Which Senators Are the Biggest Obama Supporters?

re: Which Senators Are the Biggest Obama Supporters?

bojack27 — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:55:33 GMT

It would seem that politicians are playing the Quid Pro Quo game with their votes of support instead of voting what the people whom the represent want.

re: Which Senators Are the Biggest Obama Supporters?

chuckles79 — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:17:37 GMT

That's not fair Bojack, the fact is that even in very Red states 40% of the people voted for Obama, and it's a poor Senator that always goes with what 51% of the people in his state want and neglects the other 49%.

Plus even the most hardline politicians would rather say yes if they can affect the process in a positive way, as opposed to always saying no and being shut out of the conversation.

re: Which Senators Are the Biggest Obama Supporters?

RO in Reno — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:26:27 GMT

Kind of gives you faith in Congress a little more. The fact is Obama is doing the best he can for this country. Even though we might find something to harp on from time to time his interest is in the best interests of America.

If Congress is supporting him then the same could be said of them.

re: Which Senators Are the Biggest Obama Supporters?

cyfi — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:59:14 GMT

This is what killed the Republicans, following blindly. No matter how good someone is, there needs to be questions asked? When a bill is debated it only gets better. Too many major changes are being passed without extensive vetting and it is going to come back to haunt the Democrats and the American people.

re: Which Senators Are the Biggest Obama Supporters?

Riteaidbob — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 22:23:34 GMT

Posted By: RO in Reno (July 6, 2009 at 5:26 PM)

If Congress is supporting him then the same could be said of them.

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Man are you a blind fool or WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!??????????

re: Which Senators Are the Biggest Obama Supporters?

ranga122ka — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 22:48:00 GMT

This is a bogus statistic. Since Obama seldom draws lines in the sand and much of what he wants is whittled away in the Senate, voting "with" him at the end can mask a lot of behind the scenes gutting of his proposals. If Max Baucus' health care bill passes and Obama signs it, would those who vote for him have voted "with" the president, even though it more or less ignores every principle for health care he reform he set down? BY CQ's count probably so. By any real measure of political loyalty or the president's influence, hardly.

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John Wiley — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:42:05 GMT

Does anybody proofread this stuff? Maybe Sen. RockeRfeller would do it for you?

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sklaene — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 02:07:15 GMT

cyfi, you said it perfectly.

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Morgan2008 — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 10:05:53 GMT

The Senators who are the biggest Obama supporters will not be reelected in November 2010.

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John Dough — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:10:48 GMT

What does voting with him mean? If he proposes cap and trade at the extreme he did and then the house waters it down and passes it is that voting with him? THE GOP OPPOSES ALL HIS RADICAL PROPOSALS 100% This included his stimulus bill, his cap and tax proposal, his radical proposals to eliminate nearly all ta x deductions ie chartiable contributions, mortgage interest, state and local property taxes, health care and in addition to that wants to tax your employer provided health care as income but he's not increaeing taxes Yeah right. Supporting him is not necessarily supporting his ideas but a variation of some of them that look so different from the original porposal that it is not even the same idea. TERM LIMITS, GOP in 2010 and anybody but Obama in 2012.