{"id":32777,"date":"2013-03-13T13:44:31","date_gmt":"2013-03-13T19:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/03\/13\/cmon-charlie-brown-just-kick-the-football.html"},"modified":"2013-03-13T13:44:31","modified_gmt":"2013-03-13T19:44:31","slug":"cmon-charlie-brown-just-kick-the-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/03\/13\/cmon-charlie-brown-just-kick-the-football.html","title":{"rendered":"C'mon, Charlie Brown! Just kick the football!"},"content":{"rendered":"
I expect Senate Democrats to take the bold, united, forthright action that GOP intransigence and betrayal\u00a0warrant.<\/p>\n

Ha! Who am I kidding? \u00a0I don't expect them to do a bloody thing, between people who want to "make nice" and people who are terrified they won't have the same powers when they become the minority party (not that they'd be likely to use them).<\/p>\n

Nice way to collaborate with making the government broken, Dems.<\/p>\n

Reshared post from +Talking Points Memo<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Democrats are fuming over recent GOP filibusters. Should they revisit the issue?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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Senate Dems Weigh Consequences For GOP Filibusters Of Key Nominees<\/a>
\n Senate Democratic leaders have engaged in preliminary discussions about how to address Republican procedural obstruction, according to a senior Democratic aide, reflecting an awareness that key admini…\n <\/p>\n

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I expect Senate Democrats to take the bold, united, forthright action that GOP intransigence and betrayal\u00a0warrant. Ha! Who am I kidding? \u00a0I don't expect them to do a bloody thing, between people who want to "make nice" and people who are terrified they won't have the same powers when they become the minority party (not … Continue reading “C'mon, Charlie Brown! Just kick the football!”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":23772,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/15\/as-if-you-thought-wed-be-bound-to-some-deal-we-agreed-to.html","url_meta":{"origin":32777,"position":0},"title":"As if you thought we'd be bound to some "deal" we agreed to","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 15-Nov-11 11:03pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Remember the whole grand compromise kick-the-can super-committee that the GOP agreed to with the Dems on how to deal with the deficit (why we're bothering with the deficit when the problem is jobs remains a mystery) thing? 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Santorum took almost everything else (except\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":49478,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/02\/02\/what-an-actual-gop-heath-insurance-reform-plan-inconceivable.html","url_meta":{"origin":32777,"position":5},"title":"What? An actual GOP Heath Insurance Reform Plan? Inconceivable!","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 2-Feb-15 5:26pm","format":false,"excerpt":"But true! And what does it do?A. Keep all the cool things from Obamacare that people say they like. (E.g., insurance companies can't deny coverage based on a pre-existing condition.).B. 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