Obama Addressing Congress on the State of the Union .... ?
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| GOP Retains House Control |
| 2012-11-07 |
| Republicans retained control of the House, confronting President Barack Obama with a continuing partisan obstacle to his second-term agenda. The results left the chamber's balance of power intact despite a restive electorate. The House's dwindling band of conservative Democrats shrunk further, as Republicans defeated two Democratic incumbents in the South and picked up several open seats held by "Blue Dog'' Democrats who had decided to retire. Still, Democrats offset some of their losses by defeating several GOP incumbents, including tea-party-backed freshmen who had been a big part of the GOP 2010 landslide. By 1:45 a.m., Republicans were set to win 239 seats and Democrats 193, according to the Associated Press. Strategists in both parties expect the House's bottom line will change little, in a departure from the last three so-called wave elections that brought major swings in the party makeup of the House—toward Democrats in 2006 and 2008 and toward Republicans in 2010. "We're humbled to have again been entrusted by the American people with the responsibility of leading the People's House,'' said House Speaker John Boehner (R., Ohio), in a statement prepared before the outcome of the presidential election was known. "We stand ready to work with any willing partner—Republican, Democrat or otherwise." |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #14 The new scapegoat is the House. Or a youtube videos nobody has ever seen... |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2012-11-07 20:17 |
| #13 Give him all the rope he needs to hang himself? That sounds like a dangerous game. The noose is likely to end up around our necks and they will keep on blaming the Republicans anyway. With the MSM in their pocket they can do that. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2012-11-07 19:00 |
| #12 Right, so give the Prez everything he wants, as long as he agrees to take all the glory AND all the blame. After two years, he'll have no one to blame but the Dims. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2012-11-07 18:18 |
| #11 They know they can't keep on blaming Bush for everything. The new scapegoat is the House. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2012-11-07 13:32 |
| #10 The beauty of the second amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it. -Thomas Jefferson |
| Posted by: Beavis 2012-11-07 12:48 |
| #9 The biggest damage will be to the supreme court. Obama is in position to appoint 1 or 2 new justices. Once he does that and replaces a conservative with an extreme liberal (which the senate will rubber-stamp) - say bye bye to that quaint bill of rights - starting with the second. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2012-11-07 12:20 |
| #8 Congress should spend like drunken sailors -- I mean even more than they have been doing. Print money and send it home to their districts. If the US wants bankruptcy, let's give it to them. |
| Posted by: Elmelet Spert3289 2012-11-07 12:04 |
| #7 Obama Addressing Congress on the State of the Union .... ? |
| Posted by: Au Auric 2012-11-07 11:47 |
| #6 The pubs in the house will have to grow a spine and get into the faces of the dems. However, O will crank out executive orders like fatwas, and congress will do nothing. Nothing will happen until congress gets shaken up. and that ain't happening for two years, theoretically. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2012-11-07 11:17 |
| #5 Looks like Col. Allen West is toast, he fought the good fight. |
| Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC 2012-11-07 09:37 |
| #4 Yup, Obama inherited a mess from the last four years. He will still try to blame them on Bush. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2012-11-07 08:41 |
| #3 Hope they are ready to take blame from litrallly everything that goes wrong because the Blame Bush card is used up. |
| Posted by: Rjschwarz 2012-11-07 07:19 |
| #2 Neh, he'll just bypass them. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2012-11-07 03:14 |
| #1 Until Reichstag burns? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2012-11-07 03:13 |