Same with open borders.. it seems to me that Congress has to grant the authority to seal off the borders with the miltary.
Perhaps not actually putting them there but Congress could earmark extra money for the military for additional troops for the purpose of guarding the border.. why not do that and send a strong message that's what needs to get done?
Why? Because congress is as spineless as the President on the issue and that includes democrats too.
What about overhauling Social Security? Isn't that something conservative we all wanted done? The president tried that and the republican congress is the one that backed out on that.
Sounds like to me there is plenty of blame to go around.
It also sounds like to me we can knock some incumbants down onto the chopping block and get some new people in there. I think conservativism is winning strong over liberalism. We just need some new people in Congress bold enough to assert that authority.
""What about overhauling Social Security? Isn't that something conservative we all wanted done? The president tried that and the republican congress is the one that backed out on that.""
Here is where conservatives desperatly need a history lesson. No one should ahve thought that SS was going to be overhauled in 2005, it wasnt. Overhauling SS is a long process that will eventually occur.
In 1975 Roanld Reagan gave a speech on welfare reform, he was dismissed even by conservatives. In 1996, welfare reformed was signed into law by a Democrat President.