Tuesday, January 6, 2015
Obama to meet with lawmakers next week
Next Tuesday, President Obama will be meeting with the congressional leaders from both Republican and Democratic parties. How do you think this will go? Do you think there is any chance they will be able to cooperate?
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As much as I would like to believe they would be able to easily cooperate with each other, I don't think it'll be possible without long, tedious arguments. The Republicans are already so against Obama that it seems nearly impossible for him to actually get anything done his way without altering it majorly. I think this might end up being pretty tension filled, but the possibility of cooperation is there, just very small.
ReplyDeleteThere is absolutely no way in hell that Republicans and Obama will work together. For the past 6 years they have been sworn enemies, as Obama is the most liberal president since FDR in the 30s and 40s. To think he will sit and play nice now that the Republicans control congress is silly, and completely naive.
ReplyDeleteThis article, at first glance, seemed fairly hopeful. But then I went and re-read it, and I'm feeling rather disappointed. If Our politicians want to change anything about the public's opinion of the government, they're going to need a change in their approach to this. Going into a first meeting with plans to sue and vote to change major national programs, such as Obamacare, doesn't show much hope for compromise. I think the best course of action here is to wait out these two years and see what happens from here, because we shouldn't expect too many positive things from them.
ReplyDeleteI agree with all the others that commented before me, especially Antonella. Voting to change national programs and suing are not ways of compromising and are only going to make any future plans of compromise harder.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, this meeting will not be one of mass-agreement. I just don't see any compromise between the Republicans and Obama happening, especially with the Republican plan to change Obamacare and sue President Obama. Tensions will be high, but hopefully over the next two years Obama and the Republican Party can find some way to work together.
ReplyDeleteThere is absolutely no way that this meeting will have much compromise. The President and Congress are on two totally different pages - pages that are the exact opposite of what the other wants to do. I don't see much good coming out of this meeting, unless of course both Congress and the President surprise us all and find the balance they need to work together over the next two years.
ReplyDelete"Deeply strained" is a pretty good way of describing the relationship between Republicans and Democrats. As I mentioned in an earlier article, it would make more sense for Republicans to attempt to compromise with Republicans now that they are in control of Congress in order to produce better approval ratings for themselves. However, with Republicans are currently suing the President of the United States, and I think that is enough evidence to show you that compromise will not be coming in the near future.
ReplyDeleteWhat I find most interesting about this article is that the press secretary said he looks forward to both sides fostering a spirit of willingness "to find common ground"...
ReplyDeleteShortly after stating that House Republicans are suing Obama.
As much as I would love to share the optimism of the parties involved, I really can't see how one can sue another, talk only about how the latter's policies should be done away with, and then go on to say that a good relationship is possible.
Generally, when two people go to court over child custody, the two involved don't usually have the best relationship after all. If they were that willing to make a compromise, they wouldn't be in court in the first place.
While I am sad to say it, I am highly skeptical that the two parties will be able to find some common ground. The Republicans seem to be going into the meeting with their all too familiar obstructionist attitude going full bore... Seriously? They are going to sue the President of the United States of America? That plan seems like a giant waste of money and time that will only make the public more angry. In the end, I think liberals are going to have to make a few more concessions regarding obamacare if they ever hope to pass future legislation. I do not think the republican congress is going to budge. It's time to find some common ground and move on.
ReplyDeleteIt is highly unlikely that Obama and congressional Republicans will be able to work together for the next two years. While the article indicates that there may be two areas they can agree on, that leaves the rest for them to disagree on. Seeing how things have gone for the past six years, I don't think they'll be able to get much done by working together, especially because Republicans are suing Obama and trying to mess around with Obamacare. One can hope that they will be able to work together, but it will most likely end up being more of the same.
ReplyDeleteThere is zero chance that President Obama and congressional Republicans will be able to make any sort of compromises in the coming two years. If the Republicans in congress wanted to compromise, they would have done so in the previous 6 years of President Obama's time in office when they didn't have control of the senate. Now that they have some leverage, there is no reason they should give in. I really wish that the gridlock would end, but I don't see that happening in the next two years.
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