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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The useless GOP can’t even knock down a bullshit agreement while controlling Congress.
Absolutely, positively, useless.
Were they being paid off by the Iranians?
McConnell and Corker come to Obama’s Rescue. And then the GOPe wonders why the non-politicians are so popular.
Congressional Republicans have already capitulated on Obama’s disastrous Iran deal.
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It was a done deal when McConnell scheduled the Corker Sellout Bill for a vote. I hope they got paid well.
Please, WHAPO. It only took so long because he held out for a better deal. CA-CHING!
That’s how scams work. The scammer says precisely what the market wants to hear. The scammer never lets the mark look too deep though.
If the scammer told the mark what they didn’t want to hear, it wouldn’t be a scam.
We have established that they, the Congress, are all whores.
Some charge a higher price for their services than others.
That is it, pure and simple. Whores.
See post #28.
I have no idea...I’m from Tennessee....We got enough trouble with Corker...
We’re going to do it.
We’re going to arm Iran.
Thanks for voting America - cause it didn’t matter. LOL! :D
Now shut your bigoted face and go pay your taxes. Iran will need money for their war against us. :)
In the end they’re Democrats who put Democrats first the country second.
This deal was made in order for this to be veto proof cmon
Which is why I’m so disappointed that Cruz voted for it.
Let's see..President Bush (41) got a bi-partisan approval from Congress to authorize the Gulf War in 1990, media shrugged...Obama gets just enough votes to stop a bi-partisan Congressional vote of disapproval against his sell out of America to Iran, and it's a MAJOR DIPLOMATIC VICTORY!!!! Go figure..
Pennsylvania sounds a lot Minnesota.
Take away Ramsey, Hennepin and St. Louis counties and we have a fairly GOP state.
We are cursed already. It’s called the blood of our innocent babies crying out to God. We will pay for our complacency.
The U.S. Is doomed.
With the Corker bill the Senators gave up their 2/3 approval of such a treaty. now Obama only needs 1/3 support to pass the Iran deal.
so many senators are now saying they voted against it after voting for it. but they all supported Obama really 99-1 voting for the Corker bill.
They and Obama are not on our side, the American’ people's side.
And people on here still trust Senators and politicians
When you see the Iranian suitcase nukes go off then you will worship their speeches.
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