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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMcConnell & Obama already discussing plans to cut corporate tax rates and pass free trade agreements
The comments from McConnell, who is expected to become the next Senate majority leader, shed light on the Republicans' potential strategy next year. For months, Republicans have argued that if they controlled both chambers of Congress, Obama would have to moderate his own liberal positions and give more ground in legislative talks. But McConnell's early agenda suggests a different strategy: He will seek to exploit economic policy rifts between Obama and congressional Democrats to press for deals on issues where the president and Republicans already agree.
"Trade pacts," McConnell said at a press conference Wednesday. "The president and I were just talking about that, right before I came over here. Most of his party is unenthusiastic about international trade. We think it's good for America, and so I've got a lot of members who believe that international trade agreements are a winner for America."
The senator added, "I think he's interested in moving forward. I said, 'Send us trade agreements. We're anxious to take a look at them.'
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/11/05/mcconnell-obama_n_6109668.html
Skink
(10,122 posts)Autumn
(45,120 posts)msongs
(67,441 posts)RobertEarl
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Obama failed to beat the republicans so now he will join them. He has nothing personally to lose, so why not? The voting machines have spoken for us: Thank you Master, can I have some more?
The rich and powerful are the winners. Obama is rich and powerful and he's in the club. We ain't.
VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)Odin2005
(53,521 posts)In 2008 he made himself out to be the second coming of FDR, then after he was inaugurated he turned into just another Centrist tool of the Capitalist Class.
grahamhgreen
(15,741 posts)BP2
(554 posts)VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)we let them kick the fuck out of us!!!!
KoKo
(84,711 posts)He felt he could work better with Repubs holding both Senate & Congress...and nuanced in there in answer to questions gave much room in "speak" to Trade & new AUMF agreement for the conditions in the ME to replace the post "9/11" AUMF for IRAQ.
He was quite good at being lawyerly...in his letting the press know what could be in the works...without going far enough that it could be called a "direct quote." It was tied up in long riffs over how America was doing good all over the world and how jobs, energy exploration and getting along with our partners was needed so that we could partner in these efforts...and blah..blah...
But, if one listened carefully you could see the TPP Trade Deal, Fracking and Offshore exploration because we are now "Energy Independent" and want to stay that way...along with the wars without end on ISIS that we need to craft a new agreement for...even saying that it will probably be ongoing into the next Congress for the New AUMF Agreement. Meaning the outgoing House & Senate might not give him what he wants but the new Republican one will.
He's a very clever guy.
sakabatou
(42,174 posts)BP2
(554 posts)truebrit71
(20,805 posts)... it's going to be a rough couple of years. ...
customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)My guess is that both sides got tired of waiting for him to come down on their side. For quite some time, he's been secretly telling the environmentalists that he has to wait until after the election because he needs to keep the lunkhead union workers on his side through the next election, while simultaneously telling the unions that he has to keep the granola-chomping econuts happy until after the election.
At some point, he has to show his cards or fold.
VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)and THIS is what we get for sitting on our asses at yet ANOTHER midterm....
polichick
(37,152 posts)bullwinkle428
(20,630 posts)spend time alone in a room with McTurtle because they're afraid he's going to get snookered by him - jaw-dropping moment for me!
(This was during Tweety's show earlier tonight.)
Autumn
(45,120 posts)Skittles
(153,193 posts)he'll just keep on trying
hellhound-liberal
(4 posts)neither Obama, nor any of us (including the mouth-breathing, knuckle draggers who keep electing these people) are members of that club. If George was put on this planet for any reason, it was to see through the BS that we are fed, and willingly swallow on a daily basis, and to explain it to us. It's a shame that s many of us are either unwilling or unable to see it. [link:
|Skittles
(153,193 posts)they're absolutely DISGUSTING people
Kelvin Mace
(17,469 posts)disgusting people to you.
VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)but from Obama's point of view....the people have spoken....and WE let yet another Midterm go down like this.....
djean111
(14,255 posts)Stop with the people have spoken bullshit.
Autumn
(45,120 posts)yet.
Cha
(297,655 posts)at his word. Mediawhore$ on parade and DU gets sucked in.. because you know.. Obama!
bullwinkle428
(20,630 posts)of Al Campanis, if you're old enough to remember him, and his comments about why there were no black managers in baseball's major league during an interview with Ted Koppel back in 1987. I remember watching it live, and was shocked by what I was hearing.
http://espn.go.com/espn/otl/story/_/id/7751398/how-al-campanis-controversial-racial-remarks-cost-career-highlighted-mlb-hiring-practices
VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)We failed.....and the other side has spoken loud and clear...we got trounced...AGAIN!
We didn't learn ANYTHING from the first Midterm....
Cha
(297,655 posts)the truth so you have to bang your head against a brick wall?
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,192 posts)Cha
(297,655 posts)PAProgressive28
(270 posts)So yes. And his track record does not make me confident.
Cha
(297,655 posts)of your head though.
PAProgressive28
(270 posts)LuvLoogie
(7,028 posts)He does not want any debate on it.
Broward
(1,976 posts)ucrdem
(15,512 posts)Ditto TPP. So the answer appears to be no.
Broward
(1,976 posts)ucrdem
(15,512 posts)that's been under discussion since at least 2009:
http://www.ustr.gov/tpp
Not exactly a fast track.
Vattel
(9,289 posts)VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)cali
(114,904 posts)that contradicts that.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)he's going to sneak a cruddy agreement through, just for fun. This is really getting ridiculous.
LuvLoogie
(7,028 posts)and now he will get it.
cali
(114,904 posts)voiced anything but diehard support for it.
sheshe2
(83,898 posts)It reeks!
Way to much bashing of this President and so many Democrats. It was up to the minute of our midterms, thought that was a no no here, and the cycle continues minutes after the results were announced.
@!#$&*()_)(IU&^%$#$%^&*&^%$#@QPOIUYT$REWQERTUIOT^&R%ETY^&*&^I%UTREY$#^ERWYE%YRT
for DU, may he/she rest in peace
Cha
(297,655 posts)direction.. especially at our last line of defense, President Obama. With snarkie what IFs and nasty insinuations.. their blood lust must be satisfied.
Meanwhile.. the WHPC was really mad at him too.. Speaking of pitchforks..
TheObamaDiary.com @TheObamaDiary
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WHPC getting really angry now about the President not being downbeat
11:06 AM - 5 Nov 2014 76 Retweets 52 favorites
sfpelosi @sfpelosi
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PBO so cool he doesn't even eyeroll Q about why he didn't work harder to bond with GOP who vowed INAUGURATION NIGHT to make him a 1 termer.
10:27 AM - 5 Nov 2014 103 Retweets 50 favorites
TheObamaDiary.com @TheObamaDiary
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Now Jim Acosta is losing his mind over the President being so upbeat.
The President is totally trolling them.
Epic
10:59 AM - 5 Nov 2014 109 Retweets 73 favorites
http://theobamadiary.com/2014/11/05/chat-away-460/
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I'm proud of my president, and grateful for him.
11:10 AM - 5 Nov 2014 265 Retweets 366 favorites
http://theobamadiary.com/2014/11/05/the-press-conference-a-tweet-or-two/
she~
sheshe2
(83,898 posts)Jon Favreau @jonfavs
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I'm proud of my president, and grateful for him.
11:10 AM - 5 Nov 2014 265 Retweets 366 favorites
my friend
Cha
(297,655 posts)and he said.. "yeah, they're chipping away out our last line of defense!"
This is kind of funny and uplifted me last night, she.. of course, we'll see what happens but I feel much better today! But, I don't have a friggin gop gov to deal with..
http://aattp.org/a-retired-navy-officers-message-to-liberals-on-the-eve-of-the-gops-big-mid-term-win/
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sheshe2
(83,898 posts)Sure...we will see what Baker does here. I doubt it will be by and for the people kind of thing. However our State Senate is firmly in the Democrats hands. That is a blessing.
Cha
(297,655 posts)Indeed a Blessing!
freshwest
(53,661 posts)Obama caught saying what he really thought in 2011. I heartily approve!
Cha
(297,655 posts)betsuni
(25,618 posts)thanks for posting it.
Mutiny In Heaven
(550 posts)Obama and then insist that he does the same. You can't have it both ways. Like it or not, that is twice in four years that the voting public have requested that the Republican Party play a huge role in the nation's government. I don't think he'll "sell out" and fall over himself to let them kill ObamaCare, but does he have to go further than he otherwise would in allowing their budgetary demands? Yes, of course; they've been elected to hold congress in its entirety. I've no doubt he'll have to veto some stupid shit over the next two years, but he cannot and should not block everything.
Also, the Democratic senate minority must pick up a huge amount of the burden; it's within their power to filibuster, although those cowards have probably found that it doesn't do well enough with focus groups.
socialist_n_TN
(11,481 posts)Obama should block (veto) policies that are bad for workers and the masses, even if it means he BLOCKS EVERY FUCKING THING THEY SEND UP TO HIM! Because, quite frankly, ANYTHING these current RWNJs send to Obama for a signature will be bad for everybody, but the millionaires and billionaires. Period.
Something gridlock in defense of the status quo is good if it means stopping things from getting worse.
VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)the American people have spoken loud and clear not once but twice......and we sat our asses home....
It's like all the bashers or on steroids. I have seen post after post on this kind of crap, how the president is going to "cave" to the republicans, how he is just like them, and one idiot even posted how president Obama is going to destroy the democratic party. I also have seen many new posters coming in to help with the bashing. Some of them are obviously right wing trolls, but our old time DU bashers accept them like long lost family.
One thing for sure, they aren't going away and they are going to keep on setting their hair on fire, running around declaring the sky is falling, and show what the true agenda is for the next two years. It's not about helping the party, nope it's all going to be about how bad the party is, and never any real discussion about how it could be changed for the better. Get your hip boots out because the BS is going to get pretty deep before 2016.
Skittles
(153,193 posts)pa28
(6,145 posts)on point
(2,506 posts)VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)and we just sat on our asses in this discussion...
cali
(114,904 posts)LawDeeDah
(1,596 posts)he wants to have a laugh.
Always believe McTurtle, he never lies.
ffs.
Darb
(2,807 posts)Let's let things play out a bit will ya, for fuck's sake?