Comments on: Obama, Hillary & McCain Say No To Earmarks… http://donklephant.com/2008/03/10/obama-hillary-mccain-say-no-to-earmarks/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:58:18 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: mw http://donklephant.com/2008/03/10/obama-hillary-mccain-say-no-to-earmarks/comment-page-1/#comment-393444 mw Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:43:19 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2008/03/10/obama-hillary-mccain-say-no-to-earmarks/#comment-393444 It is true, earmarks are down. I'll see if can find the data. But it was not <i>"Democratic leadership"</i> that is the reason. It is the fact that we have divided government again. You can attribute the drop in earmarks as much to presidential veto threats as you can to any restraint by the Dems. The real test will be when we head into 2009 with expanded Democratic party majorities in the both Houses of Congress, a potential filibuster-proof Democratic super majority in the Senate, and a Democratic president flexing the pumped up biceps of new unitary executive branch power - courtesy of Dick Cheney's six years of steroid injections. Avoiding that scenario is the single best reason to vote for McCain in the fall. It is true, earmarks are down. I’ll see if can find the data. But it was not “Democratic leadership” that is the reason. It is the fact that we have divided government again. You can attribute the drop in earmarks as much to presidential veto threats as you can to any restraint by the Dems.

The real test will be when we head into 2009 with expanded Democratic party majorities in the both Houses of Congress, a potential filibuster-proof Democratic super majority in the Senate, and a Democratic president flexing the pumped up biceps of new unitary executive branch power – courtesy of Dick Cheney’s six years of steroid injections. Avoiding that scenario is the single best reason to vote for McCain in the fall.

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