Posted on 09/05/2013 4:52:29 PM PDT by sargon
President Barack Obama appears to be dangerously close to what would be an historic rebuke at the hands of Congress, if the current whip-count projections on the authorization to attack Syria continue to hold.
Pundits on both sides of the aisle say losing the high-stakes bid for congressional authorization would make Obama an instant lame-duck, and might well endanger his entire second-term agenda.
The resolution authorizing an attack on Syrian strongman Bashar Assad, as punishment for his use of chemical weapons against his own people, is still expected to pass the Democratic-controlled Senate.
But the real question mark all along has been whether the administration could muster enough support to get the attack resolution through the House. And there, the situation for the administration appears to be growing dimmer by the hour.
Various news organizations are contacting members of Congress to see where they stand on the attack authorization. While each outlet has different numbers, the ominous sign for the administration is that all of them show the "no" votes outpacing the "yes" votes by a more than a 3-1 margin.
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Well isn't that music to my ears!
I called my congress critter and two senators today, giving them an earful about us getting involved in someone else's civil war !
REBUKE THE PUKE!!
He is long past due for a slap down.
Don’t count on it. 0bama will scream racism and the dems, along with a generous helping of RINOs, will fall in line. Besides, Hussein will dig out some material from the NSA to ensure he gets his way.
So why did he suddenly turn the decision over to congress? He had to up know he mp might well get beaten on this..why take the chance? When you think you know what this administration is doing, look at the OTHER hand.
Well he’s running out of hands to perform sleight of, pretty quickly.
He’s not going to CA because the peaceniks told him to get lost. He is turning radioactive and they know it.
Pray for America to Wake Up
I’m sorry to say that I do not believe congress will vote to stop Obama’s request to make the United States act as AlQuada’s air force. The PTB just will not let it happen. It will end up being a close vote, with some senators being given a pass by the party to vote against, as long as they have the numbers they ultimately need. Hard to believe how far we’ve come since 9/11/01
Dangerous times ahead.
David Stockman’s piece this week was right on the money. It’s time to peel back our military presence and stop finding every excuse to bomb, destabilize and invade piss-ant countries around the world.
You ought to wash out your brain for even thinking that.
bump
I think Bob Beckel is right on this, that Obama will go in even if the House rejects him. But that will end him politically.
At the very least. I will NEVER do that again.
He'll want to start bombing us.
No matter what happens, obama can at least enjoy the fact that he is helping our country look like a bunch of weakling fools.
Good man. You were right, though. Zero is all hat and no cattle. Always has been.
Don’t waste your time on Senators, they are bought and paid for.
We cannot get overconfident . Remember Obamacare when the House GOP sold their souls for crap!
The backrooms are Smoking.
That’s why I make them, to share freely.
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