Lindsey Graham: White House talks just went 'dead'

POLITICO ^ | September 20, 2010 | JOSH GERSTEIN

[maggief]

For much of the early part of the year, Sen. Lindsey Graham and the White House were locked in heated negotiations over legislation that could close the military detention center at Guantanamo Bay, move some of the war-on-terror prisoners there to the U.S. mainland and create a system to detain Al Qaeda members captured later.

The talks were so intense that they spurred suspicion on both the right and the left — and contributed to the South Carolina Republican’s status as White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel’s most frequent visitor among Republican lawmakers.

“I thought we were close to getting a deal,” Graham told POLITICO last week. “I had some meetings where I walked out of the White House and said, ‘This is great.’ These were better meetings than I ever had with the Bush administration.”

But sometime around May, according to Graham, the line of communication with the White House shut down.

“It went completely dead,” Graham said. “Like it got hit by a Predator drone.”

The breakdown, however, could leave the Obama administration with even less of a chance to resolve key issues, particularly if Republicans make substantial gains or retake either chamber — or both chambers — of Congress. Graham is viewed as a moderate willing to negotiate, but the current slate of GOP candidates, influenced by the tea party, have tacked hard right and probably would be less willing to open a dialogue with the White House.

[norwaypinesavage]

When President Reagan produced bipartisan legislation, significant numbers from both parties voted for it. When Obama attempts ‘bipartisan’ legislation he simply attempts to pick off one, or two, Republicans to vote for his agenda. Republicans beware the wolf in sheep's clothing.

[blam]

"Lindsey hype"

Lindsey queer boy. (Rahm broke off with him)

[combat_boots]

“But sometime around May, according to Graham, the line of communication with the White House shut down.”

“(STORM) Standing Together to Organize a Revolutionary Movement Handbook
June 9, 2010 - 15:55 ET

The radicals have infected the Democratic party.
Just today, Van Jones was speaking at the America’s Future Now conference for progressives, energized because
“this week will mark a historic inflection point when progressives decided to be progressives again in this country.”

Jones used to be affiliated with a group called STORM.
That stands for Standing Together to Organize a Revolutionary Movement.

A group whose members included anarchists and communists.
This is why I’ve said that the president is in danger
- he’s got revolutionaries all around him who believe in these tactics.”

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2531549/posts

[Georgia Girl 2]

When is South Carolina going to put us out of our misery and vote that little quisling out of office?