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Newt puts down Ryan's plan:
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la ... 9495.story

Dude, the repubs make Jonathan Swift look modest.

I have noticed that Obama has been looking/acting a bit cocky lately.....

Think maybe Huckabee bowed out because he thinks Obama is a shoe-in for a second term?

Van wrote:I have noticed that Obama has been looking/acting a bit cocky lately.....

Think maybe Huckabee bowed out because he thinks Obama is a shoe-in for a second term?

Yip, could be. I can't take the guy seriously. He's got the stupid stamp of approval on his forehead.

I haven't got a link handy, but I read some pundit's analysis that the GOP is shifting its efforts toward getting a majority in the Senate (quite a few Dems have announced they are retiring) and keeping the House, essentially giving up on the White House until 2016.

Extrapolating from that, I suspect the Rethugs goal is continued gridlock, with Obama to blame as things continue to fall apart, setting the stage for some kind of extreme right wing (fascist, for all intents and purposes) takeover in 2016.

Hey, at least it's a plan. What the hell is the Dem's plan?

larrymod wrote:What the hell is the Dem's plan?

Be the tepidly mixed corporate conservadem new receiver of a lot of corporate monies for keeping the populace happy while not substantiating bedrock change?

Oops, was that my out loud voice?

Van wrote:I have noticed that Obama has been looking/acting a bit cocky lately.....

Think maybe Huckabee bowed out because he thinks Obama is a shoe-in for a second term?

Nah. Huckabee looked at that big contract he has with Fox/RNC-TV and decided that (muck)raking in the cash outweighed running for an office that he knew he could not win

AdAstra wrote:Newt puts down Ryan's plan:
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la ... 9495.story

Of course he does. Ryan and Ron Paul serve the same purpose for the Republicans as Kuchinich does for the Democrats. They show a view so far into the extreme on their side that people who aren't quite as far over look normal.

Van wrote:I have noticed that Obama has been looking/acting a bit cocky lately.....

Think maybe Huckabee bowed out because he thinks Obama is a shoe-in for a second term?

I’ve met Huckabee before and he’s a very sharp guy…completely wrong, but very sharp and a rather likable guy. Aside from politics, he has a down-hominess about him that makes you feel like you could kick back in front of the tube with a cold one and watch a game with the pre-eminent right winger.

But his smarts are telling him that 1) The Republican party IS NOT resonating with the American Public. 2) Won’t be for some time. 3) Obama has the right wing covered for now (sadly). 4) Obama will have the economy at least no longer bleeding by the election. And finally 5) Huckabee just doesn’t have a chance against Obama…And neither does any Republican at this point.

It’s killing me to watch, but Obama’s move to the center is shrewd politically. I just pray to God that this move to the center is to win a second term, where he can push a liberal energy policy HARD.

FrontSight wrote: It’s killing me to watch, but Obama’s move to the center is shrewd politically. I just pray to God that this move to the center is to win a second term, where he can push a liberal energy policy HARD.

That, and let the actual trials begin. I hope this pursuit of Ensign, even after he pulled the ejector cord on his senate seat, is just the harbinger for a return to a nation where all are equal under the law.

I think the economy and the regulatory agencies might be able to sort themselves out, if rule of law and dogged investigation of violations can be reasserted.

FrontSight wrote:
It’s killing me to watch, but Obama’s move to the center is shrewd politically. I just pray to God that this move to the center is to win a second term, where he can push a liberal energy policy HARD.

And maybe get a chance to replace Kennedy on the SC. Start undoing some of this crap that's happened because of a wing-nut court.

It’s killing me to watch, but Obama’s move to the center is shrewd politically. I just pray to God that this move to the center is to win a second term, where he can push a liberal energy policy HARD.

YES!!! And Water too!