Fri
Feb 6 2009
08:47 pm
Michael Silence has the scoop. So, is the TNGOP signaling that Republicans don't want to be at the switch when the train runs off the tracks?
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dumb but we'll takes it
dumb but we'll takes it
Call me stupid, but what's
Call me stupid, but what's up with the "vote" thingie?
I think Krumm's on the mark.
I think Krumm's on the mark. Whoever is viewed as being in charge in Nashville will have to deal with the fallout of a budget disaster. Undoubtedly several house republicans, if you caught them in a moment of candor, would concede that the easier path this year is to pass blame rather step up to the plate and put their rhetoric into practice.
Brian A.
I'd rather be cycling.
the vote thing
Rachel,
Bubba has a short explanation under a piece that has "Blue Button" in the title.
Pam Strickland
"We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be." ~Kurt Vonnegut
So you're hoping a
So you're hoping a Republican will take the blame for the mess the Democratic governor has left for him?
Isn't that just a little like Limbaugh hoping Obama will fail?