Obama is in full retreat on every front as his presidency crumbles. No president has ever failed so fast or so comprehensively (or so predictably for that matter). Whatever Lindsey Graham wants to do, Congress won't vote to spend a billion dollars we don't have so that we can close Gitmo only to replicate its facilities elsewhere. Closing Gitmo never made sense any more than civilian trials for the likes of KSM. Obama can sound the trumpet for any number of suicidal charges — closing Gitmo, trying KSM in NYC, Obamacare. Sadly for him he no longer has anything like the political clout to bring a majority of Congress along with him. The only thing Obama’s suicidal charges will accomplish is to riddle his political corpse with still more bullet holes. He can still mess a lot of thing up without passing legislation, but he is no longer anything like the threat he was on inauguration day.
The rest of Obama’s term is likely to look a lot like what David Patterson is experiencing in Albany or the last days of the Nixon administration. He's a spent force. McCarthy is giving him credit for much more power to do harm than he retains. By all means, watch him like a hawk but don't imagine him to be more formidable than he is. Overestimating the enemy is as dangerous as underestimating him.
“Obama isn’t going to close Gitmo.”
Hope you are right. McCarthy wants us to keep our eye on the ball here, and not underestimate the opposition. I agree with what you are saying, but the pressure has to stay on.
Our R’s have had a nasty habit of backing off.
Bunning’s lack of support, as the recent example.
I think you are right on.