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| Victory puts Obama in position to expand government's reach |
| 2012-11-07 |
| Both sides called it a generation-defining race for the White House: a choice between Democrat Barack Obama's brand of government activism and Republican Mitt Romney's commitment to reducing Washington's role in Americans' daily lives. Obama's victory, however, did not settle that question. Instead, the hard-fought battle for the White House exposed an electorate deeply divided by race, age and party. Tuesday's elections - in which Republicans kept control of the U.S. House and Obama's Democrats held on to the Senate - suggested that bitter partisanship would likely remain very much alive in Washington in the new year. They also revealed that there was no broad mandate for much beyond the broadly shared goals of improving the economy and reducing government debt. That means that undertaking bold new initiatives comparable to healthcare reform, financial regulation and economic stimulus programs will be a great deal more complicated for Obama 2012 than they were for Obama 2008. Even so, Obama - now unfettered by not having to face voters again - is in position to pursue an ambitious agenda that could leave his mark on government for a generation or longer, including a move to revamp the nation's immigration laws. Some analysts believe Obama is likely to spend much of his second term "locking down the achievements of his first term," including ensuring that "we will have a functioning national healthcare system," said Cal Jillson, a political science professor at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. For some, that would be enough to secure his place in history. "Just by re-electing Obama, that means the Affordable Care Act will continue to be implemented, and that's very important because that's one of the most important pieces of legislation in half a century," Theda Skocpol, a political scientist at Harvard University, said of the law that helps extend health coverage to millions of uninsured Americans. "Most of the action will occur between the president's administration and states, and my guess is a lot of the Republican governors will find ways to accept parts of the Medicare expansion," Skocpol said. |
| Posted by:Au Auric |
| #2 Joe, I think w/the number of people that voted for R2 yesterday, the socialist side doesn't have the numbers or guns to do what you suggest. The people would eventually revolt and would (I think) swing fairly hard back to the right. Even the union schmucks could only take this for so long until the gov't over reaches and goes after the 2nd Amend. MY opinion anyways. |
| Posted by: Broadhead6 2012-11-07 21:52 |
| #1 As Chinese Perts-Bloggers said, this OBAMA-ROMNEY ELECTION RACE may decide the future of the US as a democratic capitalist = free-market state + Republic; ot else as some kind/form of overt Socialist-Govtist state. It would appear mainstream America has its answer - iff one believes that the Bammer Admin was finally putting US Socialism out in the open, + no longer covert or hidden, 2013-2016 [2020-2025]> INCREASINGLY SO. As said or inferred before, EVERYONE LIKES TO TALK OR DISCUSS FASCIST-VS-COMMUNIST IN THE US, GOVT, MSM-NET, ETC - THE TERM NO ONE WANTS TO TALK OR DISCUSS IS "SOCIALISM". 1990's, POST-COLD WAR/USSR "COMMUNIST CAPITALISM" = 2012-??? ISLAMO-COMMUNISM/MARXISM??? Sniff, sniff, And to think it only took circa 20 Yarns for US Politicos + MSM Pundits to realize that ISLAM = THEO/FAITH/GOD-BASED SOCIALISM OR GOVTISM. But I digress ... Goodbye America, hello Amerika; goodbye Freedom(s) + Personal Liberties, hello Regulation + excessive Big Govt/Hyper/Mega-Government ...... The only real question is how long Authoritarian SOcialism = Fascist/Nationalists can keep the peace vee Totalitarian Socialism = Communists/ Anti-Nationalist Globalists, + initiate violent divorce proceedings, i.e. PURGES, GULAGS,REVOLUTION + ANARCHIES??? Lest we fergit, 1990'S CLINTONISM > FASCISM = merely LIMITED COMMUNISM, FREE-MARKET OR "LAISSEZ-FAIRE" CAPITALISM = merely LIMITED SOCIALISM-GOVTISM, and so on. OWG + "GLOBALISM" = the World demands its Natural or God-given Right etc., D *** YOU, to be attacked and invaded by America = Amerika. The US is the "Tip of the Spear" [forefront] of setting up OWG-NWO in order to give up it up??? Hence two broad questions > HOW MUCH "SOCIALIST" CAN SOCIALIST AMERIKA BE??? > AS PER PRO-US-VS-ANTI-US OWG-NWO, HOW STRONG OR WEAK CAN GLOBALIST SOCIALIST AMERIKA BE VEE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY + EXTRA/POST-NATIONALIST OWG "GLOBAL FEDERAL UNIONS", e.g. NAU + EU + AFRICAN UNION + ASIAN UNION, ETC. Will US Commies + Globies + Marxists, etal honor their beloved "will of the people" and put the issues up in honest nationwide or popular referendum(s), OR ARE THEY MORE LIKELY TO GULAG + AK-47 YOUR ASSES. POLITELY OR QUIETLY "REMOVED/RETIRED VIA MORTAR", as North Korea may put it - IT WAS ALSO VERY KIND OF YOUSE TO DONATE YOUR ORGANS TO THE PEOPLE = STATE WIDOUT YOUR CONSENT [+ while you were still alive?]??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-11-07 19:39 |