Posted on 09/01/2015 12:37:18 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Sens. Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Bob Casey (D-Pa.) have decided to support the Iran nuclear deal, putting President Obama on the brink of a major diplomatic breakthrough that will allow him to fully implement the controversial deal over the objections of the Republican-led Congress.
Coons's decision, disclosed in an exclusive interview with The Washington Post, delivered a powerful blow to opponents of the plan because the Delaware Democrat had previously voiced some of the deepest skepticism about the controversial deal. It came as Casey announced support for the deal and left Obama needing just one more vote in the Senate to claim victory.
Coons reached his decision after many weeks of deliberation that included long talks with top administration officials — including his political mentor, Vice President Biden — and an exchange of letters with President Obama that codified the assurances he received about the pact's implementation.
"We are better off trying diplomacy first," Coons told The Washington Post.
He will formally announce his position Tuesday afternoon at the University of Delaware, during which he is expected to explain the administration's position that this deal would give the United States a stronger long-term position over Iran because of the international backing it has. "They are saying what I need to hear," he said of Biden and other Obama officials.
Casey voiced similar sentiment. "This agreement will substantially constrain the Iranian nuclear program or its duration, and compared with all realistic alternatives, it is the best option available to us at this time," he wrote in an 8,000-word memo first shared with the Philadelphia Inquirer.
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Either McConnell goes nuclear or Iran does.
Doesn’t get much easier than that.
“They are saying what I need to hear,” he said of Biden and other Obama officials. “
So are the Iranians.
I would add, A victory precipitated by the Republican “leadership”.
Never mind that Iran gets nukes and threatens half the world. as long as Obama wins.
All carefully timed for a Labor Day weekend announcement and success.
Doing the work of the Mullahs
I can’t say I’m ashamed of Casey ... he’s not worth the maturity of shame.
It’ a treaty, I don’t care what the Corker Ammendement calls it...and it will cost us an arms build up in middle east if not World war 3. That’s a helluva legacy Mr President.
Freegards
LEX
What’s frustrating is that this is all planned out. We could take up arms in the streets, millions of us, and it would make no difference.
They stopped thinking of the people long ago.
There are TV ads running here in western PA, urging Casey to vote against the deal. But it’s an exercise in futility. Casey is a “company man.” He does what the Democrat hierarchy tells him to. The guy can’t think for himself.
Yeah...”Diplomatic” victory for Obama...Major defeat for the United States....
The dramatic uniparty theatre is coming to its climactic CONclusion. The end result was baked in the cake, thanks to the capitulation and cowardice of the gop wing of the Uniparty. Bob Corker, The turtle, and Ted Cruz being charter members.
Can’t we primary Casey? Isn’t there one great candidate in all of PA?
They’re locking up the vote before the big protest. How many people will go if it’s hopeless?
Then America will become a participant in the war against Israel. According to Scripture, we will then be cursed as promised.
The leader when it comes to using bribery .. all they have to do is tell the DemocRATS this: NO RE-ELECTION MONEY, unless you vote for the Iran deal.
Simple to figure out.
“he’s not worth the maturity of shame.”
Man, that applies to so many and is so well put.
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