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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (344322)	1/20/2010 12:53:54 AM
From: DewDiligence_on_SI	4 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793903

Obama needs to stop campaigning for President and start being the President. He never really made the transition, IMO.

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (344322)	1/20/2010 12:56:57 AM
From: Nadine Carroll	6 Recommendations Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 793903

This statement from Barney Frank was read tonight on MSNBC. I told you Barney was ahead of the others in understanding the implications: “I have two reactions to the election in Massachusetts. One, I am disappointed. Two, I feel strongly that the Democratic majority in Congress must respect the process and make no effort to bypass the electoral results. If Martha Coakley had won, I believe we could have worked out a reasonable compromise between the House and Senate health care bills. But since Scott Brown has won and the Republicans now have 41 votes in the Senate, that approach is no longer appropriate. I am hopeful that some Republican Senators will be willing to discuss a revised version of health care reform because I do not think that the country would be well-served by the health care status quo. But our respect for democratic procedures must rule out any effort to pass a health care bill as if the Massachusetts election had not happened. Going forward, I hope there will be a serious effort to change the Senate rule which means that 59 votes are not enough to pass major legislation, but those are the rules by which the health care bill was considered, and it would be wrong to change them in the middle of the process.”

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (344322)	1/20/2010 1:13:14 AM
From: ManyMoose	4 Recommendations Respond to of 793903

I think we have witnessed something wonderful tonight. I listened to Brown's acceptance speech. I liked what I heard. He said the Constitution is for the protection of THIS country. He said our military budget should be dedicated to buying that which we need to defend THIS country, not pay for lawyers for terrorists. He said what happened in Massachusetts to night can happen all across the country.