Quote of the Day

"For the second time in 24 hours, Senate Republicans unanimously blocked efforts to debate the bill. I'm not even asking them to vote for the bill. I just want to let them debate it."

President Barack Obama, on Republican efforts to block financial reform

I blogged yesterday about Sen. Mitch McConnell and Sen. John Cornyn meeting with Wall Street executives. McConnell and Cornyn agreed to block financial reform, in exchange for more lobbying money. Wall Street is the Republican Party's true base. The Tea Party are just poorly informed voters that are duped into voting against their economic self-interest.