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To: Bearcatbob who wrote (60067)	4/19/2008 5:10:03 PM
From: Katelew	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542963

If/when Barack is president his own party will be his biggest problem. This makes me uneasy, too. OTOH I read not long ago that the crop of new dems coming into Congress consider themselves moderates and are considered by others to be that. I still think the reality of the country's budget problems will be sobering to all. If not, at least the kind of proposals made by both dems would pump money back into the US economy and not blow it up in Iraq. I hate the stimulus package, too. This concept was introduced by Bush in 2001 and it was stupid then. Now, I guess it's become part of the lexicon. Dems jumped on this one either because they're ignorant or because they knew the Rs were going to go ahead without them. The two-party system with its inherent battles for ascendancy is dangerous to common sense budgeting.

To: Bearcatbob who wrote (60067)	4/19/2008 5:24:38 PM
From: Mary Cluney	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542963

<<<If/when Barack is president his own party will be his biggest problem.>>> How ironic? I fully agree, but that will also true about McCain should he become president. McCain will not have a thing to say about the economy. The Republican party will run the economy. I am not sure exactly where Barack stands on the economy, but his hands will be tied by those that will scream the loudest for entitlements. McCain will of course owe too much to the Conservative Revolution gang. They have a theory of government that can be summed up in two notions: 1. decentral and privatize everything: take power away from the government; and even though McCain is against torture the Conservative Revolution gang will prevail and even though they do not trust government to manage health care they want government 2. to get tough on crime against individuals, against terrorists, against rogue nations, and against anybody who disagree with us. They will spend any amount of money regardless of what it does to our economy to achieve these objectives. How Ironic? Hillary is really the centrist. Hillary is the only candidate that can give us hope. That is why she is hated (I mean hated) from both the left and the right.