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To: KLP who wrote (372997)	7/15/2010 8:19:51 AM
From: Bridge Player	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793912

"What they wanted to do is separate themselves from us," Pascrell said Wednesday. He accused the White House of wanting to preemptively pin the blame on lawmakers running poor campaigns should Democrats lose the majority and not on Obama's own sagging approval ratings. Pascrell nailed it. It's pretty obvious that that is precisely the White House plan in authorizing the comments that Gibbs made. House Democrats are far more upset that they have repeatedly voted to support Obama's agenda and then felt they were left to fend for themselves when the legislation was watered down in the Senate. First with the nearly $800 billion stimulus plan and then again with the landmark health-care bill, House members approved far-reaching, controversial early versions that reflected the White House's desires. But the bills stalled in the Senate under Republican filibuster threats and were scaled back. Now these lawmakers are left to defend their earlier votes on the campaign trail. One of the major things wrong in Washington is the fact that rank-and-file members of Congress are often pressured to go along with and support the agenda of their Party leaders. Those who refuse to play ball have no influence, are denied appointments to key committees, get little money or support for reelection campaigns, and in general are simply ostracized and ignored by party leaders during their terms in office. The result is that many times they vote for legislation that they don't truly believe would be best for their district, state, or country. This is as true of Republicans as it is for Democrats. Then they bitch that they have to go out and "defend" their unpopular votes during a reelection campaign. A pox on them. I have no sympathy them.