Jim DeMint’s Amendment to Ban Vote Buying (Bribes) with Earmarks Pork Fails 53 to 46

What a shock, Democrats in Senate vote against bribery and vote buying.

By a 53 to 46 vote, the Senate voted down Demint’s amendment that would have banned the practice of vote buying (cash for cloture) with the promise of pork barrel earmarks. Democrats will go into the 2010 and 2012 elections as the party of bribes, kickbacks and pork.

What is most interesting is that most all Republican amendment have failed along partisan Democrat party lines. However, the DeMint amendment managed to get 7 Democrats yea votes. And look who the seven Democrats were:

Bayh (D-IN)
Feingold (D-WI)
McCaskill (D-MO)
Merkley (D-OR)
Nelson (D-NE)
Warner (D-VA)
Webb (D-VA)

Virginia Democrat Senators Warner and Webb are in fear for their political lives after they saw what just happened in VA during the 2009 Governor’s elections where Republicans won by 20%+.  The Corn Husker kick back Ben Nelson actually had the audacity to vote yea after being the focal point of the reason why the amendment was offered in the first place. But alas the amendment only pertained to future bills, not Nelson’s cash for cloture vote.

And speaking of Ben Nelson, Hot Air provides us with some video of the Governor of Nebraska ripping Nelson a new one.

Of course the Republican backed amendment challenging the health care bill’s constitutionality also failed along a party line vote, 39-60.

Here’s Nebraska’s governor laying into him last night on Greta. When was the last time you saw a state official ripping one of his own senators for succeeding in getting a special federal favor for the state?

A challenge to the Senate health bill’s constitutionality failed on Wednesday afternoon in a party-line vote.

Sens. John Ensign (R-Nev.) and Orrin Hatch’s (R-Utah) point of order arguing that the Senate bill is unconstitutional under the Interstate Commerce Clause and Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution failed in a 39-60 vote.

The vote was the first in a series Wednesday afternoon as senators prepared to invoke cloture for final passage of the Senate’s health bill.

Tea Party Movement More Popular Than Democrats & Republicans

So the Tea Party movement is not astro-turf after all, eh? All Democrats and spineless Republicans have managed to so is awake a “Sleeping” Giant!

Americans are ready to take their country back in 2010 … Real CHANGE you can believe in. Tea Party Fever … Catch It!

You mean the Tea Party movement is actually being looked at by the MSM as a viable entity? Really? With just like every story that does not fit the liberal MSM agenda, once again the lame street media is late to the game and the story. Funny, the Left, Democrats and the media have tried to marginalize the Tea Party Movement.

The media has never understood, better yet they never wanted to believe that Americans would be so angered and engaged that they would rise up and make politicians responsible to “WE THE PEOPLE”.

All are about to learn a lesson in humility, civics and that politicians work for the people.

According to a recent NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, Tea Party movement is more popular than either the Democratic or the Republican parties.

Tea Party Nation … Hear them roar

Just how angry is the public with the country’s two leading political parties? Angry enough that the conservative, libertarian-leaning Tea Party movement is more popular than either the Democratic or the Republican parties, according to the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.

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How is that $787 Billion Obama Stimulus Plan Looking Now to Create Jobs & Lower Unemployment … Joblessness Rose in 29 States

How is that “hope and change” looking now on the Obama job creation front?  Hey Obama Administration, It’s about the jobs, stupid …

California, Delaware, South Carolina and Florida registered record rates of unemployment in October, 2009. Worse yet, joblessness rose in 29 states in October as compared to 22 states the previous month.  What happened to all those shovel ready jobs from the $787 billion stimulus plan?

Jobs created because he said he did

Joblessness rose in 29 U.S. states last month compared with 22 in September, the Labor Department said today in Washington. Michigan had the highest jobless rate at 15.1 percent, followed by Nevada at 13 percent and Rhode Island at 12.9 percent.

The national rate last month reached a 26-year high of 10.2 percent, weighing on consumer spending that accounts for about 70 percent of the economy. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said Nov. 17 that joblessness “likely will decline only slowly,” a reason policy makers will keep interest rates near zero to ensure growth is sustained.

The United States is staring at a 10.2% unemployment rate; however, that does not reflect that actual number of unemployed workers. The real unemployment number is 17.5%.

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What Democrats Can Expect from Not Listening to We the People … Loss of Congress & Presidency to Republicans

2010 early election polls you can believe in …

DEMOCRATS … Do not say that you were not warned. The polling trend has begun, 2010 represents change we can all believe in as Obama and Democrats have completely misread and overstated their change mandate.

The One, could be One and Done in 2012 … 58% say next President likely Republican

Democrats in Congress and President Obama have not understood the common thread of the fire and anger expressed by “We the People” in town hall meetings and Tea Parties when it comes to taxes, deficits, spending and government take over. It is “We the People” that can hire you and “We the People” can FIRE YOU!

Just so that Barack Obama, Axelrod and the rest of Obama’s spin machine and minions understand what the 2009 year elections means … read it an weep. According to a recent Rasmussen Poll, 58% of American voter say it is at least somewhat likely the next president of the United States will be a Republican. Forgive me President Obama, but that 58% represents a greater mandate than what you were elected with in 2008. It would appear that “We the People” wish to make another change and it does not include you. Forget the fact that Republicans obviously overwhelmingly expect the next President to be Republican, it’s the 60% of unaffiliated voters that The Obamamessiah needs to concern himself with.

Sixty-six percent (66%) of men expect the next president to be a Republican, compared to 52% of women.

Eighty-five percent (85%) of Republicans see a member of their party winning the presidency as likely, including 57% who see it as very likely. Sixty percent (60%) of voters not affiliated with either major party think they’re right, but just 31% of Democrats agree.

Barack Obama finds himself with a Daily Presidential Tracking Poll of -10%. Basically, 40% of American voters strongly disapprove of Obama performing his role as President while only 30% strongly approve.

For those of you in Congress, especially the Blue Dog Democrats and other moderate Democrats who think you are in safe districts, 49% of US voters now say it is at least somewhat likely that Republicans will win control of Congress next year.  What a difference a year makes, eh? Last year after the 2008 elections the Republican party was all but dead and Democrats were dancing in the street. The election of Republican governors in Virginia and New Jersey, both states won easily by Obama in 2008 show that there is a shifting trend to Republicans and that no Democrat House or Senate seat is truly safe.

Why does anyone think that 39 Democrats sided with Republicans against Pelosicare? 31 of them represent districts that voted for John McCain over Barack Obama.

Seventy-three percent (73%) of Republicans think it is likely that their party will regain control of the Senate and the House. Just 55% of Democrats say it’s unlikely. Even more telling is that 31% of Republicans say it is very likely, compared to 12% of Democratic voters who rate it as not at all likely.

A plurality (49%) of voters not affiliated with either party see the GOP returning to the majority in Congress.

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46% to 37% Prefer the Current Health Care System Over Obamacare

Mr. President … LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE, they don’t want your Obamacare!

Barack Obama can talk all he wants and spin the facts all he wants regarding Obamacare reform, the American people are not buying it. By 46% to 37%, according to a Fox News Opinion Dynamics poll, most people polled prefer the current health care system to the one the president has proposed. The people simply do not like and do not trust Obama’s plan. The key word here is TRUST! Barack Obama has lost all credibility with the people on healthcare.

Obama has made numerous speeches on his government takeover health care reform and he is changing no one’s opinion. At this point his speeches on healthcare look more like desperation that an honest debate.  For one thing, no one is buying that healthcare will not ad a dime to the deficit. The time for campaigning is over Mr. President, “We the People: have spoke.

Most Americans see no upside for their family in the health care reforms being considered in Washington and don’t believe President Obama when he says his plan won’t add “one dime” to the federal deficit. The majority of Americans believe they will have to make changes to their health care coverage if the president’s plan is passed.

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