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Why Obama May Lose the Shutdown Battle. (We will win this)
Real ClearPolitics ^ | 09/21/2013 | Rich Galen

Posted on 09/21/2013 5:06:42 PM PDT by ReaganÜberAlles

President Barack Obama, fresh from having his lunch money taken from him by Russia's Vladimir Putin, is flailing about trying to find someone he can shift the public's attention to. He has chosen House Speaker John Boehner (R-Oh) as the person and the upcoming end of the U.S. government's fiscal year on September 30 as his verbal weapon. I think that is the wrong fight against the wrong guy.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 113th; obama; obamacare; shutdown
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To: ChildOfThe60s

The Republicans won the 1995 shutdown. Nobody noticed any difference. They basically held their own in the House, gained 2 Senate seats, and got welfare reform and a balanced budget (at least on paper.)


41 posted on 09/21/2013 7:20:07 PM PDT by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: maine-iac7
Obamacare rules and regulations....


42 posted on 09/21/2013 7:20:54 PM PDT by spokeshave (While Zero plays silly card games like Spades - Putin plays for keeps.)
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To: ReaganÃœberAlles

bttt


43 posted on 09/21/2013 7:32:13 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: InterceptPoint
Two big differences between today and 1995-96:

1. Bill Clinton was Newt Gingrich's b!tch back then. That's why he signed most of the 1994 Contract With America into law. Signing those things into law basically insulated Clinton from anything that Americans were all p!ssed off about.

2. Obama's one and only signature piece of legislation is a pile of steaming crap that nobody likes (even labor unions. for crying out loud) and cannot be defended.

44 posted on 09/21/2013 7:40:02 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("I've never seen such a conclave of minstrels in my life.")
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To: ReaganÃœberAlles

Right conclusion, but a pathetic article. Didn’t even mention the entirely different media environment today. Absurd.


45 posted on 09/21/2013 8:37:41 PM PDT by C. Edmund Wright (Tokyo Rove is more than a name, it's a GREAT WEBSITE)
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To: Rome2000

I wish I could agree with you. But I believe half the people in this country will allow their lives, their children’s lives and their grandchildren’s lives to be destroyed....all for obama. They worship him and will do anything for him. And I don’t think they’ll ever be convinced to turn against him.


46 posted on 09/21/2013 9:35:10 PM PDT by VerySadAmerican (".....Barrack, and the horse Mohammed rode in on.")
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To: C. Edmund Wright

Tomorrow may be different, things haven’t changed that mush. We can still affect change.


47 posted on 09/21/2013 11:09:11 PM PDT by ReaganÜberAlles
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To: ReaganÃœberAlles

Bttt!


48 posted on 09/22/2013 7:36:28 PM PDT by Pagey (HELL is The 2nd Term of a POTUS who uses the terms “social justice” and “fair distribution".)
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To: VerySadAmerican
Vacation Guy wont be relevant at all come January 20, 2017, and may lose Congress completely in November 2014.

Obama is a symptom of Universal Suffrage.

That's the problem, and its solvable at the state level.

49 posted on 09/23/2013 6:27:56 PM PDT by Rome2000 (THE WASHINGTONIANS AND UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE ARE THE ENEMY -ROTATE THE CAPITAL AMONGST THE STATES)
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