U.S. Rep. Mel Watt today defended his support for controversial tax cuts and said he "wouldn't be surprised" if Democrats regain the House in 2012."I'm not here to predict we will," the Charlotte Democrat told the Uptown Democratic Forum. "But I wouldn't be surprised."
Watt suggested numbers that might bode well for his party as it tries to regain the 25 seats it needs for control:
-- 54 Republicans won with less than 55 percent of the vote.
-- 61 won districts President Obama carried in 2008.
-- And 14 of them won districts carried by both Obama in 2008 and Democrat John Kerry in 2004.
He defended the 2010 health care law, which the new Republican-controlled House has voted to repeal. And he defended his vote in December for a bill that extended tax cuts for wealthy Americans. Many liberals opposed the bill.
Watt pointed to parts of the bill that extended unemployment benefits and cut the payroll tax for a year.
"It had a lot more in it for everyday, average working people than it did for rich people," he said.
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Did you ask Watt about his role as waterboy for the big banks and the Federal Reserve? How the Fed's inflationist policies are responsible for the violence in Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, Yemen, China, India, Haiti and elsewhere as food prices skyrocket under Bernanke?
Of course you didn't.
Agree or disagree with Mr. Watt politically, but comments like this smack of pure slander and should be deleted.
Spouting off on anything.....without knowing the facts...the 2 posts proir are typical examples of Repubtea BS
For crying out loud, the new Congress has just barely taken office. Quit talking about what could happen two years down the road. I don't want congressmen working to get reelected two years hence or to undermine the opposing party. I want them to work on the business of straightening out the mess we're in.
I think what he's saying is, if you read between the lines, that when Obama is back on the ticket in 2012, a large constituency of black voters will return to the polls simply to vote for him, simply because he's black (he isn't, by the way). And while they're there, they'll all vote straight democrat ballots. He thinks we were too complacent to vote this time around, but will be back in 2012. He thinks all us black folk vote alike. Insulting.
In the first place, it's likely the GOP will take Watts 'gerrymandered' district away, meaning he may have a hard time getting back himself. Aside from that, 2012 is a long way off. Obama has time for a lot of smoke and mirrors.
If the NC republicans change your funky gerrymandered district, you won't be joining them if they do.
Watt better lay off the crack. He knows full well the Dems are on a downhill slide lucky to have kept the Senate but that will go in 2012 with the WH.
Red America is headed to solid one party rule govt for at least 50-100 yrs. Its a massive red avalanche.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/crisis-in-egypt/obama-wants-mubarak-to-step-down-now/article1891107/
Messiah with the halo tells Mubarak to get OUT.
End the Fed and go go from there!
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