Comments on: Kent Conrad Makes Liberals Angry

By: rmullins

rmullins — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:11:32 +0000

There are 60 Democratic senators

58 of them are able to attend

3 of them are no votes on Universal Health Care are 3 more are possible no votes

1 Republican senator is a possible yes vote

With that in mind, it only leaves 53 yes votes, 2 more than simple majority. So the question is not how many GOP defections are possible, but rather how Democratic senator will go on record as no votes.

By: marshmom

marshmom — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:36:21 +0000

Please call if you live in a state with a moderate senator! We absolutely can not let the government take over our health care system!
My husband is originally from Indiana. Maybe I’ll get him to call Bayh just to have one more voice in the crowd.

By: IJB

IJB — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:11:03 +0000

By: paint_it_red

paint_it_red — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:48:47 +0000

Conrad, Dorgan, Nelson and several others have been rather reasonable through the years on the most part in showing some class to stand up to their party for the sake of fiscal discipline and common sense. If the Kos crowd want to challenge him in a primary with their own puppet, the Dems will lose the seat and one of their honest to goodness moderates.

By: forscigrad

forscigrad — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:48:49 +0000

Current ND governor John Hoeven is making noises about a run for U.S. Senate next year. Should he indeed do so, there’s actually a decent chance (for a change) of North Dakota actually fielding a Senator who reflects the political beliefs of the state, even considering Conrad’s seniority.

I would think that simply contrasting his leadership of the state (which currently is running a decent surplus and has one of the lowest unemployment rates in the country) with the Democrat’s amazing ability to reach into the future and tax our great-great-grandkids would go a long ways towards finally sending Conrad home. But then IMO he should have been brought back to ND the moment he said on Meet the Press that “tax cuts were stealing from the government.”

By: IJB

IJB — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:16:29 +0000

Maybe the Kos Kidz should primary him!

After all, he’s the guy standing in the way of their Single Payer dreams, so he’s gots to go!!!

(And I don’t buy for a minute that the Dems wouldn’t vote (in a second!) to suspend all sorts of their “rules” to get this, or Cap ‘n’ Tax, through under Reconciliation. That said, I haven’t gotten the impression lately that they actually have the stones to go that route. But, if they *did* go that route, I’m pretty sure those “rules” like the Byrd Rule would pretty quickly get shoved in the ’round file’…)