Speaker Boehner since taking the leadership of the US House has never before lead his members. I think most of the time he consented to stepping into the background of the US House by choice or better said, by intimidation of losing his Speakership.
It never made sense to me and I could not understand why a US House member so guaranteed to keep his seat in Ohio's representatives would consent to such a wild west show day after day. Or for at least the days the US House was in session. He is a solid member of the US House and will more than likely be for a long time. His security in his seat is similar to Minority Leader Pelosi. She has that seat from California for as long as she wants it. She rose above the challenge in 2010, but, she did it with the help of those that believe in her leadership.
This could be interesting and I doubt Speaker Boehner will have to do it himself.
November 25, 2014
By Dow Jones Business News
WASHINGTON--Congressional Republicans (click here) are considering a way to keep most of the government running through next fall, while extending federal funding connected to immigration just until early 2015 to push back against the president's executive action....
There are currently two moderate Republicans that are known to be setting their sites on the White House, Former Governor Romney and Former Governor Jeb Bush. I always thought John Boehner more of a moderate than not and his sharp turn to the extreme right has been curious at least. Cowardly actually, but, since the Republicans won the Senate, it would seem as though reality has set into the leadership. Somewhat.
I think the mainstream Republicans, those other than the Tea Party, learned something from the Tea Party. It is beginning to look as though moderates like Mr. Bush and Mr. Romney are starting their campaigns before the ink is dry on the election results.
It could happen that the voices of moderates in the vapors begin to move the dialogue of the Republicans out of the extremist corner and into more mild and tepid waters.
I am not at all dismissing the very real possibility this House and Senate leadership will be hostile to sanity and march lousy legislation time and again to the desk of the President. There is a strong suspicion considering the US House is adding the antics of defunding Homeland Security after three months to protest the President's Executive Order. Such a move would only prove the Republicans don't know or aren't interested in governance. If they don't like what the President did, then pass legislation on immigration reform rather than throwing a tantrum that puts our democracy in harms way. Time will tell.
But, with Jeb Bush stating the best way to the presidency is to lose the primary election and run in the general election, he may have found his own moral conscience bothering him.
About a week or so ago Jeb Bush started down the path of destruction and I think I entered it on the blog. Evidently, he has thought it through and decided to have an honest relationship with the country. A relationship built on sound values and proven methods of governance. It would be interesting to see that happen. Mr. Romney and Mr. Bush adding moderate voices to the dialogue might actually turn the corner on extremism. I hope so. The Democrats, especially those in the House, are lonesome for sane company and forward movement for the country. To date the US House has been determined to live in the past and campaign on "The Way We Were." That is campaign on the way we were two centuries ago.
The real contest in 2016 seems to be shaping up to find out if Bush can actually beat Clinton. Hillary is a dynamo. She has been serving the country since birth. She has uplifted the unheard all her life and brought attention to their plight while sharing her insight to the country to share in the improvement of people throughout the USA.
As First Lady and later Secretary of State she impacted the troubles of communities on foreign soil. She was one of the last leaders to actually have time with the Late Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto while still governing in Pakistan. It was a time when Pakistan was stronger than it has been with the destructive Taliban. It might be those memories that helps a troubled area of the world to redefine itself away from violence.
Well, before I actually start to misty about the way the USA should be and the way it actually is with compromises such as "The Sequester," let me just close this entry with the idea, the Republicans have a long way to go to prove they are interested in governance and not simply politics. They have robbed about four years so far from President Obama in playing with the country's fate and that is not a minor accomplishment that earns disdain. So. The future looks as though there is hope brewing, but, I am not counting on it.
It never made sense to me and I could not understand why a US House member so guaranteed to keep his seat in Ohio's representatives would consent to such a wild west show day after day. Or for at least the days the US House was in session. He is a solid member of the US House and will more than likely be for a long time. His security in his seat is similar to Minority Leader Pelosi. She has that seat from California for as long as she wants it. She rose above the challenge in 2010, but, she did it with the help of those that believe in her leadership.
This could be interesting and I doubt Speaker Boehner will have to do it himself.
November 25, 2014
By Dow Jones Business News
WASHINGTON--Congressional Republicans (click here) are considering a way to keep most of the government running through next fall, while extending federal funding connected to immigration just until early 2015 to push back against the president's executive action....
There are currently two moderate Republicans that are known to be setting their sites on the White House, Former Governor Romney and Former Governor Jeb Bush. I always thought John Boehner more of a moderate than not and his sharp turn to the extreme right has been curious at least. Cowardly actually, but, since the Republicans won the Senate, it would seem as though reality has set into the leadership. Somewhat.
I think the mainstream Republicans, those other than the Tea Party, learned something from the Tea Party. It is beginning to look as though moderates like Mr. Bush and Mr. Romney are starting their campaigns before the ink is dry on the election results.
It could happen that the voices of moderates in the vapors begin to move the dialogue of the Republicans out of the extremist corner and into more mild and tepid waters.
I am not at all dismissing the very real possibility this House and Senate leadership will be hostile to sanity and march lousy legislation time and again to the desk of the President. There is a strong suspicion considering the US House is adding the antics of defunding Homeland Security after three months to protest the President's Executive Order. Such a move would only prove the Republicans don't know or aren't interested in governance. If they don't like what the President did, then pass legislation on immigration reform rather than throwing a tantrum that puts our democracy in harms way. Time will tell.
But, with Jeb Bush stating the best way to the presidency is to lose the primary election and run in the general election, he may have found his own moral conscience bothering him.
About a week or so ago Jeb Bush started down the path of destruction and I think I entered it on the blog. Evidently, he has thought it through and decided to have an honest relationship with the country. A relationship built on sound values and proven methods of governance. It would be interesting to see that happen. Mr. Romney and Mr. Bush adding moderate voices to the dialogue might actually turn the corner on extremism. I hope so. The Democrats, especially those in the House, are lonesome for sane company and forward movement for the country. To date the US House has been determined to live in the past and campaign on "The Way We Were." That is campaign on the way we were two centuries ago.
The real contest in 2016 seems to be shaping up to find out if Bush can actually beat Clinton. Hillary is a dynamo. She has been serving the country since birth. She has uplifted the unheard all her life and brought attention to their plight while sharing her insight to the country to share in the improvement of people throughout the USA.
As First Lady and later Secretary of State she impacted the troubles of communities on foreign soil. She was one of the last leaders to actually have time with the Late Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto while still governing in Pakistan. It was a time when Pakistan was stronger than it has been with the destructive Taliban. It might be those memories that helps a troubled area of the world to redefine itself away from violence.Well, before I actually start to misty about the way the USA should be and the way it actually is with compromises such as "The Sequester," let me just close this entry with the idea, the Republicans have a long way to go to prove they are interested in governance and not simply politics. They have robbed about four years so far from President Obama in playing with the country's fate and that is not a minor accomplishment that earns disdain. So. The future looks as though there is hope brewing, but, I am not counting on it.
