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Originally Posted by Robbie
bronco67, that's why I said it should be tweaked. Not done away with. The Dems will rue the day when the tables are turned and they are the minority party and powerless.
And as for Obama...he has not shown the ability to reach across in the same way that Reagan, Clinton, and Bush did.
He's sort of like Bush Sr., floundering and ineffective.
The Dems have cut off their nose to spite their face by going "nuclear". Because eventually...they will be the minority party. And then Reid will be like McConnell is now...a minority leader with absolutely NO power at all.
That was never meant to be like that in our govt.
The Senate and Congress are not supposed to just rubber stamp what the President wants. They are supposed to threaten, cajole, and finally negotiate.
If you've followed the news and seen what the Obama admin has done over the past 5 years...they have not let the Republicans in on anything. No negotiating. No seat at the table, etc.
That's just bad leadership.
That is why Reagan, Clinton, and Bush DID get the other side to work with them.
Obama is just too aloof and arrogant and has no idea of how to be a leader.
And his faithful followers seem to just scream "racism" every time.
To me it's just amazing that they can't see the truth of the matter.
Obama has polarized Washington D.C.
Every vote now is a party line vote.
Bipartisanship is gone.
And the "left" blames the "right" for ALL of it.
I got news for you...I've been around a while. And my experience in life is:
It takes 2 to tango.
Obama has brought this on himself. Action and reaction.
He can scream "obstructionist" at Republicans all day long. But at the end of the day...HE is the President. HE is the one who is supposed to be the master negotiator and bring both parties together.
Instead he has pushed them further apart than any President in recent history.
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Yeah its obamas fault lol The fucking head printer.
Consider William Boarman, whom Obama tapped to lead the Government Printing Office in 2010.
Boarman, a former printer, had headed the printing, publishing and media workers section of the Communications Workers of America union when he was nominated. He had advised the White House on choosing the next public printer ? as the head of the GPO is known ? before they offered him the nomination. He cleared the Senate Rules and Administration Committee unanimously in July 2010.
?I thought it was going to a cakewalk,? he said of the confirmation process.
But Boarman?s nomination failed to come up for a vote. (Roll Call reported that a senator had placed a hold on it.) Obama circumvented the delay by giving Boarman a recess appointment while the Senate was away in December, allowing him to take the post while the administration nominated him a second time.
As public printer, Boarman took steps to modernize the agency and cut its costs. He slashed bonuses ? ?which were being paid pretty liberally when I got there,? he said ? offered buyouts to workers and introduced the GPO?s first e-books.
Boarman?s recess appointment lasted only until the end of Congress?s current session, however.
Obama had nominated Boarman again in January 2011, but his nomination continued to languish in the Senate. As Roll Call first reported, Sens. Orrin Hatch of Utah and Johnny Isakson of Georgia, both Republicans, were holding up Boarman?s nomination because they were unhappy that a nominee to the National Labor Relations Board had not been confirmed by the Senate.
http://www.propublica.org/article/un...ts-go-unfilled