Yes We Can! Long Island 2012It is going to be very difficult for President Obama to get healthcare and energy legislation passed, with no small part played by fiscally conservative Democrats. Keep an eye on Max Baucus (Chairman, Senate Finance Committee) and Kent Conrad (Chairman, Senate Budget Committee).
We know about the Republicans, but at least Ray LaHood, a Republican in Obama’s cabinet, is standing up for budget proposals.
From Huff post:
Secretary of Transportation Ray Lahood hit back hard on Monday to charges from White House critics that President Barack Obama’s economic policies — focused on leveraging government spending to stimulate demand — had exacerbated the recession and constituted a form of socialism.
In an interview with the Huffington Post, LaHood, one of the few Republican members of the Obama administration, scoffed at the recent talking points emanating from the congressional leaders of his own party. His voice rising at times with emotion, the transportation czar tackled first the notion that the president was a socialist in disguise.
Article:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/10/lahood-hits-back-hard-aga_n_173448.html
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