Word: ornstein
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...existing medical conditions. The risk is at least as great for Republicans. "The small-bore, crabbed and nearly meaningless reform plan they produced in the House after months of nothing but complaining about the Democrats just reinforces the notion that they are a Party of No," said Norm Ornstein, a fellow at the conservative American Enterprise Institute...
...approach through the first eight Obama months of seeking to get unanimous opposition to everything he was doing on the economy and health care established the image of the Party of No," says Norm Ornstein, a congressional scholar at the conservative American Enterprise Institute. "It will take some time to revamp the image into a Party of Ideas. And if the Republicans continue to try to get unanimous or near unanimous opposition to all Obama domestic initiatives, it will be harder to overcome the negative stereotype...
...Competing ideas or plans look weak and show a divided opposition. Since most of what the minority members do is criticize the majority ideas, they look like a party of no even if they have some ideas of their own," says Norm Ornstein, a scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. "The early all-out opposition of Republicans to the stimulus plan, and the exultation that House Republicans showed when they voted unanimously against it, created this image of a party of no, which is hard to shake...
...that he wouldn't try to appeal to the highest court in the land. "The only caveat would be if the U.S. Supreme Court ordered cert and issued a stay in a certificate, which I find highly implausible - it would enrage the Senate and appear blatantly political," says Norm Ornstein, a scholar at the conservative American Enterprise Institute. Everything about the Franken-Coleman battle, of course, is blatantly political, but under this scenario, the U.S. Supreme Court would have to overcome its preference for staying out of state disputes and take up the case in its current session - a rare...
...along party lines, and Franken's arrival could smooth the path for some of these nominees. "We have 30 or so executive nominations, nearly all uncontroversial, just sitting there in the Senate with the threat of GOP filibusters, which at minimum take a lot of time," says Norm Ornstein, a congressional scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. "There will be a number of judicial nominations for appeals courts that may be filibustered or delayed. This is an area where party unity does occur and can make a big difference...