WestVirginiaRebel Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 Free Beacon: One hundred days into his second term, where do President Barack Obama and the Democratic Party stand? Nowhere good. Taxes are up on the wealthiest 2 percent of taxpayers, but the Bush tax rates remain the same for the other 98 percent. And the Alternative Minimum Tax has been indexed for inflation. Permanently. Obama’s second-term cabinet picks have been or are in the process of being confirmed. The most contentious choice, Chuck Hagel, won the support of only four Republicans after delivering what is widely regarded as the worst performance at a confirmation hearing in modern memory. Obama signed the sequester cuts into law on March 1. Despite several attempts to portray the cuts in the worst possible light, and to make them as painful as possible, they remain in place. Obama wasted several months on gun control legislation on which he did not campaign and which would not have prevented last December’s horrible mass shooting in Newtown, Conn. His proposals were watered down to the point where gun control advocates ridiculously said a compromise of a compromise on background checks was the defining political issue of our time. And the compromise of a compromise lost. The president’s best hope for significant legislation before 2014 is the immigration reform the Senate Judiciary Committee will take up in earnest next week. But the success of that bill depends on it not being associated with the president. Indeed, the president is reportedly cautioning liberal groups not to demand too much on immigration so Republicans will continue foolishly to believe a “comprehensive” bill is in the interests of the nation and their party. It isn’t. Obama’s call for an increase in the minimum wage is going nowhere. Nor is his call for further measures to reduce carbon emissions. Education, energy, and transportation initiatives have faded away. The president was forced to explain at this week’s press conference that the implementation of the Affordable Care Act is not, despite what members of his own party are saying, a “train wreck.” His approval rating is below 50 percent. Six Democratic senators are retiring (so far). ________ The Bystander-In-Chief. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 Free Beacon: The Bystander-In-Chief. He has always been that. Another small question. Hillary Clinton. She and Barack Obama believe pretty much the same thing, with a small difference. Hillary is a politician not a community organizer, two entirely different things. She has the same "Progressive" goals as Obama, but she would have been much better at it than Obama. So given A. Who the Republican nominee was in 08 and B. A Democrat was going to win in 08, we got lucky it was Obama, because he's just not very good at practical governing. IMO Hillary would have been btter at it, if for no other reason she had Bill, who is just really good at this game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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