Yes my friends now that the election is over and we all return to our lives,so too do the politicians
\nreturn to their respective
\nduties.I too hear the promise in their voices as they say thing will change in the coming 4 years….but I have to seriously
\nwonder how that will come to be….?<\/p>\n
Will some cosmic miracle suddenly beget us….a magical spell….
\nan opening of the heavens, if you will ?
\nWill politicians place to the side all their long believed ideologies
\nand simply operate from the perspective of doing what is right for our country,
\ndoing what is needed for our country ?<\/p>\n
Will the Presidents,and the democratic agenda change so drastically
\nthat it will now make the Republicans more willing to work with them?
\nOr will the Republican Conservatives agenda
\nchange so dramatically that it will make the democrats and President more willing to work with them?<\/p>\n
Nawwwwwwwwwwww be serious Lemur !!!!!!!!<\/p>\n
None of that is apt to happen anytime soon….I mean we all know that right…?
\nBut what can cause a Lemur such unbelief you may be asking yourselves…?<\/p>\n
Time for cut and paste Lemur to make his appearance my friends….lol….:)
\nThe following article is for your consideration my friends.<\/p>\n
Mitch McConnell is already back to obstruction at all costs
\nBy Jamelle Bouie<\/p>\n
Negotiations about the \u201cfiscal cliff\u201d are set to begin soon, and Mitch McConnell
\nis already signaling that he doesn\u2019t intend to budge or cooperate.
\nIf anything, in the wake of Tuesday\u2019s election, he is signaling that Republicans will adopt a strategy of
\ncategorical opposition even faster than he did after Obama\u2019s victory four years ago:<\/p>\n
\u201cThe American people did two things: they gave President Obama a second chance to fix the problems that even he admits
\nhe failed to solve during his first four years in office,
\nand they preserved Republican control of the House of Representatives,\u201d McConnell said in a statement.
\n\u201cThe voters have not endorsed the failures or excesses of the President\u2019s first term,
\nthey have simply given him more time to finish the job they asked him to do together with a Congress
\nthat restored balance to Washington after two years of one-party control.\u201d<\/p>\n
Of course, McConnell doesn\u2019t have the leverage here;
\nthe momentum lies with Obama and Senate Democrats, who will enter 2013
\nwith a larger and more liberal majority than before.<\/p>\n
McConnell\u2019s strategy of opposition and obstruction was the definition of high risk, high reward.
\nThe goal of refusing cooperation with Obama was to generate public discontent with Democratic \u201cpartisanship,\u201d
\nand turn the Obama agenda \u2014 the stimulus, the Affordable Care Act and Dodd-Frank \u2014 into an albatross
\nfor the Democratic Party.
\nThe hope was that, in 2012, a Republican presidential nominee would use that discontent to run on a platform
\nof bipartisan unity, and indeed, in the final weeks of his campaign, Mitt Romney did exactly that.<\/p>\n
But this potential reward \u2014 a one-term Obama presidency \u2014 was counterbalanced by a massive risk.
\nThe practical effect of refusing cooperation with Democrats was to force them to adopt unusual amount of party unity.
\nIt\u2019s not hard to imagine a world where moderate Democrats watered down Obamacare to win over Republicans.
\nIn fact, this almost happened: Democrats were desperate for Republican votes
\nfollowing Scott Brown\u2019s win in Massachusetts,
\nand would have reduced the scope of the Affordable Care Act if it meant bipartisan support.
\nBut by refusing all offers for a compromise, McConnell forced Democrats to negotiate with themselves,
\nand tough out the political circumstances. The result was a health care bill that \u2014
\ndespite liberal disappointments \u2014 was more progressive than it might have been.<\/p>\n
This pattern repeated itself throughout Obama\u2019s first term, and left him with a set of partisan achievements
\nthat were more liberal out of necessity. Of course,
\nif McConnell\u2019s strategy had worked out \u2014 and public discontent forced Obama out of office \u2014
\nthis wouldn\u2019t have mattered; Republicans could just repeal the Obama agenda and move forward.
\nBut, as we saw on Tuesday, Obama was reelected with a larger and more liberal majority in the Senate.
\nAs such, the Obama agenda \u2014 which Republicans could have weakened and watered down \u2014
\nis certain to survive and become an integral part of American life.<\/p>\n
In other words, McConnell\u2019s strategy of categorical opposition has been a tactical and strategic failure.
\nNot only will Obama stay president for the next four years,
\nbut he will implement the final plank of the American welfare state \u2014 universal access to health insurance \u2014
\nwithout Republican input.
\nThe Obama agenda is here to stay, and to a large degree, Republicans have Mitch McConnell to blame.<\/p>\n
Jamelle Bouie is a staff writer at The American Prospect, where he writes a blog .<\/p>\n
While DL does not specifically agree with the article writers wording in the final paragraph my friends,
\nhe does agree with it’s overall sentiment and within the entire intent of this blog.
\nIndeed and thankfully,”The Obama agenda is here to stay”.<\/p>\n
Hmmm\u00a0 Mitch McConnel where have I heard this name before…
\nohhhhh now I remember I heard it from one of his clones….I forget which one specifically ,but it was either John(the boner)Boehner, or Eric Cantor.<\/p>\n
Source:
\nhttp:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/plum-line\/post\/mitch-mcconnell-is-already-back-to-obstruction-at-all-costs\/2012\/11\/08\/37a05f00-29cf-11e2-96b6-8e6a7524553f_blog.html<\/p>\n
Now perhaps a couple of video’s may be appropriate\u00a0 DL……
\nThe following video’s are for your consideration my friends….:)<\/p>\n