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I think we are a pretty sick society when we take pleasure in someone getting hurt because we don't agree with their politics. That goes for both sides. It truly is a sad reflection of us.
I think we are a pretty sick society when we take pleasure in someone getting hurt because we don't agree with their politics. That goes for both sides. It truly is a sad reflection of us.
It's not that we disagree with his politics.....he delighted in being the front man of obamas "hit squad".....especially when it came to mitt Romney.
It's not that we disagree with his politics.[/b]....he delighted in being the front man of obamas "hit squad".....especially when it came to mitt Romney.
I feel it goes something like this:
President Obama’s approval ratings are in the 30s and 40s, yet it’s possible they’d be even lower if it weren’t for his human shield: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
Reid’s purpose in life for the last six years hasn’t been representing the American people, or even the people of Nevada. It hasn’t even been to protect the constitutionally mandated legislative independence and prerogatives of the U.S. Senate, as it was for many former Democratic Senate majority leaders like Robert Byrd (WV) and Lyndon Johnson (TX).
Reid’s sole purpose has been to protect Obama from having to make difficult political and legislative decisions.
One reason for those low numbers is that Reid won’t bring bills up in the Senate that could put Obama in a difficult spot. That National Journal article quotes Republican House Speaker John Boehner as saying, “There are 352 bills passed by the House sitting in the United States Senate. Almost all of those bills passed the House on a bipartisan basis, so go take your [the media’s] complaints to Harry Reid.”
But the media have no intention of challenging Reid, and Reid has no intention of bringing up those bills. Many of them repeal the very unpopular Obamacare law or parts of it. Others approve the Keystone XL pipeline or other domestic energy projects. Others were government-funding bills that Congress is required to pass.
It is a slippery slope, and there is no getting around it. The precedent has been established for a gutting of the filibuster whenever the party in power decides it is convenient. While Reid may have preserved the filibuster for Supreme Court nominees, imagine a scenario in which a Democratic president does not have 60 votes to stave off a Republican filibuster of a far-left pick. If Republicans are not in the majority, they would be powerless to prevent another rule change further gutting the procedural tactic amid cries of “gridlock” and “obstructionism.”
This is a very real scenario for 2016. With several competitive Senate seats on the line, the Republicans majority will be at risk. And though she’s a weaker candidate than the media would like to admit, Hillary Clinton’s likely bid for the White House presents a challenge for Republicans. In short, there are no guarantees for the GOP, making the preservation of the nuclear option incredibly short-sighted and potentially disastrous. Senate Republicans should heed the advice of James Madison, who, in Federalist No. 51, discussed preservation of minority rights. “It is of great importance in a republic not only to guard the society against the oppression of its rulers, but to guard one part of the society against the injustice of the other part,” wrote Madison. “If a majority be united by a common interest, the rights of the minority will be insecure.”
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