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I'd offer the deal

... to Olympia Snowe. If she asked me to invite her partner Susan Collins, I'd give her that. I'd even offer the deal to Kay Bailey Hutchinson of Texas. I'd be amused to see their side lose three female Pro-Choice members.

I don't care if they'd all join the Blue Dog Caucus. I'm with LBJ: "I'd rather have them inside the tent pissing out than outside the tent pissing in." And I'm aware that some of these pissers seem to have very poor aim lately.

But when the Repub Party dies off, and the Democrats split into two parties, I'll be O.K. with one composed of the Senators from Walmart, a couple of Westerners, a few retread Repubs, and a handful of others. Somehow that doesn't scare me.

Meanwhile, speaking of wetting themselves, folks around here are sure that Obama will keep his all of promises even if Specter does not keep any of his. Somehow I doubt it will play out that way.

Obama is not the liberal I wanted, but he ain't no fool.

He promised to campaign for Specter? Yeah, and exactly when will that be? Did he promise to campaign for him during a primary? If he promised to campaign for him after he wins the Democratic Party nomination, well hey, Obama ought to do that for any incumbent Democrat who asks.

When and where will that campaign appearance take place?  What will he say and how will he say it? Specter's strength has been the Philly suburbs, iirc, so Obama could go way over to the Ohio border, or into the woods up near the NY border, to speak at a breakfast meeting, before heading into the next state for a mass rally or a town hall meeting. He'd keep his promise, but so what? The news coverage would go to the other events.

Maybe Specter thinks he can get his way without supporting Obama and the Democratic Party. Some bloggers seem absolutely sure that he can do it. I don't see it playing out that way. So I'm chillin.

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by: Woody @ Thu May 07, 2009 at 20:46:58 PM CDT