Unfortunately, it didn’t take long for Democrats in Washington to return to “business as usual.” Obama, Reid and Pelosi are once again pursing their original liberal-sponsored agenda (i.e., abortion on demand; Dream Act; repeal of Don’t ask, Don’t tell, etc.). So much for focusing on policies that would encourage job creation, fixing the economy, stopping foreclosures, stopping tax increases and stopping more spending. Instead it has come down to whom will blink first.
The Democrats appear destined to use the lame duck session to pass bills that the majority of Americans have already said that they don’t want. You would have to assume that the Democrats didn’t read the memo about how voters want Washington to work. One would almost think that they feel they won the midterm elections. Putting Pelosi back in charge of the dwindling number of Democrats in the House sort of sums up how Obama and his minions feel about the voters message.
I can only hope that Republican senators Olympia Snow and Susan Collins don’t jump across the aisle and support the Democrats agenda. The issues that Obama, Reid and Pelosi are pushing in the lame duck session need open debate, not something that happens behind closed doors. The civil war that is being waged in Mexico is spilling over into our country each day, yet Obama’s answer is to pass the Dream Act, providing amnesty to more illegals. It’s past time to seal our border with Mexico. Once that is done, then and only then can we talk about immigration reform.
Dan Watson, Gilbert
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Mike1200 posted at 8:24 pm on Sat, Nov 27, 2010.
Obviously the economy is important but I would say stopping Obama's leftist agenda came 1st which is what happened on election day. The American people did not like the road this President, Reid and Pelosi were taking us down with their policies and we corrected that situation on Nov 2nd. His one party rule and cramming bills that people don’t want down our throats will be coming to a halt after the first of the year.
As far as obamacare is concerned I just signed up for my health insurance for the year 2011 and it increased 1300 dollars, what a deal. That amounts to the largest increase in one year and is larger than all previous years added together. It looks like I'm spreading the wealth like Obama said he wanted to do. I’m not saying the health insurance system is anywhere near perfect as it was but this disaster isn’t the answer either. Hopefully with some luck one way or another Obamacare will go away one of these days.
Business as usual is sure right, too. You would think the Dems would get the picture with the losses they suffered in the house but they still elect Pelosi as minority speaker. What a joke. I guess that’s good though she will still have plenty of opportunities to mess things up.
Dale Whiting posted at 12:20 pm on Sat, Nov 27, 2010.
Dan,
Boo Ho! As a registered Republican when seeing President Obama get elected in 2008, I wished that Republicans would see the light and cooperate with those changes we probably did need to address. Costs in our healthcare system were destined to rise beyond managability, leaving more and more of us out in the cold. We needed to rethink our policy on waging war on terrorism, Bush 43 having lost his focus entirely. There were other seemingly good ideas, too. But as Bush 41 learned the hard way, "It's the economy stupid!" Now you seem bent on changing the 2010 message from economic recovery to forgetting all about the 2008 election. The message for 2010 was, is and shall remain "The economy, stupid" not Nancy Peloci, or Harry Reid or even Barach Obama. The 2008 message is still out there resonating for 2012 and beyond.