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To: Celtictrader who wrote (689785)	12/23/2012 4:00:33 PM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 1574059

halfwit combelly and idiot THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN. Good combination.

To: Celtictrader who wrote (689785)	12/23/2012 4:04:38 PM
From: tejek	1 Recommendation Respond to of 1574059

If a presidency has one tool that has not corroded, it is the power to set the agenda. To keep gun control from slipping away into the commission fog, Obama put forward a set of clear benchmarks. Usually he might say he doesn’t want to “pre-judge” a group’s work. Today he said he expected Congress to vote on at least three pieces of legislation: the assault-weapons ban, a ban on high-capacity ammunition clips, and background checks on all gun purchases. Public opinion supports all of these measures, and the president made clear he intends to use his office to fight for their passage. The National Rifle Association opposes all three of the measures. In the ongoing “fiscal cliff” negotiations, the president has leverage over Republicans, but he’s still finding it difficult to wield. The NRA is a much more effective organization than the GOP. We’re about to learn whether the Newtown massacre (along with all the others before it) has changed the dynamic for the NRA. Obama is squaring off against them in a policy struggle that traces back to the core of his presidential mission. He ran for office in 2008 promising to defeat the entrenched interests that had learned to work the system at the expense of the greater good. Now he has put himself to this task again, staring down what is perhaps the most entrenched interest. slate.com

To: Celtictrader who wrote (689785)	12/23/2012 4:08:19 PM
From: tejek	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574059

Republican politicians today have a choice: either change your base by educating and leading G.O.P. voters back to the center-right from the far right, This flies in the face of past behavior. R pols have worked hard to keep their constituencies dumb and dumber. I doubt they are about to change now. or start a new party that is more inclusive, focused on smaller but smarter government and market-based, fact-based solutions to our biggest problems. Nope. Not that either. Most R pols see the gov't as the enemy and hope to eliminate it completely.