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A Bit of Recycled Wisdom
Jan. 10th, 2012 11:07 amLast week, in the recess appointment thread, ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
daveon said words to the effect of "glad to see Obama finally realized that he can't work with Republicans." I've heard that a lot lately. Since this is a Rotary day and blogging time is limited, here are my thoughts, recycled for your entertainment value:
In the first two years of his term, I really do think Obama thought he could work with Republicans. After all, he had in the Senate.
By the time he decided that working with the Republicans wasn't happening, the 2010 election hit. Then, he made a list of what he absolutely needed from Congress, and kissed whatever ass was offered to make it happen. (See, debt, raising ceiling of.)
Now, he's decided that he doesn't need anything more from Congress, so he'll rope-a-dope them. Whether that's run against them via his jobs bill, recess appointments, defense spending cuts (coming soon to a Congress near you) or whatever, from now until November it's going to be open season on Congress - and Obama's got plenty of bullets.
Cordray, with the CFPB, will, by election time, have all sorts of bad guys in some form or another of legal action. Obama will showcase this, and say, "see, if you vote me out and/or don't vote in a Democrat, all of this goes away."
He didn't plan for things to work out this way, but, like most successful types, when he sees an opportunity he goes after it. Or, "the plan is the first casualty on contact with the enemy."
daveon said words to the effect of "glad to see Obama finally realized that he can't work with Republicans." I've heard that a lot lately. Since this is a Rotary day and blogging time is limited, here are my thoughts, recycled for your entertainment value:In the first two years of his term, I really do think Obama thought he could work with Republicans. After all, he had in the Senate.
By the time he decided that working with the Republicans wasn't happening, the 2010 election hit. Then, he made a list of what he absolutely needed from Congress, and kissed whatever ass was offered to make it happen. (See, debt, raising ceiling of.)
Now, he's decided that he doesn't need anything more from Congress, so he'll rope-a-dope them. Whether that's run against them via his jobs bill, recess appointments, defense spending cuts (coming soon to a Congress near you) or whatever, from now until November it's going to be open season on Congress - and Obama's got plenty of bullets.
Cordray, with the CFPB, will, by election time, have all sorts of bad guys in some form or another of legal action. Obama will showcase this, and say, "see, if you vote me out and/or don't vote in a Democrat, all of this goes away."
He didn't plan for things to work out this way, but, like most successful types, when he sees an opportunity he goes after it. Or, "the plan is the first casualty on contact with the enemy."
