Comments on: Is Lincoln shifting on EFCA?

By: On “free choice” and 60 at The K. Ryan James blog

On “free choice” and 60 at The K. Ryan James blog — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:19:52 +0000

[...] not whether she will vote against it for passage, as she has reportedly indicated to some well-heeled business leaders who attended her weekend fundraiser with Joe [...]

By: davidjsanders

davidjsanders — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 21:09:19 +0000

I’m not comfortable making political predictions this far out — who knows what will happen in six months? That said, the Republicans are stuck and aren’t moving anytime soon, unless, of course, the President does something to help.

By: Lefty

Lefty — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 04:19:33 +0000

It’s going to be a long next several years for business. It looks like at least 58 Senators (w/ Franken seated) support EFCA, and Nancy Pelosi could pass this in the House on her worst day with one hand tied behind her back. The President supports it, and you have to assume NLRB will be more and more labor friendly with each passing month under Obama. Republicans found a slippery parliamentary way to get Bush’s tax cuts through the Senate in 2001 without requiring 60 votes, I’ll bet Democrats and labor get crafty on this. Also, it looks like the big players undecided on this (Lincoln, Pryor, Spector, Landrieu) are all of the moderate type that would love to cut a deal. What do the 2010 Senate elections look like, it could get even harder for business, couldn’t it?

By: News Affecting Arkansas High Schools for 03/07/2009 « Arkansas High Schools

News Affecting Arkansas High Schools for 03/07/2009 « Arkansas High Schools — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:26:24 +0000

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By: norgi

norgi — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 22:42:39 +0000

Hard to decide which is worse.

By: davidjsanders

davidjsanders — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 18:45:38 +0000

It’s never directionless

By: norgi

norgi — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 13:42:29 +0000

Misdirected (or directionless) shrewdness is not helpful.

By: davidjsanders

davidjsanders — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 01:06:10 +0000

The criticism often made by Lincoln’s detractors is that she isn’t smart…politically speaking. I fundamentally reject the criticism. In fact, Lincoln has shown herself to be a fairly shrewd political operator who manages to get a lot of mileage out her eventual positions on controversial issues.

By: norgi

norgi — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:06:39 +0000

I don’t know who you have to be to get a “don’t worry” from Blanche Lincoln. Oh, wait, I remember now:
Stephens Group $30,900
DaVita Inc $29,500
Wal-Mart Stores $25,800
Tyson Foods $24,750
Goldman Sachs $24,000
AT&T Inc $23,500
Weyerhaeuser Co $22,000
Entergy Corp $21,982
JPMorgan Chase & Co $21,857
Blue Cross/Blue Shield $21,000
Hartford Financial Services $20,500
Connell Co $20,000
Alltel Corp $19,500
National Thoroughbred Racing Assn $19,500
Bryan Cave LLP $19,000
College of American Pathologists $18,000
Acadian Ambulance Service $17,999
Pfizer Inc $17,500
National Rural Electric Cooperative Assn $17,249
Triad Hospitals $16,500

By: thebert99

thebert99 — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 00:51:21 +0000

Wouldn’t shifting her position mean that she had actually taken one?