Thank you, LEADER Pelosi

[Stinky The Clown]

She told the caucus this was a conscience vote. No arm twisting.

[readmoreoften]

1. I think they need to be twisting a few more arms in the proper direction.

[valerief]

2. +1

[peace frog]

3. Good for her

It did us no good in the end, but we knew that was coming.

[scheming daemons]

4. and then she voted YES

Doesn't that tell you something?

[sabrina 1]

5. Yes, her actions don't match her words.

Unless she's protecting war criminals from impeachment. She really meant that and followed through.

[Warpy]

7. Maybe she did vote her conscience in this

Face it, this is the best we're going to get from this rotten GOP House.

She voted yes in recognition of that and for the fact that Obama's use of the fourteenth amendment would provoke a constitutional congress and long fight.

She also knew default is unconscionable.

The real fight will happen right after election day, the fight over the expiration of Stupid's reckless tax cut package.

[sabrina 1]

8. Sorry, she's been doing this on every important issue since she

became Speaker and beyond. Maybe she is voting her conscience, you're right. Like she refused to go after the Bush war criminals, and refused to fight for a PO in the HC Bill. And like she forced a Congress that initially voted against bailouts for the criminals on Wall St, to vote AGAINST their consciences.

Her conscience doesn't and hasn't helped this country so far. Look where we are?? We are WORSE off than when Bush was running this country into the ground. I thought electing Democrats would turn that ship around.

She is a politician. And she is not very receptive to anyone who disagrees with her.

We are always in a position of saying 'this is the best we can get'. Why is that? Republicans got everything they wanted when they were in the majority. There were no excuses, no 'this is the best we can do'.

Let's face it, Democrats are horrible negotiators, they are weak much as I hate to admit it. Either that, or they are not working for us.

I am with those who voted against this travesty. But then, being Democrat I am always on the losing side, even when we have a majority. I do not like being a loser. I want to belong to a party that doesn't make excuses, that doesn't hand over their lunch money to bullies. I don't even know what it feels like to be part of a winning team. Well, except for a few hours after we won in 2008. But it was so brief I don't remember the feeling anymore.

[RandySF]

6. Steney Hoyer would have twisted arms

to vote in favor.