October 23, 2006



IMPEACH BUSH




IMPEACH CHENEY


NO CONCESSIONS TO REPUBLICANS

If Democrats take Congress back in November, the way I hope they will, I hope we don't get a lot of hot air about bipartisanship. It's not just because I detest the Republican party and their lies and bullying since taking Congress in 1994. It's because bipartisanship Republican style is not in the interests of most of us in this country. Congress should do what we want, and if that means steamrolling Republicans so be it. This column by Paul Krugman is at www.welcome-to-pottersville.blogspot.com:

There are those who say that a confrontational stance will backfire politically on the Democrats. These are by and large the same people who told Democrats that attacking the Bush administration over Iraq would backfire in the midterm elections. Enough said.

Political considerations aside, American voters deserve to have their views represented in Congress. And according to opinion polls, most Americans are actually to the left of Congressional Democrats on issues such as health care.

In particular, the public wants politicians to stand up to corporate interests. This is clear from the latest Newsweek poll, which shows overwhelming public support for the agenda Nancy Pelosi has laid out for her first 100 hours if she becomes House speaker. The strongest support is for her plan to have Medicare negotiate with drug companies for lower prices, which is supported by 74 percent of Americans — and by 70 percent of Republicans!