Morning Briefing
For September 18, 2014
Attention, whoever in the White House monitors this site. Google ‘Lyndon Johnson micromanagement Vietnam.’
Google that RIGHT NOW.
From Political Wire: “The U.S. military campaign against Islamic militants in Syria is being designed to allow President Obama to exert a high degree of personal control over the campaign, going so far as to require that the military obtain presidential sign-off for any strike in Syrian territory,” the Wall Street Journal reports. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
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Conventional wisdom about this midterm election is that while Democrats are defending difficult turf in the Senate and face possible substantial losses, the redistricting after the 2010 census eliminated significant numbers of meaningfully competitive House seats, which should prevent an equivalent wave from forming in the House. The way the generic Congressional vote polls are starting to look, the Democrats better hope that this is true.
CBS/New York Times released a poll today showing Republicans enjoying a 7 point lead in the generic Congressional vote. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
President Obama’s 9/10 Strategy in a 9/11 World
The sad irony of President Obama’s September 10th address to the nation on ISIS is that he laid out a 9/10 strategy in a 9/11 world.
Thirteen years ago, we awoke on 9/11 and the world had changed. We awoke to the reality of radical Islamic jihad and its commitment to destroy America. Now we face an even greater jihadist threat. Have we forgotten so quickly as a nation?
President Obama unabashedly asserted that ISIS isn’t Islamic. Yet it’s Islamic to its core, establishing a caliphate – an Islamic State – across large swaths of Iraq and Syria. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
Easy guide to Obama and the War Powers Resolution
When Obama gave his speech on September 10, promising to “degrade and destroy” ISIS, it was interesting for what it said and didn’t say. Obama laid out a four part strategy for defeating ISIS. The most notable thing it didn’t say was that Obama intended to ask Congress for authority to wage a war against ISIS that would, at a minimum, encompass two countries, one of which, Syria, doesn’t want us operating on their territory. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
Media Bias (Again) Shines Through in Coverage of Joe Biden’s Anti-Semitic Slur
In case you missed it (and you probably did, unless you are a very close follower of the news), Joe Biden was forced to apologize today for using the anti-Semitic slur “Shylock” to describe what he considered to be shady bankers. Look, Joe Biden is stupid and says stupid things and many of those stupid things are racially insensitive. Jewish people have just joined a lengthy list with black people and Indian people in terms of ethnic groups Biden has offended with his serially defective mouth. It’s almost not even interesting at this point when Biden says something borderline racist. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
Lobbyist advises GOP to spend big and think small
So long as we have a Constitution that gives the president the authority to veto legislation, and the president continues to appoint the head of executive branch agencies, Congress cannot govern. It is impossible. Congress can act in concert with the president but mostly it must act in opposition — here I’m working on the novel idea that the parties actually believe in different things. Obama has no incentive whatsoever to allow the GOP to do things their way and every incentive to set up an endless series of policy fights in order to fire up the Democrat base for 2016. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
Mary Landrieu Welcomes Hispanics to the New Democrat Plantation
For years the Democrats have operated their party like a plantation, where black voters in particular are expected to be present but not ever actually given anything in return. Now they appear ready to try the same trick with pro-immigration reform Hispanics, in the service of saving Mary Landrieu’s Senate career.
As I am sure you know, President Obama had planned to implement a sweeping and possibly unconstitutional amnesty via executive order, but balked at doing so when it turned out that such a move was deeply and profoundly unpopular with the public and would be likely to cost several Democrat Senators their jobs. In response the Congressional Hispanic Caucus agreed to hold off on causing trouble for Obama until after the election, but demanded that Obama take action prior to Thanksgiving. Obama’s response was, essentially, “that’s no good, Mary Landrieu may still be in a runoff.” Per the WSJ, the Hispanic Caucus has agreed to back off their Thanksgiving demand for the sake of Landrieu’s election chances. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
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