[opendtv] Re: Let the games begin
- From: John Willkie <johnwillkie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2006 12:00:41 -0800 (GMT-08:00)
I think we've been down that road on this list many times, circa the 2004
campaign, when Tom Barry and Bob Miller (among others) were sure that not only
would the White House be in Dem hands, but both houses of Congress.
I always go back to the money. Congress wants to spend money, and the
Democrats (using recent 'republican' moves as the example) at least slightly
more so than Rs. They will get money to spend by auctioning off spectrum, and
will only have to spend a small part of it on vouchers for the po' people.
Divided government also means less gets done. I also note that the deadline is
just a few weeks after the next President and the next next Congress take their
seats.
So, maybe there will be a slipping. But, I strongly doubt that will happen in
the next Congress.
John Willkie
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>From: flyback1 <flyback1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Nov 8, 2006 6:38 PM
>To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [opendtv] Re: Let the games begin
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>John Willkie wrote:
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>>Tom;
>>
>>I'm all in favor of a hard shutoff date for analog. We now have one for full
>>service tv, and I've always told chief engineers that they needed to plan
>>that the analog cutoff would come at the end of this year.
>>
>>I disagree that "once faced with the reality of ATSC and nothing but ATSC"
>>that any change is likely, at least starting over.
>>
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>Not even with the Democrats now in full control of the entire Congress
>as of [according to the AP] eight minutes ago?
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