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History Forum / General / British History / April 2008G.O.P. at the Crossroads
If either one of the Democratic candidates take a notion to subordinate his or herpersonal ambition to the future of the Party, an Obama/Clinton ticket or a Clinton/Obama ticket will probably guarantee a Democratic White House for the next 16 years.The differences between GOP government 2000-2008 and progressive populist government in 2009-2013 will be so profound that the GOP can now entertain the prospect of spending almost a generation in the shadow of another Roosevelt New Deal. What can the GOP do this year that can improve its prospects? It cannot now redress the mistakes on global warming treaties, in Middle East policy, border control, illegal immigration, Securities Exchange Commission performance, disaster relief , Justice Department function, public health programs, national health insurance policy, and foodcrop production (diverting a food staple into a fuel source). What it can do is tailor a social security bill that will spread (reduce) the future benefits in a just and equitable manner. Introducing a Republican Social Security Stability Act bill at this time will force the Democrats to either vote for the bill this year OR to place the bill at the top of the 2009 legislative agenda. A fight over a Republican Social Security initiative in 2008 would push this issue ahead of (1) Iraq troop withdrawal; (2) Healthcare system shake up, (3) border & immigration control, and (4) energy policy in the spring of 2009. If the GOP picks up the Social Security football this year, it is not likely that the Democratic party will be able to fumble or drop the ball in 2009. Although the GOP has not shown any fiscal responsibility in the past 8 years, this is a unique opportunity for the Republicans to put a brake on their price inflation that will surely be aggravated by huge COLA increases for the SS system beginning in January 2009. A word to the wise is sufficient. G:\winword\mydocs\articles\GOP- fall.doc 23 IV 2008 > If either one of the Democratic candidates take a notion to > subordinate his or herpersonal ambition to the future of the Party, > an Obama/Clinton ticket or a Clinton/Obama ticket will probably > guarantee a Democratic White House for the next 16 years. Actually, the odds are that either (but especiall Obama) would do much the same for the GOP as the "victories" of Jimmy Who, or BJ Clinton. >The > differences between GOP government 2000-2008 and progressive populist > government in 2009-2013 will be so profound that the GOP can now > entertain the prospect of spending almost a generation in > the shadow of another Roosevelt New Deal. Obviously, your weren't paying attention back in 1993 when "HillaryCare" went down in flames with a democRAT controlled congress. > What can the GOP do this year that can improve its prospects? It > cannot now redress the mistakes on global warming treaties, Tee hee. "Global Warming" will come back and bite a lot of folks on the a.s. One reason algore choose not to run is that he KNEW that Global Warming would be subject to "no holds bar" debate and it's likely to come up a loser. "Global Warming" has only gotten as far as it has because BIG BUSINESS interests have figured out that they can make a lot of money with "carbon saving" technology. Note that the "ozone hole" nonsense made a LOT of money for the chemical companies that produced replacements for R-12 and R-22. >in Middle > East policy, border control, illegal immigration, Securities Exchange > Commission performance, disaster relief , Justice Department > function, public health programs, national health insurance policy, > and foodcrop production (diverting a food staple into a fuel source). The FIRST rule in politics is that you can't beat something with nothing. The democRATs are even more silly than the GOP on all of the above. > What it can do is tailor a social security bill that > will spread (reduce) the future benefits in > a just and equitable manner. Introducing a Republican Social Security > Stability Act bill at this time will force the Democrats to either > vote for the bill this year OR to place > the bill at the top of the 2009 legislative agenda. The "smart thing" for the GOP is to just tell Congress to come up with a new bill. When SS is being discussed and bills passed, it's a good time to be the "minority party." > A fight over a Republican Social Security initiative in 2008 would > push this issue ahead of (1) Iraq troop withdrawal; [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > inflation that will surely be aggravated by huge COLA increases for > the SS system beginning in January 2009. Up to now the big factor in inflation has been the cost of housing. Housing costs are likely to go down and this will do a lot of offset increases in the cost of food. Note that Americans spend less in proportion to income on food than just about anyone else in the world. > A word to the wise is sufficient. OK. > G:\winword\mydocs\articles\GOP- > fall.doc 23 IV > 2008 ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com ** On Apr 23, 6:49 am, Ulysses at Langdale Tarn <davidholi...@yahoo.com> wrote: > If either one of the Democratic candidates take a notion to > subordinate his or herpersonal ambition to the future of the Party, [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] > fall.doc 23 IV > 2008 There is the strong possibility, even probability, that even if McCain wins there will be a House with a 248-187 Democratic majority and a Senate in the 55-43-2 area. The Republicans are going to be spectators for at least two years. No words to the wise needed. On Apr 26, 12:03 pm, Jack Linthicum <jacklinthi...@earthlink.net> wrote: > On Apr 23, 6:49 am, Ulysses at Langdale Tarn <davidholi...@yahoo.com> > wrote: [quoted text clipped - 45 lines] > The Republicans are going to be spectators for at least two years. No > words to the wise needed. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ John G, Yes I remember when the Hillary health bill when down the laundry chute in ' 93. And if she (they) are not willing to compromise appropriately in 2009, the same thing will happen again. The ONLY reason we have senior health care today is President LBJ's fantastic ability to arm-twist, button-hole, corner and porkbarrel the members of Congress. I think Nouri Kemal Al Maliki has read LBJ's book. Thanks for your comments, David H ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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