LOUISVILLE — Former president Bill Clinton (click here) spoke Tuesday at a Louisville fundraiser for Alison Lundergan Grimes, the Democratic secretary of state who is challenging GOP Sen. Mitch McConnell in one of this year's most closely watched Senate races.
During a 25-minute speech, Clinton alternately praised Grimes, the daughter of his longtime friend Jerry Lundergan, and took shots at McConnell.
He slammed the Senate minority leader's scorched-earth campaign tactics — and told the crowd of Grimes supporters that they can't allow McConnell to convince them that their votes in the race don't matter....
I have to agree with him, the politics of the Senate Majority Leader are sad.
After the Debt Ceiling passage the House Speaker stated the legislative session was closed, right? In response to that Senator McConnell has loaded the agenda with nonsense in the Senate and it is difficult to get anything else done. So, the politics of the right wing is very sad. They have nothing to offer the American people. They won't move on immigration reform, tax reform, jobs or infrastructure bills. They have no platform except obstruction.
David Corn of Mother Jones aptly points to the fact SSI reform involves entitlement reform WITH revenue increases. The GOP has and is rejecting the additional revenue, but, wants to eliminate Seniors from their enrollment. Cherry picking is not allowed when actual reform happens.
February 26, 2014
...A few days ago, (click here) after Sink blasted her Republican opponent, David Jolly, for being a lobbyist who has worked for clients advocating the privatization of Social Security and Medicare, the NRCC struck back. Katie Prill, a spokeswoman for the group, assailed Sink, the state of Florida's former chief financial officer, for supporting the Simpson-Bowles long-term budget plan that was released in late 2010. This centrist blueprint called for raising $1 trillion in revenues via taxes and proposed measures that would squeeze money out of Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security, including a slow and gradual increase in the retirement age. Prill noted, "Alex Sink supports a plan that raises the retirement age for Social Security recipients, raises Social Security taxes and cuts Medicare, all while making it harder for Pinellas seniors to keep their doctors that they know and love. Sending Alex Sink to Washington guarantees that seniors right here in Pinellas County are in jeopardy of losing the Social Security and Medicare benefits that they have earned and deserve."...
