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To: Alighieri who wrote (636289)	11/16/2011 7:23:12 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1583332

Isn't Napoli pretty conservative....socially and politically? It's the north that is more conservative, but not for social reasons...the north feels like a donor region to the economically repressed south and that stokes resentment to the point where a split of the country has been debated a number of occasions. Interesting. I thought it was the other way. And Roma sits in the middle of the country....which way would it go if the country split?

To: Alighieri who wrote (636289)	11/17/2011 1:18:21 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (6) \| Respond to of 1583332

Your contention that the GOP may be splitting apart is looking more and more spot on. GOP leader bucks party on taxes By Mike Lillis Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) argued Wednesday that Republicans on the supercommittee need to offer more revenues if the deficit panel hopes to balance the country's books. The comment bucks those made by the GOP leader of the suppercommittee, who said this week that Republicans will cede no more revenues as the high-stakes panel scrambles in search of at least $1.2 trillion in deficit-cuts before Thanksgiving. "This is about more than money, it's about whether the president and the Congress can competently govern," Alexander said. "We now have Republicans who have put revenues on the table [and] we have Democrats on the supercommittee who have put entitlements on the table. "Both need to put more on the table and get a result and we're here to support them." The remarks came during a press conference in the Capitol where more than 40 lawmakers, representing both parties and both chambers, urged the supercommittee to go well beyond its mandate to find $1.2 trillion in deficit savings over the next decade. read more........ thehill.com