Cooper Explains His Vote For The Stupak Amendment

7 Responses to “Cooper Explains His Vote For The Stupak Amendment”

1. JerryJ writes
   November 11th, 2009 9:19 am

   Cooper is one of the smartest members of congress. He has been around for a long time and it seems he loves to lecture all of us on how Congress works. The stupak amendment may have needed to pass in order for 3962 to pass but here is where Cooper gets famously duplicitous: stupak didn’t need his vote to pass. And if he is so on the outs with house leadership to not know the headcount going in, he knows ho voting works. He could have waited on deck to be the winning vote if necessary fo stupak as the clock ran down if needed. Then if not needed (as was the case) he could have voted the way he wanted.

   I don’t believe his explanation is the full story. There is more here.

   First he skips the welcome back inwas gonna go to, then he condescends to us in this incomplete explanation.

   I’m starting to get those outside bloggers who hate him, even if they are crazybot.

2. TNVolunteer73 writes
   November 11th, 2009 9:32 am

   Cooper may have 1 term left. If there is a viable canidate the will run against him he will be out in 2010

   His district will be changed in for 2012. Because of the 2010 census.

3. Mary Mancini writes
   November 11th, 2009 10:37 am

   Let’s put the blame for the Stupak Amendment where it really belongs - on the people who for decades have been building a cynical-fueled coalition of elected offials/activists who would rather use infant mortality as birth control rather than age-appropriate sexual education or affordable contraception.

4. The OG DG writes
   November 11th, 2009 10:48 am

   “His district will be changed in for 2012. Because of the 2010 census.”

   For the millionth time: there is absolutely no way the 5th District (or whatever district includes Nashville) will be LESS Democratic.

   There are lots of Republican-leaning parts of the current 5th that will be moved to Gordon’s district, and some to Davis’ district. But based on demographic trends and population growth, Nashville will remain the center of a +10 D or more congressional district.

   I know some of the more delusional “thinkers” out there envision pie slices diluting Nashville’s overwhelmingly Democratic vote, but if anything, the district will be MORE, not LESS, liberal.

   Now maybe that’s what ‘73 is saying, but I’ve never heard that line of argument coming from that source before.

5. frankj writes
   November 11th, 2009 11:01 am

   OG DG is correct that the 5th District can’t help but be Democrat even after redistricting. Looking at the 2008 election returns, I would anticipate that the GOP will probably take Wilson County (the R beat Cooper in Wilson County in ‘08) out of the 5th and put it in Gordon’s district and give the 5th Cheatam County OR just move all of Blackburn’s Davidson County votes into the 5th. The first (Wilson for Cheatham) would pretty much maintain the status quo, the second (Blackburn’s Davidson) would actually make the district more conservative. Either way, Cooper is safe.

6. The OG DG writes
   November 11th, 2009 11:42 am

   I’d actually expect Wilson Co. to move to Gordon’s district, Cheatham maybe to Davis’, and a gerrymander going into some D leaning parts of Rutherford to get the extra 45k or so people that would be needed to make up the part of the 5th that isn’t Davidson. Probably would move the 5th another +10 D, but would make things very hard for Gordon. I’m not the least bit sanguine about the prospect, but I think the GOP would be OK with a 5-4 split, happy with a 6-3, and over the moon with a 7-2.

7. common sense writes
   November 11th, 2009 3:04 pm

   Mary Mancini wins the award for best comment of the day. see above.