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January 27th, 2009:

A Second Look: Under The Radar: Congress — McCain votes against Confirming Geithner After Saying He Supports Him

Jan 27th, 2009
by Tom.
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The Progress Report wrote:

Breaking Free From Rush

From: The Progress Report [progress@americanprogressaction.org]
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 9:03 AM
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Subject: Breaking Free From Rush
CONGRESS — McCAIN VOTES AGAINST CONFIRMING GEITHNER AFTER SAYING HE WOULD SUPPORT HIM: Yesterday, the Senate confirmed former New York Federal Reserve president Timothy Geithner as the new Treasury Secretary with a vote of 60 to 34. Geithner was sworn in last night by President Obama, who said, “Tim’s work and the work of the entire Treasury Department must begin at once.” Thirty Republicans, including Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), voted against Geithner in their “first organized attempt to embarrass President Obama,” noted Politico. McCain’s vote, however, contradicts the position he took last week when CNN’s Larry King asked him if he would vote for Geithner. “Yes. Most likely,” he replied, adding that though he was “concerned about this tax issue and also the role that he played in the TARP,” he believed that the president should “be able to appoint the president’s team.” Last week, McCain stepped in to help another one of Obama’s nominees, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, whose confirmation had been delayed in a procedural move by Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX). “I think the message that the American people are sending us right now is that they want us to work together and get to work,” said McCain.

I have said over and over that John McCain is not a maverick, he is however, a hypocrite of the highest order. He sold his soul to the neo-cons for votes during the campaign. He picked a running mate he would never have considered in a million years had in not been for those very same neo-cons he should out to. I have been calling him “Weathervane” McCain since 2006. I think it fits.

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A Second Look: Breaking Free From Rush

Jan 27th, 2009
by Tom.
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The Progress Report wrote:

Breaking Free From Rush

Rush Limbaugh


From: The Progress Report [progress@americanprogressaction.org]
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 9:03 AM
To: tomc2322
Subject: Breaking Free From Rush
HOPING FOR FAILURE: Limbaugh’s recent comment saying that he hopes Obama fails as president is deeply hypocritical. Conservatives long claimed that any criticism of President Bush’s policies was evidence that liberals “want[ed] Bush to fail.” For example, during the debate over Iraq, perhaps the most frequent right-wing talking point was that liberals wanted to “surrender.” This straw man argument, of course, had no basis in reality. Yet today, with a progressive at the country’s helm, Limbaugh is perfectly content saying that he wants the President to fail at reviving the economy.The comment also underscores just how radical Limbaugh is. Even fellow conservative talk radio host Bill Bennett hinted at disagreement, stating, “The locution ‘I want him to fail‘ is not what you say the first week the man’s been inaugurated.” Limbaugh also remarked last week, “We are being told that we have to hope he succeeds, that we have to bend over, grab the ankles, bend over forward, backward, whichever, because his father was black, because this is the first black president.

The sooner we realize that Rush Limbaugh is no longer relevant the sooner we can get about the business of post-partisanship and move into a period of hatchet burying. Rush doesn’t seem to get it. We on the left never stated that we wanted Bush to fail. Through all of our protesting of the Bush regime all we did was to bear witness to Bush’s own failures. We did not have a hand in any of it. The last two elections have proved that Republicanism and Rush Limbaugh are no longer the pillars that they seemed to be. Republicanism is dying a very public death and that puts Rush on a sinking ship.

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A Second Look: The Diageo/Hotline Poll: President Obama Starts With High Approval, Strong Support for Stimulus

Jan 27th, 2009
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Diageo | Hotline Poll wrote:

The Diageo/Hotline Poll: President Obama Starts With High Approval, Strong Support for Stimulus


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PRESIDENT OBAMA’S JOB APPROVAL RATING IS AT 63%

Voters Have Enormous Confidence in Obama to Bring “Change” and are “Inspired” by His Election and Inauguration

Poll Finds Broad Support for and Confidence in Stimulus Package

But Most Don’t Expect Economic Recovery until Mid-way through Obama’s First Term

New York, January 27, 2009 – With one week into a new presidential administration, a substantial majority of Americans approve of the job Barack Obama is doing as president.

The Diageo/Hotline Poll of 800 registered voters conducted by FD from January 21-24, 2009, finds that 63% of voters say they approve of the job Barack Obama is doing as President, with 42% saying they “strongly approve.”

Voters Are Confident He Will Bring “Real Change” to Washington

The Poll finds that 75% of voters are “confident” that President Obama will bring “real change to the way things are done in Washington, D.C.” This represents a nine-point increase from the 66% of voters who said they were “confident” in his ability to bring real change in the Diageo/Hotline Poll conducted immediately after the Presidential Election.

The Poll also finds that 76% of voters hold a favorable impression of President Obama, while only 15% of voters hold an unfavorable impression.

Wonderful news. Obama enjoys a higher approval rating than Ronald Reagan.

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