Comments on: The Party of Slavery http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2006/11/19/the-party-of-slavery.html High-minded, fanatically malthusian perspectives Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:09:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Eddie http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2006/11/19/the-party-of-slavery.html/comment-page-1#comment-8894 Eddie Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2006/11/19/the-party-of-slavery.html#comment-8894 <p>The inability of both parties to lead is a disgrace. Notice the protectionist, nativist attitudes of many Demcrats now, which will lead to a further weakening of American influence and respect in the world.<br /> <br /> Pelosi still has room to manuever though, she's likely setting up investigative hearings in such a fashion as to apply pressure to the White House while leaving the door open for compromise on everything from the minimum wage to tax and energy reforms.<br /> <br /> Speaking of free/fair trade and the crisis at hand; Sebastian Mallaby has an excellent piece in the WAPO proposing some solutions and "unity" areas:<br /> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/19/AR2006111900807.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/19/AR2006111900807.html</a></p> The inability of both parties to lead is a disgrace. Notice the protectionist, nativist attitudes of many Demcrats now, which will lead to a further weakening of American influence and respect in the world.

Pelosi still has room to manuever though, she’s likely setting up investigative hearings in such a fashion as to apply pressure to the White House while leaving the door open for compromise on everything from the minimum wage to tax and energy reforms.

Speaking of free/fair trade and the crisis at hand; Sebastian Mallaby has an excellent piece in the WAPO proposing some solutions and “unity” areas:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/19/AR2006111900807.html

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