Pelosi: 'What did middle-class families ever do to Republicans in the Senate?'

[kpete]

Pelosi: 'What did middle-class families ever do to Republicans in the Senate?'
By Jared Allen - 06/24/10 04:43 PM ET

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday twice ripped Senate Republicans for blocking legislation containing extended unemployment benefits.

"What did middle-class families ever do to Republicans in the Senate that they would snuff out every opportunity for job creation that has been sent to them?" Pelosi said at an afternoon press conference with Democratic women to drum up support for her remaining jobs agenda.

http://thehill.com/homenews/house/105407-pelosi-what-did-middle-class-families-ever-do-to-republicans

[babylonsister]

1. Nancy's question needs to be in an ad and go national. Let

the people know how they're being represented. :grr:

[Radical Activist]

2. It's nice to see Pelosi put the focus on the Senate roadblock.

Unfortunately, it isn't just the Republicans.

I wonder how things would be different if half the shrill attacks against Obama compromising were direct at the Senate conservatives who forced compromises on health care, financial regulation, climate change and other issues. I imagine that,
1) We might have pressured the Senate to pass a better health care bill more like the house version.
2) Obama's approval ratings might be higher, which would give him enough political capital to pass a climate change bill in the Senate.

But the President always makes a nice, big, bright shiny target to focus on for anyone who would rather not spend time learning who the other players are.

[truedelphi]

3. Yes, she should have added

"Most Dems, and the Supreme Court."

[madrchsod]

4. i expect that from the rethugs but not the democrats...well..

i should have known better. money talks and the middle class walks.

[Ed Barrow]

5. Too bad this will fall on deaf ears (nt)

[depakid]

6. They exist

despite the tireless efforts of Republicans and their enablers to kill them off over the past 30 years.

[blondeatlast]

7. Got public educations, for one; alone a good reason for the ReBPs to hate the middle class. nt

[4_TN_TITANS]

8. Is this a trick question?

Many middle-class families ELECTED Republicans - that's what they did to them.

[4_TN_TITANS]

9. Frankly, this is what the good unemployed people of TN

deserve, since both our (R) senators voted NO to extended aid. The Nashville news station was sure to emphasize that.