By David Swanson

From the pains Democrats take to out-argue and/or to compromise with the fringe minority party called the Republicans you'd think no other course of action was available, specifically you'd have to assume that the filibuster -- the power of senators representing 11 percent of us to block all work by the House and Senate -- is written in stone. In reality, 51 senators could eliminate the filibuster or change the number of votes required to use it. This nation got along for many years without the filibuster and could do so again. It is no more a part of our Constitution than the CIA, enemy combatants, corporate persons, or the political parties that allow the filibuster to wreak such havoc with our so-called democracy.

President Obama demonstrated his willingness to reach across the aisle by going to the House Republican Caucus - not the House Democratic Caucus - to answer their questions about the Stimulus bill. So how did they repay his generosity? By unanimously voting NO.

After enthusiastically helping George Bush create this deep economic Recession, they unanimously refuse to help President Obama prevent a Depression.

Bi-partisanship? Post-partisanship? Fuggedaboutit. The Republicans are the party of NO.

That means the only way to save our economy is to have No Republicans.

In 2008, Democrats challenged incumbent Republicans in nearly every Congressional District. In 2010, let's aim higher - let's challenge every Republican. And on Election Day 2010, let's sweep all Republicans out of Congress.

The Congressional Budget Office just issued a report saying the ost of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan could total $2.4 trillion through the next decade, or nearly $8,000 per man, woman and child in the country. So when the House Budget Committee held a hearing on this report on 10/24/07, how many Republicans cared enough to show up? Not a single one.

If they don't care one bit about the biggest military and economic disaster in American history, is there a reason to have any Republicans in Congress?

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