I don't, typically, hog the front page with blog posts. However, Gregg prompts me to make an exception and use the tools that will provide exposure of his posturing for the longest period of time.

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Dan Pfeiffer, White House Communications Director, wrote on the White House blog that

Let's be clear: Sen. Shelby is preventing qualified nominees who will help protect the American people from being confirmed. He’s not alone, though. This is just the latest example of this kind opposition for opposition’s sake that the President talked about earlier this week.

Which is accurate, as far as it goes, but really just a symptom of a bigger problem.

SOURCE:The Hill

Top Republican blasts Bernanke foes for 'pandering populism'

By Michael O'Brien - 01/25/10 10:14 AM ET

Opponents of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's second term are guilty of "pandering populism," Sen. Judd Gregg (R-N.H.) argued Monday .

Gregg, the top Republican on the Budget Committee and a member of the Banking Committee, decried a growing tide of populism spurring senators to oppose Bernanke's nomination to a second term, and support stringent new rules on large financial institutions.

"That's pandering populism," Gregg said during an appearance on CNBC in response to some Democrats' and Republicans' criticisms of the Fed chairman. "There's a lot of populism going on in this country right now, and I'm tired of it."

SOURCE:Think Progress

New Childish Republican Obstruction Tactic: Refusing To Use Their Assigned Cards In Order To Delay Votes

In September, the Orlando Sentinel reported that Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) had noticed Republicans House lawmakers intentionally forgetting or losing their voting cards in order to delay votes. Starting late in the summer, Grayson said he saw 60-70 GOP congressmen engaging in this tactic:

GRAYSON: They’d all walk to the front of the House and, laughingly and jokingly, put their arms around each other’s shoulder like it was some kind of clownish fun. And they did this over and over to make sure every vote took half an hour. That’s how low things have gotten. I could give you countless examples just like that. They’re simply obstructionists and there’s nothing you can do about it.

Gregg's a deprivator. His impulses towards greed and pride are gratified when others are deprived of the necessities of life.

Comparing himself to a postal worker is a bit disingenuous, since the postman actually delivers. Gregg has made a career out of being a Bartleby the Scrivener--a hirling who "prefers not to" do what he's asked.

The rallying cry for 2010 should be

*****NO MORE BARTLEBYS*****

SOURCE: Huffington Post

Sen. Judd Gregg, (R-NH) has penned the equivalent of an obstruction manual -- a how-to for holding up health care reform -- and has distributed the document to his Republican colleagues.

Insisting that it is "critical that Republican senators have a solid understanding of the minority's rights in the Senate," Gregg makes note of all the procedural tools the GOP can use before measures are considered, when they come to the floor and even after passage.

He highlights the use of hard quorum calls for any motion to proceed, as opposed to a far quicker unanimous consent provision. He reminds his colleagues that, absent unanimous consent, they can force the Majority Leader to read any "full-text substitute amendment." And when it comes to offering amendments to the health care bill, the New Hampshire Republican argues that it is the personification of "full, complete, and informed debate," to "offer an unlimited number of amendments -- germane or non-germane -- on any subject."

It really makes no difference which state their political aspirants want to represent. Perhaps that's what "conservative" really means--bland like Wonderbread. Anyway, Rob Simmons down there in Connecticut land, the home of the insurance scam, is fairly representative. Here's what he writes to misrepresent Senator Chris Dodd, whom New Hampshiremen know well from the recent presidential race.

Dumping of 15 million low-income Americans into a medical ghetto called Medicaid that none of us or any of our families would ever want to be a part of for our health care...

..Moving 15 million Americans into this medical ghetto...

...Moving 15 million low-income Americans into a program called Medicaid which is a medical ghetto is not health care reform.

SOURCE: KIMBALL FOR GOVERNOR EXPLORATORY COMMITTEE

PRESS RELEASE

NOVEMBER 14, 2009 PORTSMOUTH, NH-As someone who has watched Ray Buckley smear and assail political leaders in a personal manner over many years it is regrettable that Doug Lambert lowered himself and Granite Grok to Mr. Buckley's standard on his show this morning. While a political leader's opinions and policies should always be open for thoughtful analysis, great care should be taken when discussing personal matters. Comments such as the ones made by Doug Lambert add nothing to the important discussion of the issues facing New Hampshire. There are certain standards of decency that should be observed and unfortunately Mr. Lambert's comments did not live up to those standards.

SOURCE:Daily KOS

Senator Snowe is playing coy. Meanwhile, thousands die in the prime of life. Thinking is not a Republican strong point.

* HUNT: When do you think Congress will have a final up or down vote on this piece of legislation?

* SNOWE: Well, Christmas might be too soon. I mean this is a very – it's a very difficult...

SOURCE:White House

Senators Reid, Schumer and Leahy have introduced the Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act as part of comprehensive health insurance reform to

eliminate the outdated insurance industry antitrust exemption, and force health insurance companies to compete fairly.

as critiqued by Democratic Congressman Alan Grayson. While Lamar Alexander needs a script, Judd Gregg can pull bon mots right out of the air.

SOURCE: Republicans for Rape

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That's how Congressman Alan Grayson has encapsulated the Republican health care plan. Republican spokesmen consider it an outrage, comparable to their own Addison Graves Wilson shouting "You lie" during a joint session. But Grayson's assertion is entirely different. He's telling the truth. Indeed, it's even a belief that's widely shared. I know it's what I want for myself, not to get sick and to die quickly. It's what I want for myself; it's not what I'd impose on other people. And I wouldn't have wanted it in the prime of life, when I still had parenting responsibilities, either.

SOURCE:Sen. Ted Kaufman (D-DE)

Press Release:

Kaufman and Isakson Statement on Tomorrow's SEC Roundtable on Short Selling

September 29, 2009

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Sens. Ted Kaufman (D-DE) and Johnny Isakson (R-GA) released the following statement in advance of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) roundtable on short selling tomorrow.

“Tomorrow’s SEC roundtable is long awaited, but it is clear that the panel is stacked against the need for restrictions on naked short selling. In the recent financial decline, there was abusive short selling enabled by the repeal of the 70-year-old uptick rule and a lack of so-called pre-borrow or hard locate requirements.

Who knew the federal government's job is to protect free enterprise from competition?

We haven't heard much from our Senior Senator recently on the matter of reforming health insurance. Perhaps that's because he's moved into regulating banking in advance of the President's next agenda item.

Or perhaps it's because it doesn't look like Medicare is about to go under the knife and he's not needed to hold the lamp to see that this entitlement for the aging population is cleanly excised. Lest we forget that how we should deal with our aging population has been a long-time Gregg concern, there's that 2000 essay to refresh our memories.

I'm not going to dredge up a lot of prior quotes, but this one from a 2004 news conference seems particularly pertinent to our current considerations:

GREGG: Well, Medicare and Medicaid are the two biggest drivers of the out-year deficit. They're even, they're much larger than even Social Security.

Republicans have good reason to be upset with the POTUS speech to students about his expectations for their achievement. Over two thousand words and not once do the words, "obedience," "order" or "rule" appear. If the next generation isn't inculcated with those basics, whom will Republicans rule?