Posted by Tina
Obama on earmarks from an earlier time.
** Then-Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., one year ago this week, swooped in from the campaign trail to vote for an amendment to impose a one-year moratorium on earmarks for fiscal year 2009. All three then-presidential candidates voted for the amendment. It failed. Obama said then “we can no longer accept a process that doles out earmarks based on a member of Congress seniority, rather than the merit of the project. – Jake Tapper, ABC News **
James Carville is on the offensive team (yes I mean offensive) for Obama. He has been on Rushs case for saying he wants Obama to fail. (Rush actually said he wanted Obamas Marxist/socialist policies to fail) Bill Samon recalls an interesting Carville moment:
** On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, just minutes before learning of the terrorist attacks on American, Democratic strategist James Carville was hoping for President Bush to fail, telling a group of Washington reporters: “I certainly hope he doesn’t succeed.” – Bill Samon, Fox news **