Aug
12
Discussion Thread
Filed Under American Politics
I won’t be able to blog today I’m afraid. There were a lot of posts yesterday which hopefully will be something you can get your teeth into.
However, I’m going to try something new, a discussion thread (there will also be an open thread to follow as well).
The discussion thread will be a suggested topic for discussion by myself, but with no commentary on my part in the post. Let’s see how it goes.
Topic – It appears that Cap and Trade has stalled in the senate, perhaps permanently. Falling polls suggest that Obamacare may be in trouble. and Obama has now announced that he plans to try immigration reform in 2010. Judging by the health Care bust ups, immigration Reform could get very fractious. Assuming that Obama loses Cap and Trade, Healthcare reform and possibly even Immigration reform*, would a) his Presidency be considered a failure and b) give him any chance of being re-elected in 2012? Discuss.
* I’m not making any prediction that it will fail, but considering the strength of opinion over health care, immigration reform is hardly likely to cause a cooling off. So it will be a tough one to win.
I would just like to say one thing. I think credit should be given to Obama for at least trying the difficult. Cap and Trade, healthcare and Immigration were or are going to be difficult to get through Congress at the best of times. I may not agree with his views, but I can acknowledge that he hasn’t tried to take the easy route to a 2012 re-election bid.
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