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But even some Democrats have balked at Obama's plan. Sen. Dick Durbin, the No. 2 Democrat in the Senate, told a radio interviewer last week that the president's bill lacked the 60 votes that are typically needed to overcome procedural obstacles. The Illinois senator said some of the tax measures faced resistance within his own party. Other Democrat, including West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin and Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey, have raised questions about the size of the $447 billion package"......Obama's plan still does not have a Dem party sponsor. What does that tell you?

OK we know the GOP drill now. Keep saying "no" in 55 ways around and around in a circle until nothing happens--again. In case they haven't noticed, plenty of us are sick of it. I hope Obama is good and sick of it at this point. Forget this "compromise" BS. The GOP hasn't truly compromised one iota the past 3 years. I hope Obama will pound away at this one and will call out the GOP obstructionism-- that's all it is.

Let's not be naive here. Obama's plan has zero chance of passing and he knows it but is using it to irritate the republicans and to use as a campaign tool for 2012. Cantor? He comes back with "The president continues to say, 'Pass my bill in its entirety,'" Cantor said. "... The all-or-nothing approach is just unacceptable." And this republican position is just about as ridiculous as Obama's position. Simply, Cantor would strip out every single idea that does not pass the republican smell test, and have it his own way. D.C. is broken. How do you fix it? Look at the list of candidates running for president, and include Christie if you must, but he is more of the same. Huntsman is still the one that is in the center, and seems to have the experience in world affairs to back it up. Perhaps it is time for him to run as an independent?

Let's take a good long look at the people we have elected to congress and see if they have shown a willingness to create jobs. Maybe they are obstructing job growth. Let's give who ever is president some help to get us a future again.

re:Obama, Cantor clash on jobs plan...Might as well save the money, if deficit spending could solve our economic problems, the world economy would be roaring now. This is not a jobs plan, this is a UNION jobs plan with a stipend to private sector workers so they can sit home and not work.

"Senior administration officials said the White House planned to employ a communications strategy that uses the GOP as a scapegoat if the jobs bill doesn't pass." This should finally convince Liberals that Obama's "Jobs Bill" has NOTHING whatsoever to do with actually creating any jobs.

Once again, Cantor and his cronies will only pass tax cuts. They could not care less whether or not a single job is created between now and 2012. In fact, they would actually prefer a net loss of jobs. Such a patriotic pary.

"the president's bill lacked the 60 votes that are typically needed to overcome procedural obstacles. " .... in other words, the Republicans are continuing to filibuster every thing. And the reason he lacks 60 votes is because there aren't 60 Democrats in the Senate.

"Obama's plan still does not have a Dem party sponsor. What does that tell you?" .... what this statement tells me is that once again conservatives are not informed. On 9/12 Harry Reid introduced Obama's bill in the Senate, S 1549. On 9/21 John Larson introduced a companion bill in the House, HR 12.

If anybody had any doubt who the GOP or the get Obama party is for. They want the middle classes money. Then when that's gone, they will go after each other.