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**gimffnfabaykal** · 02-13-2009, 06:48 PM

I don't think that it's the census or stimulus. The census has always been primarily WH engineered, and the stimulus is broadly similar to what Obama proposed before he announced Gregg (only more Republican - aid to states was significantly reduced, and the AMT fix was attached to the bill). Rather, he realized that he'd have far more power as a swing vote for cloture than holding the most irrelevant Cabinet post. Look at how Collins, Nelson, Snowe, Specter, and Lieberman engineered the Senate bill.

02-13-2009, 06:48 PM	#20
gimffnfabaykal Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 425 Senior Member	I don't think that it's the census or stimulus. The census has always been primarily WH engineered, and the stimulus is broadly similar to what Obama proposed before he announced Gregg (only more Republican - aid to states was significantly reduced, and the AMT fix was attached to the bill). Rather, he realized that he'd have far more power as a swing vote for cloture than holding the most irrelevant Cabinet post. Look at how Collins, Nelson, Snowe, Specter, and Lieberman engineered the Senate bill.
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