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Obama Grapples With Growing Dissent From Democrats on Capitol Hill
Wall Street Journal ^ | Carol E Lee

Posted on 05/18/2014 1:19:56 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper

...Obama is encountering an increasingly resistant Democratic caucus on Capitol Hill, as lawmakers in his party break with him on a series of issues in the run-up to the November elections.

On issues such as judicial nominees, the Keystone XL pipeline, taxes and trade, the fraying party unity is a sign that individual Democrats have reached a point where their own re-election needs take precedence over Mr. Obama's goals.

It is a common election-year posture for lawmakers from the same party as the sitting president, especially one whose popularity has waned, as Mr. Obama's has. But Democrats' recent moves to demonstrate their independence are forcing Mr. Obama to compromise on an agenda already largely opposed by Republicans. And it comes at a point in his presidency when time is running short to accomplish his goals.

In the past week, Democrats have diverged from the White House over its insistence that the cost of extending certain tax breaks due to expire should be offset with tax increases and other measures, so as not to add to the deficit.

(Excerpt) Read more at online.wsj.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 113th; 2014; cult
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To: hal ogen
I also cll them something similar: the DEMOgogue bureauCRATS
21 posted on 05/18/2014 2:14:52 PM PDT by PapaNew
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To: SoFloFreeper

Exactly.


22 posted on 05/18/2014 2:17:49 PM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: willywill
That's why I don't get the GOP suicide wish on amnesty.

Do they not grasp that the GOP is DEAD if they pass it? No more "cushy jobs" for them.

They'll be out on their a$$es.

23 posted on 05/18/2014 2:18:23 PM PDT by boop (I just wanted a President. But I got a rock.)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Didn’t read the article. Did they happen to mention the Obamacare, Benghazi, IRS, Fast and Furious debacles? Those are the main reasons Bambi is losing his supporters.


24 posted on 05/18/2014 2:18:55 PM PDT by A Navy Vet (An Oath is Forever!)
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To: boop

Better be pre election posturing just like dems in this article ‘breaking away’ from Obumbo. Otherwise yeah, they are all toast.


25 posted on 05/18/2014 2:23:21 PM PDT by wiggen (The teacher card. When the racism card just won't work.)
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To: centurion316
Wait... you're supposed to read the article before commenting?
26 posted on 05/18/2014 2:39:35 PM PDT by Rio (Proud resident of the State of Jefferson)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Frauds to the left of me, frauds to the right, here I am stuck in the middle of fraudville.


27 posted on 05/18/2014 3:08:09 PM PDT by VRWC For Truth (Roberts has perverted the Constitution)
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To: Rio

I used to believe that it was a rule because everyone did it. However, the fashion these days is exactly the opposite, reading the article would spoil the character of the nonsensical threads that have become quite the thing.


28 posted on 05/18/2014 3:18:31 PM PDT by centurion316
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To: centurion316

Try the ol’ google trick.
Google has an agreement with some sites to be accessible via a google search.

Simply highlight a key phrase; click for google...should be there?

Your milage may vary!

As a subscriber it always comes up for me!


29 posted on 05/18/2014 3:32:13 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
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To: ClearCase_guy

Rump grappler


30 posted on 05/18/2014 3:36:04 PM PDT by windcliff
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To: centurion316

You didn’t click the link, as it is a free article on wsj.com


31 posted on 05/18/2014 4:18:19 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Nice trick. However, for WSJ, it just takes you to the login page. It also popped up Foxnews which had a much longer excerpt than we are allowed to post on FR.


32 posted on 05/18/2014 4:19:28 PM PDT by centurion316
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To: SoFloFreeper

You must be special. I clicky the linky, both of them from FR, clickly several other linkies from other sites. No workie. Wants subscription. Perhaps I have exceeded my allotment of free stories.


33 posted on 05/18/2014 4:23:06 PM PDT by centurion316
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To: boop
No so. Some of them keep their jobs as token "opposition," which is necessary to preserve the illusion the government is regulating itself. And many if not most in the GOP could run as DEMs.

The ideal personal condition is to get the perks without any risk of accountability, and that is best obtained by being in the minority party.

34 posted on 05/18/2014 4:26:59 PM PDT by Cboldt
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To: stanne

The dems were so exited and proud that they were making history electing the first black president. Now they want to be the first to elect a woman president. Character and experience are not a factor


35 posted on 05/18/2014 4:36:44 PM PDT by ArmyTeach ( Videteco eos prius (See 'em first) Sculpin 191)
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To: ArmyTeach

Character and experience? That’s for the GOP.

Anyway, why would they start now?


36 posted on 05/18/2014 4:45:28 PM PDT by stanne
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To: centurion316

I accessed it via Drudge.


37 posted on 05/18/2014 5:03:47 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: BookmanTheJanitor

The dumb-o-crats do not relise that he could care less about them, he has used them to get what he wants and after november will not be able to use them or need them anymore.


38 posted on 05/18/2014 6:51:15 PM PDT by chiefqc
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To: SoFloFreeper

Agreed. It’s all an act to make it look like the “legislators” care and will break with their boss in the interests of the constituents they “serve”.


39 posted on 05/18/2014 6:53:28 PM PDT by Lizavetta
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