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Crimson76

(79 posts)
11. The President has ceded all high ground
Mon Sep 9, 2013, 11:52 AM
Sep 2013

He is going to take a thumping in the Congress, but can't blame Reublicans, because more than half his caucus will vote NO as well.

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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
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