Not to toot my own horn-though someone's got to do it; if someone else wants to do it I'll do it less!-I did call that his polls were going up before the fact.
http://diaryofarepublicanhater.blogspot.com/2014/11/why-obamas-executive-action-is-boon-for.html
http://diaryofarepublicanhater.blogspot.com/2014/12/obamas-recovering-poll-numbers.html
http://diaryofarepublicanhater.blogspot.com/2014/12/the-obama-bounce-why-gop-is-so.html
No doubt the economy has helped a lot. At the end of the day that's always a big part of how a President is graded, fairly or not. However, I do think he's new aggressive stance has helped him.
http://diaryofarepublicanhater.blogspot.com/2014/12/since-election-loss-we-have-new.html
If he had come out like the media had wanted him-on bended knee, promising to get a voluntary lobotomy after his 'shellacking' which is what the media had expected-I'm not sure his bounce would have been this strong.
http://diaryofarepublicanhater.blogspot.com/2014/11/what-washington-post-wants-from-obama.html
He seemed freed by the losses and took this stance the day after before the economy was so clearly getting better. Now his approval rating has hit the psychologically important 50% in some polls.
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/230723-poll-obama-approval-hits-50-percent
Meanwhile, the GOP after its 'wave election'-they brag about this the way that Sumner brags about beating Krugman in a bet that austerity works-is by Boehner's own admission stumbling right out the gate.
Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives, whose ranks swelled as a result of last November's elections, have gotten off to a clumsy start this year, House Speaker John Boehner said on Tuesday, as legislative initiatives have been derailed by attacks from inside the party.
"There have been a couple of stumbles," Boehner told reporters after meeting in a closed session with his rank-and-file.
"The latest Republican casualty was a border security bill aimed at demonstrating a tough law-and-order approach toward stopping illegal immigration, mostly along the southern border with Mexico."
"The bill had been scheduled for House debate on Wednesday but was canceled due to a massive East Coast snow storm, according to a Republican leadership announcement on Monday."
"But conservatives were bucking the bill, claiming it would do nothing to deport undocumented immigrants who manage to get over the border, leading some to wonder whether the votes existed among Republicans to win passage."
"A growing body of people are sick and tired of the 'trust me we'll do it later' approach," said Republican Representative Matthew Salmon of Arizona, "and want us to deal with both interior enforcement and border security at the same time."
The legislation could resurface in coming weeks, however.
http://diaryofarepublicanhater.blogspot.com/2014/11/why-obamas-executive-action-is-boon-for.html
http://diaryofarepublicanhater.blogspot.com/2014/12/obamas-recovering-poll-numbers.html
http://diaryofarepublicanhater.blogspot.com/2014/12/the-obama-bounce-why-gop-is-so.html
No doubt the economy has helped a lot. At the end of the day that's always a big part of how a President is graded, fairly or not. However, I do think he's new aggressive stance has helped him.
http://diaryofarepublicanhater.blogspot.com/2014/12/since-election-loss-we-have-new.html
If he had come out like the media had wanted him-on bended knee, promising to get a voluntary lobotomy after his 'shellacking' which is what the media had expected-I'm not sure his bounce would have been this strong.
http://diaryofarepublicanhater.blogspot.com/2014/11/what-washington-post-wants-from-obama.html
He seemed freed by the losses and took this stance the day after before the economy was so clearly getting better. Now his approval rating has hit the psychologically important 50% in some polls.
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/230723-poll-obama-approval-hits-50-percent
Meanwhile, the GOP after its 'wave election'-they brag about this the way that Sumner brags about beating Krugman in a bet that austerity works-is by Boehner's own admission stumbling right out the gate.
Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives, whose ranks swelled as a result of last November's elections, have gotten off to a clumsy start this year, House Speaker John Boehner said on Tuesday, as legislative initiatives have been derailed by attacks from inside the party.
"There have been a couple of stumbles," Boehner told reporters after meeting in a closed session with his rank-and-file.
"The latest Republican casualty was a border security bill aimed at demonstrating a tough law-and-order approach toward stopping illegal immigration, mostly along the southern border with Mexico."
"The bill had been scheduled for House debate on Wednesday but was canceled due to a massive East Coast snow storm, according to a Republican leadership announcement on Monday."
"But conservatives were bucking the bill, claiming it would do nothing to deport undocumented immigrants who manage to get over the border, leading some to wonder whether the votes existed among Republicans to win passage."
"A growing body of people are sick and tired of the 'trust me we'll do it later' approach," said Republican Representative Matthew Salmon of Arizona, "and want us to deal with both interior enforcement and border security at the same time."
The legislation could resurface in coming weeks, however.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/27/john-boehner-gop-new-congress_n_6555656.html
Sounds like a perfect plan to court the Latino vote in 2016-for the Democrats. Again, this his highlighting that the only immigration reform the GOP can pass on its own is 'fixing border security'-which is an imaginary problem anyway as the border is totally secure. The trick is as obvious as it is putrid.
The GOP will only consider helping all the undocumented immigrants after it fixes the alleged problem of border security-again another phony problem along the lines of 'election fraud' all the state GOP legislatures are passing all these harsh voter restriction laws for-but, of course, the border will never be secure enough for them or at least the same Tea Party faction that sunk this admittedly unnecessary bill.
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/OTUS/napolitano-immigration-border-secure-fix-entire-system/story?id=18630676
So it will never do anything about immigration reform. Meanwhile all the more reasonable conservatives in the GOP establishment-Karl Rove, Reince Priebus, the WSJ editorial page-apparently will do anything to get immigration reform accept-the horror-working with Democrats.
Listen, obviously, Democrats like me were disappointed about the November losses-though realistically, it was never going to be a good election for Democrats as the numbers were just too set against them in an off year election to so many Democratic Senators up for reelection.
Nevertheless, even with the Dems holding onto the Senate nothing too much was going to get done. With the GOP now controlling all Congress we get some clarity. Boehner and McConnell may want to get some stuff done but the only way they get meaningful bills passed is working with the Dems. If they do that they at least can show they were able to be productive. We'll see if Boehner has the you know what to buck the Tea Party and do this. If not there will be a lot more 'stumbles' over the next 2 years.
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