Posted on 01/11/2016 6:00:54 PM PST by JSDude1
Former Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) and former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman (R) want the 2016 presidential pack to make some promises about bipartisanship -- and they've gotten several takers.
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The bipartisan Congressional Problem Solver Caucus was launched in 2014, and now Lieberman and Huntsman have turned their attention to the presidential race with the Problem Solver Promise Pledge.
That pledge says the candidate vows to work with both parties to arrive at solutions if elected to the highest office in the land. It also entails candidates committing to begin work on one of four No Labels agenda items within 30 days of inauguration. Those are: create 25 million new jobs over the next 10 years, secure Social Security and Medicare for another 75 years, balance the federal budget by 2030, and make America energy secure by 2024.
"If elected, I will gather House and Senate leaders from both parties within my first 30 days to begin work on at least one of the four goals in the National Strategic Agenda and to commit to a bipartisan process to achieve the agreed upon goal or goals," states the text of the promise.
"During the election, it will be the voters themselves holdinpppg the candidates accountable and deciding if a candidates’ statements and positions are consistent with keeping the promise," No Labels said. "If our next president enters office having made the Problem Solver Promise, No Labels will focus all of its resources on ensuring he or she keeps that promise."
So far, six candidates have signed the pledge: Dr. Ben Carson, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Ohio Gov. John Kasich, Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and businessman Donald Trump.
But O'Malley has accused No Labels of "dumbing down" their brand by having Trump on the list.
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His daughter Abby Huntsman was one of the round-table panel on MSNBCs The Cycle last year (2013-2015), till it got cancelled.
I noticed last week that she turned up as a FNC reporter, I saw her on Fox and Friends First reporting on something. She joined last October.
Something tells me that if Trump got into the WH that the ‘Hell No’ Trump crowd wouldn't be happy with what he does.
I think I just had an epiphany about O'Malley.
O'Malley is the candidate who the press seems to have forgotten. O'Malley's number 3 out of 3. The DEM candidates are Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, and The Other Guy.
O'Malley doesn't have a ghost of a chance, why is he still running?
Here's my theory on that: Hillary has lots and lots of things to worry about, and may not make it through the race. At which point Bernie, who is polling neck in neck with her now, will pull out in front of here as she goes deeper and deeper into a rabbit hole of her own creation.
At which point O'Malley will present himself as a liberal Democrat instead of Bernie the Socialist, and possibly take over as a "lesser of two evils" candidate.
Six candidates have signed the pledge: Dr. Ben Carson, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Ohio Gov. John Kasich, Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and businessman Donald Trump."
You know what I think, Trump plays to his audience. If he does win the nomination he’ll start playing to general electorate, trying to ply union dems with some lovely non-conservative positions. I don’t imagine the atmosphere would be very pleasant around here.
God know’s what he’d actually do as President, there’s little reason to be confident it’d be anything good.
Would.
I bet she makes noises like a chipmunk. ;d
Imagine a POTUS Trump makes a budget deal with McConnell, Ryan, Reid and Pelosi and then before the vote Cruz calls for blockage of it in the Senate to cut certain spending, temping a shutdown.
If it got to that Trump would carpet bomb Cruz in return and all hell would break loose here, and talk radio.
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