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Laurie Silvers & Mitchell Rubenstein Distinguished Professor of Law
University of Miami School of Law
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Category Archives: Politics: Tinfoil
How Many Sane GOP House Members Exist? And Does It Matter?
This is probably a very dumb question, so forgive me in advance:
Suppose after Boehner’s latest effort tanks that the somewhat-less-evil Reid bill gets before the House somehow or other and the CNN Doomsday Clock keeps ticking. And suppose that the very large majority of the 193 Democrats in the House (modulo a Blue Dog here or there) are prepared to vote for it.
Then all you need is 30-40 somewhat sane (or subject to Wall St. pressure) Republicans out of the 240 in their caucus, right? Is party discipline so strong, madness so widespread, that they don’t exist?
Or am I missing something more basic about House procedure which might prevent that vote from happening?
Posted in Econ & Money, Politics: Tinfoil, Politics: US
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Fear and Loathing in the Heartland
Matt Taibbi does Michele Bachmann for Rolling Stone and puts in a bid to be the Hunter S. Thompson of our times.
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This Might Not Be Funny
I saw one of these on the back of a gas-guzzler on US 1 this afternoon.
Couldn’t tell if it was for real or ironic, but I’m going to guess real.
Posted in Politics: Tinfoil
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Question about Michele Bachmann
Is she the Republican George McGovern, or the Tea Party Barry Goldwater?
Minnesota Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann raised more than $2 million through her campaign fund and political action committee over the first 90 days of 2011
via The Fix.
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For Those Who Hate and Fear US ‘Socialism’
YouTube – REGULATION VACATION CELEBRATION!
[Original draft 5/28/2009. In preparation for my blog redesign, I’ve been going through draft blog posts that somehow never made it to publication. This is one of them.]
2010: Still relevant, but the whole things seems a little quaint now that Obama has decided to govern as a Reagan Republican; that may be saner than a DeMint Republican, but are those the only choices?
Posted in Politics: Tinfoil, Zombie Posts
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