Boehner vs. POTUS - Fiscal Update PT3

The Hill: Reports on the possible results of the failure of Plan B for Speaker Boehner, " Pulling the bill represents a major defeat for Boehner that will give significant leverage to Obama.. ".

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Any Bill passed by the Democratic Senate needs to get pass the Republican House, the Republicans should say NO, just NO, during the Civil rights debates on the Hill, LBJ kept the reforms he needed there in till they were passed, well the Republican should say NO to ALL of Obama's Agenda in till he agrees to their demands on taxes and welfare cuts, every 2nd term Presidents want a domestic record, Obama tries to avoid talking about ObamaCare, thus he needs the Republican House to give him hearing, can he really wait and hope the Democrats retake the House in 2014, what if by then the Republican retake the Senate and the Oval poll numbers are in the tank, lets recall the tax hike of ObamaCare come in to force in the 2nd term.   Thus the Republicans have to stay together, and wait out Obama, the Democrats will be running for 2014 and 2016 early in the Obama 2nd term, the US election cycle starts early every year it seems.   Thus in the long term a Obama recession hits the Democrats, time for Republicans to find their inner Gipper and take the fight to the Oval. 

Plan B and Boehner - Fiscal Update PT2

CNN - Politics: Reports that Republican Speaker Boehner has stated that the fiscal cliff solution now has to come from President Obama and Senate Majority leader Harry Reid. 

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This is going to be fun for the Oval, any deal that will pass the Republican House has to have welfare cuts, the liberal base of the Democratic Party just wants to spend, also the Oval is not running in 2014 and 2016, thus Oval, Senate and the House has different interests, the Oval does not want a recession at the start of its 2nd term, the Democratic Senator and House Members have to worry about Primary fights if they vote for any cuts.   This will be a test for the Oval, can President Obama actually do deals, can he be a LBJ or Bill Clinton in Democratic terms.  The present historical trend does not look good, when it came to ObamaCare the Oval left the details to the Hill,  it seems that the Oval does not like to get its hand dirty, do deals, deals that cost, that the liberal base will be out on the street on, it expects its logical to win the day, when you get the Nobel Prize for doing nothing that can go to your head.   A great President can work with the other side, just look at the Reagan record, saved social security and reformed the tax system in the 2nd term, while working with liberal Democrats.  What is more important Reagan could sell tax hikes and still be beloved by the US voters, Republican and Democrats.   Thus can Obama save the US from going over the fiscal cliff, lets see how clever the Oval really is, can he be a good old Chicago Pol. 

Boehner Fails with Plan B - Fiscal Update

BBC News: Reports that Republican House Speaker John Boehner failed to get his Plan B through the Republican House, he pulled the plan after not getting Republican support. 

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This is good news folks, the Tea Party supporters and Conservative Republicans have shown that the Republican leadership can not sell the Republican brand down the river, that was a mistake that Bush 41 did in the early 1990s, thus no 2nd term.    One can not see Speaker Boehner getting re-elected Speaker, his power is over.   The Republicans should nominate a tough Republican Speaker, a Speaker that will tell the Oval, its this way or the high way, that if the Oval forces the idea of tax hikes then the Oval is dead on the Hill, in other words NO OBAMA ideas will be passed by the House.  Any tax hikes from the fiscal cliff will be used to pay down the US national debt of 16 trillion.   The recession would be a Obama recession.   Liberals think that with this defeat that the Republicans will be weak and be be pushed, time to show them they are wrong, the Republicans should stand firm, NO TAX HIKES, on anyone, major welfare cuts and increase defence spending, the Republicans should return to the agenda of Ronald Reagan. 

Reagan on the Bork Nomination failure - 1987

Here is what President Reagan said on the failed nomination of Judge Robert Bork in 1987, " I am saddened and disappointed that the Senate has bowed today to a campaign of political pressure and has turned down the nomination of Judge Robert Bork to the Supreme Court. Chief Justice Warren Burger said that he could not recall a more qualified nominee in the past 50 years. The highest Court in our land will not enjoy the services of one of the finest men ever put forward for a place on its bench. Judge Bork will be vindicated in history.

Alexander Hamilton wrote that ``the complete independence of the courts of justice is . . . essential in . . . [the] Constitution.'' The framers of our Constitution believed that the judicial branch should be removed from politics and that its only goal should be the fair and impartial administration of justice. But in the last few months, the confirmation of a judicial nominee has become a spectacle of misrepresentation and single-issue politics. To allow this unprecedented practice to become the rule would jeopardize the integrity and independence of the American system of justice. All Americans have a stake in making sure that the confirmation process is never distorted like this again. Let me just add that those Senators who stood up today for Judge Bork and for a judiciary free of politics have my gratitude and respect.

My next nominee for the Court will share Judge Bork's belief in judicial restraint: that a judge is bound by the Constitution to interpret laws, not make them. In our democracy, it is the elected representatives of the people, not unelected judges, who make laws. He or she will share my belief in judicial restraint. He or she will share my belief that the courts of law must administer fair and firm justice to criminals and must show compassion to the victims of crime. I will seek a nominee who understands the dangers of judicial license and leniency in the courtroom. This is the kind of jurist the American people want on the Supreme Court. This is the kind of jurist the framers of our Constitution envisioned sitting on the Supreme Court. This is the kind of jurist I am determined to appoint to the Supreme Court. ". *

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The Supremes  lost a chance to have wise and conservative Judge on the bench due to the vicious attack of liberals in the Senate and around the US.   The present cold war between Democrats and Republicans comes from this time as noted by this blog, how about Democrats saying sorry. 

*" Statement on the Failure of the Senate to Confirm the Supreme Court Nomination of Robert H. Bork. October 23, 1987 " The Public Papers of President Ronald W. Reagan.  Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1987/102387c.htm

Benghazi Deaths - Libyan Update

Telegraph: Reports the following on the State Department Report on the Benghazi Deaths, " has strongly criticised State Department security arrangements there as "grossly inadequate."   ". 

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The question that really has to be asked folks IS will Secretary Clinton ever face a Congressional Committee when it comes to the Libyan deaths, how will the Republicans play this issue over the next four years, it is the general view within the D.C that Hillary Clinton will be the Democratic nominee in 2016, it will not be VP Biden, thus will Republican supporting groups do a Kerry of 2004 on Clinton in 2016, will they start undermine her national security profile, the death of the US Ambassador in Libya was the 1st such death in 30 years, the Clinton Camp have a problem, they need to get the Secretary out there, taking the tough questions in one go,  not having to answer the same questions over the next four years.    This is serious for the Clinton Camp folks, at the end of the day Secretary Clinton has taken the political blame for Libya but she has not faced Congress, she of late has had the flue and has hurt her head with a fall, those with a more cynical view have stated, typical of a Clinton, avoiding tough questions, on the hope that the issue will go away, its not new for the Clinton Camp, Bill Clinton and the Impeachment process.   Thus if Hillary Clinton wants to be the 2016 nominee she has to get in front of this issue, its a political IED that could go off at any time and derail her attempt in 2016.    Thus political advice to Clinton Camp, have the Secretary go before Congress in 2013, how ever long and answer all their questions, then when the issue comes up again, say go read the Congressional transcript.   Lets see how the Clintons play this issue folks. 

End of the Two State Solution ? - Israeli Update

Guardian: Reports that Israel has announced new building around Jerusalem, the article notes the following, " the approval of 2,612 homes in a move likely to further inflame international criticism of Binyamin Netanyahu's government. ".

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It is time for Israel to tell the Oval and the UN to get lost, they WON, the poor Palestinians have been shafted by everyone, they are never going to get a valid State, it was never on the cards, the security of Israel would be in danger should Israel not control any Palestinian Border or airspace, look how Iran is using Iraq airspace to keep the Assad Regime in power, what havoc could Iran cause in Israel if it could develop terrorist groups in Palestinian Jerusalem.  The idea of a Two State Solution is OVER folks, the UN, the West even the Obama Administration is smoking something if they think this is going to change, its NOT, get over it.    At its most basic the Israelis have WON, as JFK said life is not fair, but as Nixon said in essence when leaving in 1974, its not when you up that counts but when you hit the deck, that is the position faced by the poor Palestinians, they have been let down by everyone, time to get up and come up with a new plan. 

Judge Bork Dies

BBC News: Reports that Judge Robert Bork died, the Judge was a former US US solicitor general, Attorney General and Federal Appeals Court Judge.   Judge Bork was nominated in 1987 by President Reagan to be on the US Supeme Court, US liberals blocked the nomination. 

Lets Get Real:

The modern take no prisoners no compromise approach of the US political parties comes from the Bork fight, the Judge on his qualifications was up to the job but liberals in the US Senate and in the US opposed his legal views, it did not help that at the height at of the Watergate scandal he followed the order of President Nixon and fired the Watergate Special Prosecutor.  Liberals never forgive folks, thus from Bork we have seen both Republicans and Democrats go for the throat, both Parties have to keep their bases happy, while before good Government was more important.    The modern political era in many respects in the Bork era, were the only result that matters to the Parties is the personal destruction of the opposition.  Shame on liberals.