So Much For Working With The New Congress

[Southern Dad]

2nd day of the new congress and President Obama has issued a second veto threat. These are going to be a long two years.

[guest321123]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-A09a_gHJc

Robert Draper Book: GOP's Anti-Obama Campaign Started Night Of Inauguration
Posted: 04/25/2012 2:53 pm EDT Updated: 08/10/2014 4:59 pm EDT

WASHINGTON -- As President Barack Obama was celebrating his inauguration at various balls, top Republican lawmakers and strategists were conjuring up ways to submarine his presidency at a private dinner in Washington.

The event -- which provides a telling revelation for how quickly the post-election climate soured -- serves as the prologue of Robert Draper's much-discussed and heavily-reported new book, "Do Not Ask What Good We Do: Inside the U.S. House of Representatives."

According to Draper, the guest list that night (which was just over 15 people in total) included Republican Reps. Eric Cantor (Va.), Kevin McCarthy (Calif.), Paul Ryan (Wis.), Pete Sessions (Texas), Jeb Hensarling (Texas), Pete Hoekstra (Mich.) and Dan Lungren (Calif.), along with Republican Sens. Jim DeMint (S.C.), Jon Kyl (Ariz.), Tom Coburn (Okla.), John Ensign (Nev.) and Bob Corker (Tenn.). The non-lawmakers present included Newt Gingrich, several years removed from his presidential campaign, and Frank Luntz, the long-time Republican wordsmith. Notably absent were Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) -- who, Draper writes, had an acrimonious relationship with Luntz.

For several hours in the Caucus Room (a high-end D.C. establishment), the book says they plotted out ways to not just win back political power, but to also put the brakes on Obama's legislative platform.

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[Saz]

[The Comrade]

i already responded like four times to the same thing. chill out and have some fun, bro.

[Saz]

[gla22]

This would be a good issue for Obama to compromise on.

[Southern Dad]