Congressional Republicans are so unmistakably predictable, which I believe is something our president has figured out and is now using to his advantage. If Obama moves one way, they will surely move just the opposite. It does not matter if the issue is something they have always supported, such as the federal mandate to buy health insurance; they will surely stop supporting it once it has the president’s name on it.
First, I have to admit, I have been highly disappointed in the president’s support of the 1.1 trillion dollar budget, which gave the big banks the ability again to destroy our economy with their foolish actions, like sub-prime mortgages. Perhaps, it was something he wanted to get out of the way so that he could do some things he wanted without having to waste his and the American people’s time on another government shutdown. Still, I consider it a bad move and one that will surely hurt us in the future.
However, since that budget sign on, he has made two executive moves, that show his mastery of manipulation over the so predictable moronic idiocy of the GOP. As surely has the sun does rise in the east and sets in the west, Republican lawmakers will attack anything and everything President Obama does, even at their own peril.
On a side note here, it is important to mention, that certain Republicans and right-wing media talking heads have tried in the past to show Obama as being stupid and weak, which anyone who has kept their eye on this man with a clear head, knows is just the opposite. For instance, U.S. House Intelligence Chairman Mike Rogers – obviously not so intelligent himself – made a comment on Fox News about Obama not being as bright as Russian president Vladimir Putin.
“Putin is playing chess and I think we are playing marbles, and I don’t think it’s even close,” said Rogers. “They’ve been running circles around us, and I believe it’s the naïve position on the National Security Council and the president’s advisers that if we just keep giving things to Russia, they’ll wake up and say, 'the United States is not that bad.’ That is completely missing the motivations of why Russia does what Russia does,” referring to Putin’s moves into Ukraine.
However, the Russian economy is heading south, thanks to his dependence on Russian oil to prop it up, as will Putin’s approval numbers eventually, if the Russian economy continues spiraling downward. So now, who is playing chess and who is playing marbles?
Hispanics for the most part, are exceptionally happy with Obama right now over his last two executive orders, first on immigration and then, the move to start lifting the embargo on Cuba, of course except for the minority of Cubans who disapprove of the latter. Predictably, Republicans have attacked those two orders, promising to fight him with whatever means they have in their power, which is exactly what Obama is counting on.
If Republican lawmakers continue to alienate Hispanic voters by not passing legislation for a comprehensive immigration bill that gives undocumented Latinos, who have been here for years, a path to citizenship, they risk heavy losses in 2016, including Democrats once again securing the White House. The icing on the cake for Obama is his executive action on Cuba, which is also viewed favorably by a large majority of Hispanics. It should make us all wonder what else our dear president has up his sleeve to further reveal just how out of touch the GOP is with ordinary Americans.
President Obama obviously has been paying close attention to history, and the civil rights bills signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson in the 60s, which solidified the African-American vote for the Democratic Party for decades to come. Likewise, Obama is now doing the same with the Hispanic vote, and the GOP is assisting him by not doing as he has told them repeatedly to do – pass a comprehensive immigration bill – and not something piecemeal like border security, which only secures the border but leaves millions of Hispanics already here in limbo.
Fortunately, for the Democratic Party, Republicans have allowed their stubborn hate for Obama and anything that even smells Obama, to buck up and refuse to pass an immigration bill. Now, Republican lawmakers like Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), are standing strong in opposition to his move on Cuba, one that will surely win very little support among Hispanics in 2016, for Rubio or his party; that is if Sen. Rubio decides to run for president, which is highly expected.
Republican predictability is President Obama’s and the Democratic Party’s best friend for the next two years. As long as the GOP continues to do as they have done in the last six years by going against everything President Obama does, it will not only keep Hispanic voters in the pocket of Democrats but it will also push an even larger portion of the American public toward voting Democrat in 2016. That is because the Republican Party continues to paint itself as the exclusive party for narrow-minded bigots, and a tool for the agenda of the super wealthy.
Obama assuredly knows what he is doing with his executive actions, and for a successful outcome for the Democratic Party against the Republican Party in the 2016 Election, his last move will be a predictable, checkmate.
This is a republish from my website: Fidlerten Place