Wednesday, November 07, 2007

Can't Do It

I'd love to report to you how Republican Rep. Deborah Pryce (OH-15) voted the last few days on important legislation before the House of Representatives. Unfortunately, Pryce's votes in the House cannot be reviewed because Pryce has not voted this week at all.

This is from the Washington Post:

Deborah Pryce has missed 126 votes (12.1%) during the current Congress. (That is just since January!)

Pryce has missed 17 votes this week. Is this what we can expect until her term is over?

> Looks like there are problems within the NRCC. They have little money, lots of debt, and they can't decide on a strategy for their campaign. Here are a few excerpts from the fine people at The Carpetbagger Report:

....The GOP’s House committee has $1.6 million in the bank, but is $4 million in debt. The polls look one-sided in the Dems’ favor. Yesterday’s election results offered very little good news. The party has struggled to stop retirements and recruit favored candidates. The Republican leadership has been so discouraged with the National Republican Congressional Committee that House Minority Leader John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) threatened to fire its chief strategists, and NRCC Chairman Tom Cole (R-Okla.) considered resigning....

This sounds fascinating!!!! Here is more about how the Republicans wanted to focus their agenda:

....Among Republican lawmakers elected since 2002, 78% want the party to pursue an aggressive, far-right agenda.

Among those elected between 1996 and 2000, that support dropped to 58%.

Among those elected in 1994 or earlier, 47% favored the conservative strategy....

I guess the more they fight, the better it is for progressives and Democrats.