Comments on: Cartoon of the week – 5/3/09 http://foodpluspolitics.com/2009/05/03/cartoon-of-the-week-5309/ Recipes from scratch and a lot of chatter about food ( plus a little about politics ) Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:16:15 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: ellaella http://foodpluspolitics.com/2009/05/03/cartoon-of-the-week-5309/#comment-5412 ellaella Wed, 06 May 2009 14:40:44 +0000 http://foodpluspolitics.com/?p=3303#comment-5412 Interesting development this morning. The Senate last night voted to strip Specter of his seniority after his change of party. This could really hurt him. From the Washington Post: <em>Specter said last week that becoming chairman of the Appropriations Committee was a personal goal of his, and his Senate service seemed to put him in position to be the third-ranking Democrat there. Now, though, he will not hold even an Appropriations subcommittee chairmanship in 2011 -- a critical foothold Specter has used to send billions of dollars to Pennsylvania. </em> Interesting development this morning. The Senate last night voted to strip Specter of his seniority after his change of party. This could really hurt him. From the Washington Post:

Specter said last week that becoming chairman of the Appropriations Committee was a personal goal of his, and his Senate service seemed to put him in position to be the third-ranking Democrat there. Now, though, he will not hold even an Appropriations subcommittee chairmanship in 2011 — a critical foothold Specter has used to send billions of dollars to Pennsylvania.

]]> By: ellaella http://foodpluspolitics.com/2009/05/03/cartoon-of-the-week-5309/#comment-5408 ellaella Wed, 06 May 2009 00:21:43 +0000 http://foodpluspolitics.com/?p=3303#comment-5408 Hi, Roads. There is that, of course, but his chutzpah and hypocrisy are breathtaking even for a politician, as I droned in the flip-flop award. There's talk Tom Ridge might run for the Republican nomination now and if he does and gets it, Specter will have one heck of a fight on his hands. But who knows? Arlen might end up acting more like a Democrat than Joe Lieberman. Not always difficult. Hi, Roads. There is that, of course, but his chutzpah and hypocrisy are breathtaking even for a politician, as I droned in the flip-flop award. There’s talk Tom Ridge might run for the Republican nomination now and if he does and gets it, Specter will have one heck of a fight on his hands. But who knows? Arlen might end up acting more like a Democrat than Joe Lieberman. Not always difficult.

]]> By: Roads http://foodpluspolitics.com/2009/05/03/cartoon-of-the-week-5309/#comment-5405 Roads Tue, 05 May 2009 18:41:13 +0000 http://foodpluspolitics.com/?p=3303#comment-5405 Well, reasoned pragmatism like that is very welcome if it allows Obama to implement his mandate. Politicians -- they're famous for always putting people first. Usually starting in the first person, of course. <abbr><em>Roads’s last blog post..<a href="http://roadsofstone.com/2009/05/03/208-radio-luxembourg/" rel="nofollow">208. Radio Luxembourg</a></em></abbr> Well, reasoned pragmatism like that is very welcome if it allows Obama to implement his mandate.

Politicians — they’re famous for always putting people first. Usually starting in the first person, of course.

Roads’s last blog post..208. Radio Luxembourg

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