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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 10:28 AM Original message |
invoking the 14th will be a huge political win for Obama |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
1. He may be getting lawyerly advice that it could lead to his downfall |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 10:30 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Putting entitlements on the table will lead to his downfall /nt |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 06:47 PM Response to Reply #4 |
36. Ditto that sentiment. n/t |
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lillypaddle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
2. From your mouth |
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bullwinkle428 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
3. Wow. I'm shocked, but I'm actually K&Ring a thread of yours! |
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Morizovich (196 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
5. Too bad he won't do it. |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
6. I agree--it's the kind of bold move he needs to make |
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randome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 10:35 AM Response to Reply #6 |
12. It is NOT a bold move. |
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Solomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 10:45 AM Response to Reply #12 |
22. That's the crux of it. He could do it, but it would still make the |
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Mz Pip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 10:38 AM Response to Reply #6 |
17. I'm not convinced it didn't do |
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Mz Pip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
7. The GOP will Impeach him if he does, IMHO |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 10:35 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. as opposed to what |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 10:35 AM Response to Reply #7 |
13. so what? the senate wont convict.... and it will be THE issue for 2012. |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 10:40 AM Response to Reply #7 |
20. So what? it will look partisan to the American people and the Senate will not convict. |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 10:51 AM Response to Reply #7 |
23. That is one enormous awesome fringe benefit of invoking the 14th. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 11:01 AM Response to Reply #7 |
26. Republicans gotta do what Republicans gotta do. So what. n/t |
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Mz Pip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 11:07 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. So what? |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 06:42 PM Response to Reply #27 |
35. We look like buffoons because we are buffoons. It's not Democrats responsibility to make Repubs |
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katnapped (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 11:18 AM Response to Reply #7 |
29. And if he does nothing |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
8. Something we can actually agree on. |
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Raven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
9. Could it even get to the SCOUS? Who would have standing? Who |
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Davis_X_Machina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 10:37 AM Response to Reply #9 |
15. Bush v. Gore, baby. |
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yodermon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
10. I think he will, or something similar which we haven't thought of yet. |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
14. You will never know he's going to do it until he does it |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 10:38 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. However, this could all happen today! MSNBC reports Boehner says "I'm smiling" |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 10:42 AM Response to Reply #16 |
21. Of course he's smiling, just so he can get it passed he no doubt accepted every lunatic |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 10:52 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Yeah, it looks like the smile is just about getting the super baggers on board this time nt |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 10:38 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. you are 100% correct |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
19. Republicans Charge President Obama With Saving America, Threaten Impeachment |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
25. Seems to me |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 11:16 AM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Don't compare the Boner to the president please nt |
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RDANGELO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
30. It wouldn't be all positive. |
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kelly1mm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
31. I think your senario is sound with one MAJOR wildcard - the Supreme Court. |
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Llewlladdwr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
32. Could anyone explain the mechanism by which the President "invokes the 14th"? Thanks! NT |
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DaveT (447 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 01:17 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. President directs treasury to issue new bonds |
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DaveT (447 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
34. Nothing in his record as President so far suggests he will |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
37. I heard an elderly man saying that he and his wife had paid |
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stklurker (138 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
38. 14th |
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