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To: Ron who wrote (213290)1/1/2013 11:41:00 AM
From: epicure  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 541461
 
Of course there are people of the hard left. Everything is relative. Unless you want to pick a moment in time and freeze your political definitions from that time period. If so, I pick 1642- so using that, EVERYONE is hard left now...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/editmsg.aspx?msgid=28636353

:)



To: Ron who wrote (213290)1/1/2013 11:50:57 AM
From: Sam  Respond to of 541461
 
Three Democrats, Michael Bennet of Colorado, Thomas R. Carper of Delaware and Tom Harkin of Iowa, and five Republicans, Charles E. Grassley of Iowa, Mike Lee of Utah, Rand Paul of Kentucky, Marco Rubio of Florida, and Richard C. Shelby of Alabama, voted against the measure. Three Senators — Mark S. Kirk of Illinois, Frank R. Lautenberg of New Jersey and Jim DeMint of South Carolina — did not vote.

rollcall.com



To: Ron who wrote (213290)1/2/2013 2:58:34 AM
From: Cogito  Respond to of 541461
 
The GOP has successfully moved the definitions about 30 yards to the right since 1980.
They had a lot of help from the electorate.