16 July 2010 politics PM

Here is some cool pro-Obama fluff (as well as some legislative accomplishments; some which are substantial though might not go far enough)

The Democrats have a nice 2010 issue:

I posted this on Daily Kos:

I don’t see this on the front page or in a diary so I’ll post this gaffe from Rep. John Boehner: if in power, the Republicans would set a moratorium on all new federal regulations! In other words, they’d try to bring back the conditions that got us into this economic mess to begin with.

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I don’t see this on the front page or in a diary so I’ll post this gaffe from Rep. John Boehner: if in power, the Republicans would set a moratorium on all new federal regulations! In other words, they’d try to bring back the conditions that got us into this economic mess to begin with. Source below the fold:

Via Gawker.com:

Now maybe he was just trying to be nice to the particular businessman who asked him about this, someone who has no idea how the federal government or society operates:

House Minority Leader John A. Boehner on Friday endorsed a one-year moratorium on almost all new federal regulations, an idea he said would create jobs by ending uncertainty among businesses fearful of new federal mandates.

Boehner made the suggestion in the Capitol after a 90-minute session with a group of business leaders gathered as part of America Speaking Out, the House Republicans’ effort to solicit ideas across the country for a fall campaign platform.

One of the participants at the roundtable raised the idea and Boehner said afterward, “Having a moratorium on new federal regulations is a great idea. It sends a wonderful signal to the private sector that they’ll have some breathing room.”

It’s bizarre how these business leaders, who must be very well educated and capable of critical thought, keep thinking that Obama is coming after all businesses, one by one, until Western Civilization has been pulverized entirely.

Eugene Robinson on Countdown said it very well: if Democrats can’t run on this, we may as well become a one party system.

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