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Ed Schultz is interviewing Rep. Phil Hare of Illinois, he has a a plan some say will rival FDR's New Deal. This 180 billion dollar, 3 year jobs bill will be paid for out of TARP money, money that's being paid back from the banks. Rep. Hare says it will put 3 million people back to work. He has so far 75 co-sponsors in the House. How many Republicans have come forward to work with Hares committee you ask? ZERO, NOT ONE Republican. It's appalling. It is so representative of the NBC News/WSJ poll out tonight saying 48% of Americans blame the Republicans in Congress for not finding solutions to America's problems. 41% blame Democrats, and 71% say it's not President Obamas fault.
It does surprise me when you see polls like this, while Republicans lay claim to winning many House and Senate seats this November. Can the people, out of anger, fill these seats with the party who has no intentions of working with Democrats for solutions like HC reform and JOBS? What will it take for the light to come on in peoples brains?? Don't get me wrong, I do realize Dems have blown their 60 vote majority by being to passive, I get it. What I am hearing from the progressive members in the House, change is coming, we'll see.
Which leads me to introduce the next video. If progressive dems don't step up to the plate......
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Good job Ed Schultz, Adam Green, and Alan Grayson. These guys give me hope!
Tomorrow nights State of the Union speech has me anxious to hear President Obama's plans for the economy, jobs, healthcare reform, among other problems we face. I'm really looking forward to a great speech, I think he will deliver!
