among those voting for this resolution against the debt ceiling increase are a huge number of Republican U.S. Representatives who, only a little over a month ago voted in favor of the debt ceiling increase. They flip flopped on the issue, stating that they were for the increase of the debt ceiling before they were against it.
Barack Obama wants to attract Republican voters to his campaign, and so he is continuing his shift to the Right, away from the progressive voters who gained him the Democratic nomination. Obama is supporting offshore drilling not because it’s the right thing to do, but because it’s the politically convenient thing to do at this particular moment.
Senator Whitehouse represents Rhode Island – a progressive state. There is no plausible argument for the claim that Whitehouse needed to vote for the FISA Amendments Act because of constituent pressure. Whitehouse merely capitulated to George W. Bush for personal reasons. For that reason, Sheldon Whitehouse has been declared the sorriest senator ever.
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