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Proud Public Servant

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7. Then no grounds for

Mon Sep 9, 2013, 11:39 AM

Sep 2013

impeachment, but he gets to look like Congress humiliated him -- which is never a good thing (ask Jimmy Carter). Plus, it'll mean Congress really did carry out the will of the people, in addition to humiliating the President; this will make running against the GOP Congress harder in the midterms, both because Congress will have done something right and because slapping the president around will fire up the GOP base.

No doubt about it, this is one stupid move -- so stupid, I haven't even seen any DUers trying to justify it as ninth-dimensional chess.

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DEM CONGRESSMAN: Obama Is Going To Struggle To Even Get 100 Syria Votes in The House [View all] FarCenter Sep 2013 OP

I think that is what he wants... VanillaRhapsody Sep 2013 #1

Imagining this scenario, sadly: Proud Public Servant Sep 2013 #2

And if the House votes it down tweeternik Sep 2013 #4

Then no grounds for Proud Public Servant Sep 2013 #7

The President has ceded all high ground Crimson76 Sep 2013 #11

Exactly! (nt) Proud Public Servant Sep 2013 #13

That is not an unimaginable scenerio. HooptieWagon Sep 2013 #5

or in another scenario...Russia forces Assad to turn over chemical weapons to International VanillaRhapsody Sep 2013 #8

I'm not talking about Assad Proud Public Servant Sep 2013 #12

Oh really? VanillaRhapsody Sep 2013 #14

Now all we have to do Proud Public Servant Sep 2013 #15

Senate vote might be close... HooptieWagon Sep 2013 #3

I sure hope Carolina Sep 2013 #6

Thinkprogress has it 238 NO and 42 YES as of 9/9, so Rep Grayson is likely right. andym Sep 2013 #9

The only way to get Republicans to vote yes would be to cave on every other Republican demand. FarCenter Sep 2013 #10