2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Anyone notice that the DU Obama doubters are out today.. [View all]leveymg
(36,418 posts)Don't fool yourself: Obama got exactly what he wanted in Syria - Syria is now in ruins and neutralized as any sort of military threat to Israel, and the Saudis are happy because the Sunnis now control most of the country.
As for here, well, the federal government just got shrunk in a bathtub without anyone in the Democratic ledger having to go on record to vote directly for it, and the military is exempted from having its trousers taken in. Jitters about the Debt Ceiling aside, Wall Street is exultant about the Sequester and partial shutdown. The NASDAQ was up 7 or 8 percent in September, and the Dow has risen nearly 15% since the Sequester started.
The GOP got exactly what they wanted, and if his past statements are any indication, Obama IS willing to give them more than half of the cuts to Social Security they want.
Source: AP
The Pentagon is ordering most of its approximately 400,000 furloughed civilian employees back to work.
The decision by Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is based on a Pentagon legal interpretation of a law called the Pay Our Military Act.
That measure was passed by Congress and signed by President Barack Obama shortly before the partial government shutdown began Tuesday.
The Pentagon did not immediately say on Saturday exactly how many workers will return to work. The Defense Department said "most" were being brought back.
Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/pentagon-furloughed-civilians-ordered-back-20482298