Retaining Power

By Douglas V. Gibbs

When Bill Clinton was president, because he worried about the opinion of the American People, during his second term he abandoned the extremes of leftism, and actually had some accomplishments working with the Republican-controlled Houses of Congress.  Clinton was more about his personal image, and legacy, than the hard left ideology of the Democrat Party.  Because of his own selfish reasons, he was willing to work with the GOP to do what was best for the country.  Sure, his reasons may not have been what was best for the country, but the results of his presidency during his second term often wound up being exactly that.

President Barack Obama does not want what is best for the United States of America.  Obama doesn't really care about what people think about him, as long as he can fool enough of the less informed members of the electorate to keep him in office.  For Barack, the hard left agenda of the Democrat Party takes front and center, and orchestrating the transformation of America from what the founders created, to a progressive socialist nation, is the legacy he wants to be remembered for.  Because of that, Barack Obama, and his hard left minions, are willing to do whatever they can to hold onto the Senate, and gain ground in the House of Representatives.

The greatest fear of today's Democrat Party ideologues is that Republicans would gain enough power to "undo" the things they have accomplished.  Barack Obama knows, and has admitted, that he needs the Democrats to hang on to the Senate because of the "advise and consent" powers the Senate has.  The Senate can disapprove the appointments he's trying to get into place to stack the courts, the Senate can refuse to ratify a leftist Treaty he wants in place, and if the Senate is not in his corner the Senate would no longer be able to be a tool for him to use to sit on House bills, and push Senate bills with accusations of racism and obstructionism if the Republicans in the House dare to fail to concur.

As far as Barack Obama is concerned, the legislature should be irrelevant, and if it was up to him, representative government would not exist with him in office.  However, he can't appoint more judges if the Senate is not controlled by the Democrats, and then he may have trouble using activist judges to overpower laws he disagrees with through judicial fiat.  The States would be able to get away with standing against Obama, and that would empower the people, and Obama just can't have that.  To retain power, the Democrats believe, they must hang on to the U.S. Senate.

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