The Democrats want to put the cost on their MasterCard and leave it for the next generation to payoff. The Republicans want to use some of the billions in unspent stimulus funds instead of adding to the national debt.
On Thursday, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) said “a filibuster is not off the table” with regards to Pres. Obama’s Supreme Court nominee, Elena Kagan. We have to hope he was only kidding or was simply trying to pump up his red meat base. If he was serious, he needs to go back to primary school and learn how to count to 60.
In many ways James White is the typical Republican. Running for the Texas Statehouse from rural East Texas, he is a fiscal conservative and has strong religious beliefs. He is pro-life and pro-gun. He has the backing of the Tea Party. White chafes at the tax burden and regulations coming from both Austin and Washington. The only thing that makes him different is the color of his skin. James White is the rarest of rarities, an African-American Republican.
To a layman like me that seems like the AG is arresting the police while giving the people who drive the getaway car a free pass.