sc-06 – Moe Lane

(Via AoSHQ) Rep. James Clyburn went out there today to promise that, if only Democratic voters come out and keep their feckless legislators in control of Congress, said feckless legislators will maybe get a public option going next year. Although one suspects that if Democratic voters just elect Clyburn he’ll hold up under the strain somehow.

“Reelect me, keep Democrats on the field. And when we come back next year, maybe we will get to the public option,” Majority Whip James Clyburn (S.C.) said during an appearance on the Tom Joyner Morning Show.

“Maybe.” Some thoughts on this: Continue reading James Clyburn (D, SC-06) dangles potential public option carrot.

June 16th, 2006: Voted nay on a resolution rejecting the imposition of a timeline on the withdrawal of troops from Iraq.
February 16, 2007: Voted to condemn the ultimately-successful surge strategy that allowed us to win the Iraq War
March 10, 2007: Clyburn acts as whip for Iraq supplemental bill that included a timeline for withdrawal.
May 1, 2007: Clyburn condemns Bush’s veto of the anti-victory, so-called “Iraq Accountability Act.”
July 30th, 2007: “Clyburn: Positive Report by Petraeus Could Split House Democrats on War” (and thus make the imposition of a timeline more difficult for the Democrats).

January 30th, 2009:

Continue reading James Clyburn’s (D, SC-06) timeline for withdrawal.