Super Tuesday’s mid-term
elections might just have well been Blue Monday for president Obama, as
Republicans gained control of the Senate after election results were finally
tabulated. Candidate Barack Obama campaigned in 2008 as an agent of “Change”
and the irony is, he accomplished that very thing; but not quite the way he
expected. In president Obama’s first term, Democrats lost the majority
leadership in the House of Representatives, which had been that way since the
Clinton administration. After last night, the GOP gained six seats in the
Senate, which had formerly been held by Democrats. This is a resounding defeat
and repudiation of president Obama’s leadership and policies. Since Harry Reid
will no longer be Senate Majority Leader, many of the bills signed into law by
president Obama and those issued by Executive Order will probably be declared
invalid and overturned; principal among them all is the controversial
Affordable Care Act (ACA), or as it is derisively known as, “ObamaCare.”
This power shift in the nation’s capital will have implications for the state of Washington in particular, because Sen. Patty Murray would no longer head the Budget Committee and Sen. Maria Cantwell would have to step down as the Chair over the Small Business and Entrepreneurism Committee. However, the Republicans shouldn’t celebrate too soon because they still have to tackle the daunting issues of immigration reform, a sluggish economy, the budget, social security, the environment, global climate change, national security, and foreign relations; to name a few. For president Obama, will he erect a political wall around himself of Executive Orders and veto power, or instead, give in a little bit and make concessions by working with Republicans to get some meaningful legislation passed into law before he leaves office? Another interested spectator in the electoral outcome is none other than Hillary Clinton, of which, the results are undoubtedly the final nail in the coffin for her plans to run for president. It is unlikely that Hillary Clinton wants to be president with both Houses of Congress under Republican control. After last night’s results, not only is Barack Obama truly a “lame duck” president, but you can stick a fork in him and turn him over because for all intents and purposes “HE IS DONE.” President Obama likes to say, “The buck stops with me”-well, indeed it does.
Robert Randle
776 Commerce St. #B-11
Tacoma, WA 98402
November 5, 2014
robertrandle51@yahoo.com
This power shift in the nation’s capital will have implications for the state of Washington in particular, because Sen. Patty Murray would no longer head the Budget Committee and Sen. Maria Cantwell would have to step down as the Chair over the Small Business and Entrepreneurism Committee. However, the Republicans shouldn’t celebrate too soon because they still have to tackle the daunting issues of immigration reform, a sluggish economy, the budget, social security, the environment, global climate change, national security, and foreign relations; to name a few. For president Obama, will he erect a political wall around himself of Executive Orders and veto power, or instead, give in a little bit and make concessions by working with Republicans to get some meaningful legislation passed into law before he leaves office? Another interested spectator in the electoral outcome is none other than Hillary Clinton, of which, the results are undoubtedly the final nail in the coffin for her plans to run for president. It is unlikely that Hillary Clinton wants to be president with both Houses of Congress under Republican control. After last night’s results, not only is Barack Obama truly a “lame duck” president, but you can stick a fork in him and turn him over because for all intents and purposes “HE IS DONE.” President Obama likes to say, “The buck stops with me”-well, indeed it does.
Robert Randle
776 Commerce St. #B-11
Tacoma, WA 98402
November 5, 2014
robertrandle51@yahoo.com
