Posted on 09/05/2013 7:05:42 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
If the House voted today on a resolution to attack Syria, President Barack Obama would lose — and lose big.
That’s the private assessment of House Republican and Democratic lawmakers and aides who are closely involved in the process.
If the Senate passes a use-of-force resolution next week — which is no sure thing — the current dynamics suggest that the House would defeat it. That would represent a dramatic failure for Obama, and once again prove that his sway over Congress is extraordinarily limited. The loss would have serious reverberations throughout the next three months, when Obama faces off against Congress in a series of high-stakes fiscal battles.
Several Republican leadership aides, who are counting votes but not encouraging a position, say that there are roughly one to two dozen “yes” votes in favor of military action at this time. The stunningly low number is expected to grow a bit.
But senior aides say they expect, at most, between 50 and 60 Republicans to vote with Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.), who support the president’s plan to bomb Syria to stop Bashar Assad from using chemical weapons on his people. That would amount to less than one-third of the House Republican Conference.
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America should not shed one drop of blood for Al Qaeda. No American should die supporting any jihadist group anywhere.
Also, Supporting the rebels in Syria is supporting the ethnic cleansing of Syrian Christians.
He’s losing supporters now. This just came up on twitter.
Rep. Michael Grimm repmichaelgrimm 8h
Today, I withdrew support for a #Syria strike. Constituents oppose, too many delays, costs outweigh benefits.
Obama will never lose big, “the world will lose big.”
There is more and more coming out that it was Obama’s friends who used chemical weapons and more than once. Also that our administration may have had prior knowledge. This whole thing stinks to high heavens and may be our next big scandal.
The Dems thought we conservatives would bite but are getting a big surprise. Shows how far the left will go to get more control.
I’d rather see congress Approve the strike and then watch Obama have to make the call to back down all alone.
If the Congress critters in the House vote like the people they represent want them to vote it will be an overwhelming defeat for Obama.
Boehner and Cantor are traitors for supporting this.
A Syrian protester in Detroit last week said that his mother in Syria has barely left her house in 18 months. He said things weren’t great but she never feared going shopping under Assad.
He didn’t act because he already knew it was his friends.
When asked to raise their hands if in favor of military action by the US in Syria, not a single hand was raised.
And this was a hand picked CNN crowd.
No, Obama will order the initiation of World War Three anyways.
He's completely, narcissistic-bats**t crazy.
He's backed into a corner of his own making, ergo WE are responsible. He created this mess, ergo WE made it happen. The whole world told him NO, including America, ergo HE will immediately proceed.
Do not underestimate his insanity, nor his abject evil.
I just hope there’s a plan to stop this monster if he still decides to go ahead because so far no one has affirmatively stepped up and called him and his administration out for being the lying son’s of a bitches that they are.
Reminds me of a line from Tennessee William's Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. "I smell the reek of mendacity, don't you?"
It’s time to impeach this bastard
He’s given the nation many many grounds for impeachment .
Who are the courageous ones in Congress to get that process going ?
Enough already . Truly .....enough !
Short-leash the sumbitch. Should have been done long ago.
Good luck with that one, fellas.
It would be so sweet to see at least one house of Congress vote down Hussein’s horrible anti-Christian war by a HUGE margin!!!!
By the prayers of the Theotokos, O Lord, defeat the schemes of the wicked!!!!
Where are all those liberals worried about ethnic cleansing in Bosnia?
But the House isn't voting today.
Are they?
They'll vote AFTER the propaganda war escalates, the MSM and Hollywood bedazzle the massses, and the NSA intercepts of each and every Republican Congresscritter are ready to be faxed to CNN.
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