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Republicans in Congress should vote against the Wall Street bailout and make Democrats pass it on a partisan vote, which would boost GOP candidates and make them seem like the candidates of "change," writes Patrick Ruffini. Though John McCain's campaign dismissed as "quibbling" factual errors it ...
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Rising Conservative Star Patrick Ruffini Riles The Right
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed — ... and The Hill, its call for 'no' votes by the GOP has already raised the level of distrust between the two parties, each fearful of taking the fall for bad legislation. Simply by entering into the public debate and touching a nerve in a climate where blame shifting is endemic, the young Republican gadfly has increased the odds of both Democrats and Republicans voting 'no' in an attempt to avoid responsibility for whatever unknown dangers lie down the road. ...

Rising Conservative Star Patrick Ruffini Riles The Right
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... and The Hill, its call for 'no' votes by the GOP has already raised the level of distrust between the two parties, each fearful of taking the fall for bad legislation. Simply by entering into the public debate and touching a nerve in a climate where blame shifting is endemic, the young Republican gadfly has increased the odds of both Democrats and Republicans voting 'no' in an attempt to avoid responsibility for whatever unknown dangers lie down the road. ...

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