Good for her and Olympia Dukakis—

I am from Maine and there was a huge swell of support to Obama expressed to the Maine Senators directly so it’s great to see they are listening!

Those who chose to think for themselves have every Kudo I can offer in this lifetime, and from my next one, too!!!!! To think that this country is being held hostage, because ‘the minority party’ wants to flex their muscles—is insanity!! WE the PEOPLE, and this country, are not a ‘political dessert’!!!! to be ordered only if you go to the gym first and, therefore, can take that extra bite!!!!

Susan Collins is now seen as a traitor as are the other two Repubs who voted for this bill……what a shame that those on the right can’t see that these three people see the bigger picture and are actually concerned for the getting this passed to get the economy working again. Unlike the rest who have no interest in the people at all to them it’s all about vanity and being obstructive just to prove a point that they are all firm members of the same old GOP. They think they are doing the right thing…they couldn’t give a toss about doing the right thing all they want is to be seen as showing this new kid on the block just who he is dealing with…..such a sad, pathetic party.

This is good. And I hardly see 20 days as a delay. Anybody who thought a bill involving this much tax-payer money wouldn’t be hammered at for a few weeks really was lacking a sound appreciation for our Constitutional processes. I say, well done, Ms. Collins. And good luck tomorrow.

To think that this country is being held hostage, because ‘the minority party’ wants to flex their muscles—is insanity!! “I know that some of my Republican colleagues are unhappy with the position that I’ve taken,” Collins told FOX News. Unlike the rest who have no interest in the people at all to them it’s all about vanity and being obstructive just to prove a point that they are all firm members of the same old GOP. Some good quotes from people that are paying attention. It seems to me that the “minority party” is trying to drag down the country even further…… this way they can blame President Obama and try and make Bush look better…….. this is why the Republican party is getting weaker and weaker….. they dont understand American people…… but they love business.

A Republican who cares more about the country than partisan party political gamesmanship. I wonder what the (R) Senators are going to go back and tell their governors who are waiting for some of this Jobs Pkg for their states? Wonder what they’ll tell their constituency… because when you are either unemployed, underemployed or worried about your job… you are no longer concerned about which party is in office, you just want things fixed. excerpt from “Slumdogs Unite” - New York Times “…The public’s revulsion isn’t mindless class hatred. As Obama said on Wednesday of his fellow citizens: “We don’t disparage wealth. We don’t begrudge anybody for achieving success.” But we do know that the system has been fixed for too long. The gaping income inequality of the past decade — the top 1 percent of America’s earners received more than 20 percent of the total national income — has not been seen since the run-up to the Great Depression. This is why “Slumdog Millionaire,” which pits a hard-working young man in Mumbai against a corrupt nexus of money and privilege, has become America’s movie of the year. As Robert Reich, the former Clinton labor secretary, wrote after Daschle’s fall, Americans “resent people who appear to be living high off a system dominated by insiders with the right connections.” The neo-Hoover Republicans in Congress, who think government can put Americans back to work with corporate tax cuts but without any “spending,” are tone deaf to this rage. Obama is not. It’s a good thing he’s getting out of Washington this week to barnstorm the country about the crisis at hand. Once back home, he’s got to make certain that the insiders in his own White House know who’s the boss.”

Here is a great letter from the Chicago Trib that spells it out very simply: “Business practices It’s time that Republican members of Congress grow up and put their country ahead of their party. The country has voted and it did not choose the Republican Party. After eight years of a horrible economic policy and corporate giveaways that have brought the United States to economic meltdown, the Republican Party has no business trying to dictate the economic future of this country. 

Speaking as a third-generation member of a family business, I also fail to see how lowering corporate taxes will allow businesses to hire more people. No responsible business owner will hire someone because he gets a tax break. He will hire a person because the new hire will produce more revenue than the salary that is paid. 

Business tax cuts will always go to the business owners. What is needed today is to put people back to work, but tax breaks won’t do that and they never have.”

The bottom line is all of the Republicans who are voting against this stimulus are taking a huge gamble. They are betting against the Democrats and betting that this measure will fail so in 2010 they can say “see told ya….I’m glad I didn’t support it” The only flaw to that thinking is if it succeeds and things do turn around they will be left with egg on their faces and accused of not offering support to their president at the time when our country needed them the most. Given everything that is going wrong for the Republican party I just don’t see this as a smart move. But then again, if they can’t think bi-partisan than why should I? I’m with President Obama, extend the olive branch but if they refuse to accept it…oh well. One can only extend your arm ot for so long before it starts to get tired. And I think President Obama’s arm is now weak and the olive branch has fallen to the ground. We have the majority, votes will pass with or without their help.

This is good! Good for Collins!

“With the support of Collins, Specter and Snowe, Democrats are expected to have the 60 votes needed to pass the bill on Tuesday. ” This is great!! They are really concerned. This stimulus bill goes beyond party lines as it should. We Really need to unite, in our homes, neighborhoods, State and Government and the World.

It’s amazing to me how many of you support the non-stimulus parts of this bill. There are way too many self-interest items and not enough stimulus items. The only reason any GOP supports it is that it must now contain their self-interest items…