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Originally Posted by AngusJS
The way he acted throughout the process gives the impression that he's doing this out of spite for being primaried.
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Or he didn't agree with their methods and means more likely. Does your mangling of his name indicate some personal dislike of the man?
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As it turned out, not really. The Democrats had a ~54 seat majority in the Senate.
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That is a solid majority, especially when you count the RINOs like Snow and Chaffee. Then there is the HoR.
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Of course, I'm not sure Republican policies would be all that much better. In fact, if we had "let them fail" as a lot of conservatives were saying, we might now be wishing we could have just a 10% unemployment rate as opposed to what we'd have if the unchecked financial meltdown had resulted in the China Syndrome.
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This could be true I suppose. In 1929 nothing was done and in the ensuing great depression the unemployment rate went up to 25%. It remains unproven however that today's 10% would have been worse without government interference. It is also no guarantee that it won't get there this year or next.