Posted on 01/07/2013 7:28:03 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Another republican giving Obama “Bipartisan” cover. I understand he’s considering Michael Bloomhole for his gun commission.
It will be interesting to see how Chuck-u Schumer votes seeing as how he represents a whole lot of Jews.
I think there are two strong possibilities.
The first is that Hagel will be approved, because though the Democrats are willing to “Bork” nominees they hate, the Republicans have been traditionalists, willing to give the POTUS whatever nominee he wants, no matter how awful. They rationalize it by saying that if he is that incompetent, it’s better in the long run for us if he is a total foul up.
The second possibility is that Hagel is a stalking-horse (either a decoy or effort to divide the opposition). That Obama is throwing him to the senate like throwing raw meat to a hungry pack of wolves. The idea is that, when they reject him, Obama will submit somebody even more repugnant, like John Kerry, with the hope that any senate opposition will be muted, not wanting to reject a second candidate, knowing that Obama would then go on a publicity tear about how “unreasonable” the Republicans are.
And possibly giving Reid more impulse to diminish Republican power in the senate further.
Obama’s second term is off to a rocky start — even before it has officially started.
Hagel will be approved. Count on it.
Unfortunately Obama didn't face any real competition in his two elections.
It only takes one senator to throw both nominations into limbo.
I find it interesting that Reid is delaying his attack on the anti-filibuster change to Senate rules until after these nominations.
This is an absurd waste of time, and money.
Swear him in, already.
Are you kidding? This deal is sealed. The gay cockus calls the shots in this admin.
This will be a giant “never mind”, and next time they’ll ask the $3-bill crowd FIRST.
You are in favor then of swearing in EVERY Obama nominee for all cabinet positions without any vetting at all?
Among the 8 Republicans votingfor him willbe McCain, Graham, and Mitch McConnell.
They aren’t fooling anyone.
No, it's possible (Susan Rice, etc) that Obama COULD nominate someone who couldn't get 60 votes in this Senate - unlikely, but possible.
Hagel has 70+ votes locked up. Why bother?
All too true. We had weak candidates, who ran weak campaigns, and Obama’s campaign organization fielded a ground game that was far ahead of the GOP effort in sophistication and execution.
[10 Democrats in the Senate...]
...just want something for their vote that they can take back home to help them with reelection.
It’s and old, old trick used by both sides.
Well, that's Obama's ace in the hole: "Approve Hagel or get some Marxist-of-the-Week with zero military background."
I feel certain Hagel will be approved, with a number of GOP Senators supporting him.
Sadly, I can find no evidence which would even remotely indicate you are wrong.
At least, Patrick J. Buchanan will be happy.
I wouldn't be surprised to find that Obama was picking these provocative nominees for just that purpose, i.e., to provoke. He and Reid are coordinating to bait the GOP into contesting his nominees so that Reid can 'solve' the 'crisis' by blowing up the current filibuster process.
I wouldn’t be surprised to find that Obama was picking these provocative nominees for just that purpose, i.e., to provoke.
Yep. The kenyan is trying to pick a fight here. I don’t see the need to give him what he wants in this case.
Who the SecDef is really doesn’t matter in the big picture with the marxists calling the shots in the WH. Hagel is just another stooge who will do whatever he is told to do.
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