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Today in Washington – August 10, 2010

By: Brian Darling (Diary)  |  August 10th, 2010 at 10:58 AM  | 

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Yesterday in Texas, Democrat candidate for governor, Bill White, boycotted President Obama’s trip to Texas.  The President better not bank on many photo ops with Democrat candidates in Red State America.  The New York Times reports:

President Obama shared an enthusiastic handshake and a hearty clap on the shoulder with this state’s Republican governor, Rick Perry, when Air Force One touched down here on Monday.  But while Mr. Perry, who is running for re-election, stood on the tarmac and clapped for the president, his Democratic challenger, Bill White, was nowhere to be seen.

President Obama is politically toxic.  The House has been called to order for a special session of spending today.  The first vote is on H.R. 1586, an FAA Reauth bill carrying a $26.1 billion bailout of state Medicaid shortfalls and teachers unions.  The second vote is on H.R. 6080, a border security supplemental bill, and has been placed on the Suspension Calendar requireing a supermajority to pass.  The House and Senate are not expected back until September.

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  • SusanAnne Hiller

    to greet the President on the tarmac out of respect for the office of the President–NOT the person who holds it.

    Let’s be very clear about that.

  • msctex

    Obama is still just sentient enough to resent it, and White is made to look all the worse, if that is even possible.

    Win/Win/Win.

  • melissatx

    remarked to me it was a miracle that he made it out of Texas alive…..especially since Texas is the premier holdout for 2nd Amendment rights. I had to chuckle and point out it was not deer season yet but ferrel hogs and vermin can be culled anytime. That is what Nov 2 is for. 2012 will be when this spike is culled out of the herd.

    Anyway, on the Bill White issue…SLAP!!!! If you could be anywhere in Texas Alvarado would not be the place to be. That was an OBVIOUS finger to the president. Have you ever BEEN in Alvarado?????

    It is fun to watch the sharks eat their own, isn’t it?



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