they think it s a popular policy now. and times have changed. so i just don t think five, seven years ago, lots of campaign checks could have swayed these republicans on this issue if it hasn t changed. i hear you on that. a combination of things. chris, i have to give log cabin republicans a lot of credit here. they delivered on this issue. secondly at this time as a.b. is pointing out. money will that do the trick? did that push people over the edge. did that strategy work here? of course, money is going to play a role in politics? absolutely. is president obama going to evolve on gay mirnlg because he cares fundamentally about gay people so much? he goes to gay voters and make up a couple more withdraws from the atm. atm not right. atm is the word of the day. it s important to note that it s a powerful interest group.
number one priority in washington, he would get a receptive hearing. in fact, what he got was a ferocious push back from members of congress who have gotten generous campaign checks from defense contractors who would be identified for cutting and/or who have defense plants in their district which would lose jobs. it s the military industrial complex in full play. two examples that really left out. one that expeditionary fighting vehicle for the marines that you mentioned and we ll get to that in a moment. another one that s pretty interesting is the alternate engine for the joint strike fighter brought to you by general electric which, of course, owns this network for at least currently, and rolls royce. in both cases, and certainly in the joint strike fighter case, both the bush administration and the obama administration
number one priority in washington, he would get a receptive hearing. in fact, what he got was a ferocious push back from members of congress who have gotten generous campaign checks from defense contractors who would be identified for cutting and/or who have defense plants in their district which would lose jobs. it s the military industrial complex in full play. two examples that really left out. one that expeditionary fighting vehicle for the marines that you mentioned and we ll get to that in a moment. another one that s pretty interesting is the alternate engine for the joint strike fighter brought to you by general electric which, of course, owns this network for at least currently, and rolls royce. in both cases, and certainly in the joint strike fighter case, both the bush administration and the obama administration targeted this for elimination saying we don t need two engines
targeted this for elimination saying we don t need two engines for the same airplane, it creates all sorts of logistical problems, it s a waste of money and in fact congress consistently has pushed back, both because of large campaign checks and also a ferocious and awesome lobbying campaign by general electric and rolls royce. in fact, one kind of an example that i thought was kind of fun is right now everybody in washington reads that politico mike allen s playbook every morning. well all last week the week after gates made his announcement, you would have gotten that playbook sponsored by ge and rolls royce plugging the alternate engine for the joint strike fighter. who is for the joint strike fight center well let s start with the speaker of the house, john boehner. even said in an interview with
for the same airplane, it creates all sorts of logistical problems, it s a waste of money and in fact congress consistently has pushed back, both because of large campaign checks and also a ferocious and awesome lobbying campaign by general electric and rolls royce. in fact, one kind of an example that i thought was kind of fun is right now everybody in washington reads that politico mike allen s playbook every morning. well all last week the week after gates made his announcement, you would have gotten that playbook sponsored by ge and rolls royce plugging the alternate engine for the joint strike fighter. who is for the joint strike fighter? let s start with the speaker of the house, john boehner.