{"id":10831,"date":"2012-12-04T10:45:03","date_gmt":"2012-12-04T17:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.struat.com\/election\/?p=10831"},"modified":"2012-12-04T10:45:03","modified_gmt":"2012-12-04T17:45:03","slug":"iron-clad-rulership-as-not-seen-since-the-19th-century","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.struat.com\/election\/2012\/12\/04\/iron-clad-rulership-as-not-seen-since-the-19th-century\/","title":{"rendered":"iron-clad rulership as not seen since the 19th Century"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s an editorial of… “Huh”<\/a>. \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0GOP Senators Need to Radicalize. \u00c2\u00a0Yes. \u00c2\u00a0Because…<\/p>\n

Over the last two years, Nevada Sen. Harry Reid has ruled over the United States Senate like some kind of 19th century potentate.<\/em><\/p>\n

How?<\/p>\n

Reid has single-handedly blocked legislation, prevented the Senate from voting on healthcare repeal<\/em><\/p>\n

Har de har.<\/p>\n

Reid decides what amendments will be offered and by whom, leading to an increase in the number of times the GOP has had to resort to the filibuster.<\/em><\/p>\n

Har de har.<\/p>\n

And vulnerable Democratic Senators that need to be targetted in 2014? \u00c2\u00a0Alaska’s Mark Begich, Arkansas’s Mark Pryor, and Louisiana’s Mary Landrieu (all of course) and, of course…<\/p>\n

as well as Minnesota’s Al Franken\u00e2\u20ac\u201dthe accidental senator who likely won election only because of illegal votes cast by convicted felons<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Har de har … Wait. \u00c2\u00a0What?<\/p>\n

Well, there’s this comment…<\/p>\n

I lived in MN – if you don’t have first-hand knowledge don’t comment! There was definite voter fraud. About 1,000 felons (still in prison mind you) voted for him and there were more people who voted than were in the princinct. I’d say those two things alone prove voter fraud. He only won by a few hundred votes.<\/em>
\nI left the state 3 years ago because it has been ruined by you left-wing communists.<\/em><\/p>\n

3 years ago the Left-wing Communist Dictator of Minnesota would have been… urm… Tim Pawlenty?<\/p>\n

Two more tea party primary pickers out there<\/a>! \u00c2\u00a0Their ideological crimes in italics.<\/p>\n

In Texas, the victory of Sen.-elect Ted Cruz over establishment-backed Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst is fueling speculation that Sen. John Cornyn could be in for a primary fight of his own. Cornyn recently penned an editorial calling for spending cuts but didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t nix tax increases entirely<\/em>.
\nBut in a state as big and expensive to run in as Texas, it seems unlikely another candidate could duplicate Cruz\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s win.
\nIn Kansas, tea party activists are looking for someone to challenge Sen. Pat Roberts, who so far has remained silent on the issue of tax increases<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Hm indeed.<\/p>\n

On Sunday\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Meet the Press,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Claire McCaskill\u00c2\u00a0pointed out\u00c2\u00a0that she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d met Grover Norquist for the first time backstage, then asked a pretty good question: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Who is he<\/a>?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here’s an editorial of… “Huh”. \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0GOP Senators Need to Radicalize. \u00c2\u00a0Yes. \u00c2\u00a0Because… Over the last two years, Nevada Sen. Harry Reid has ruled over the United States Senate like some kind of 19th century potentate. How? Reid has single-handedly blocked legislation, prevented the Senate from voting on healthcare repeal Har de har. Reid decides what […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.struat.com\/election\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.struat.com\/election\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.struat.com\/election\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.struat.com\/election\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.struat.com\/election\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10831"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.struat.com\/election\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10831\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10832,"href":"http:\/\/www.struat.com\/election\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10831\/revisions\/10832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.struat.com\/election\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.struat.com\/election\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.struat.com\/election\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}