Now is the perfect time for the president to stand up and be the leader of the country like he was elected to be . Put the party of NO on notice enough is enough . It is time to move the country foreward , with or without them.

bob

Three years in and now is the perfect time???

Strategically, yes. He has been a grand compromiser with the GnoP for three years. And now every-time the GnoP accuses him of being a poor leader by being bi-partisan they show their true colors. Obama is playing chess with teabaggers who are playing checkers. I don't agree with it, i think he should stand up for his progressive ideals (if he has any, may be too moderate) but he is playing strategy and the GnoP is losing, he even got them to fight tax cuts...suckers.

It is now time for a repeal of the recess appointment provision of the Constitution; it was placed there when it would take many months for Congressmen and Senators to travel to Washington, it allowed the president to fill appointments when congress was in recess, today Congress can be convened in about 10 hours, some of the persons waiting for appointments at this time, are so far out of American midstream as to be from a different universe, some really weird beliefs some have.

yada yada

And you're calling us "witless"?

independent thinking atheist

Jack and Houston you are both witless stop throwing stones glass houses yada yada!

You should put down the rocks you're tossing. You're going to hurt yourself.

What goes aroud, comes aound. Reid did it to Bush and thaught the GOP how to do it. Now they are doing the same. GOP never fillibustered a judge until Reid began the ploy.

Watermoon,

GOP never fillibustered a judge until Reid began the ploy.

Oh, Watermoon, you should be embarrassed to put your full ignorance on display in public like this. That was not the first time a Supreme Court nominee was blocked by filibuster. Oh, no, indeed. And the first time it happened it was not done by Democrats. . . .

He's a "pacifist" alright, he sits back and does nothing. He turned the reins over to Pelousy, Reid and the Clintons while he partied in the Whitehouse. He is neutered without Pelousy.

How the Grinch stole tax payers money ? ................................................................. "Greed"

Patriotic A= Hate

Please post thoughts without hate...........

have a good week.

Time for more dictatorial rules and directives from the Imposer of the United States. All dictators end up the same way....

I'm assuming you didn't bother to read the article. If you did bother you would have read about the recess appointments that G.W. Bush and others made.

But that would get in the way of totally blind, ignorant point of view wouldn't it?

It's nice to see such a unifiying spirit during this holiday. No body calling people baseless, demeaning names.

Obama has every right. Do it! Three years of historical proof of republicans phony agenda simply justifies it. Nothing more unhonorable has walked modern american soil than these republicans. Nothing.

Yes now is the time, the president has been more than willing to compromise on many issues, the public sentiment for republicans obstinacy is dissipating fast as evidenced by the most recent handling of the tax cut extension by the House. The president should make his appointments, because it does not matter who he proposes the republican game is to block his every move, he just move on and move forward without him, he has nothing to lose and everything to gain by doing so. This is the worst Congress in history, and he should stop trying to drag their dead carcass forward, he should leave them laying in his dust, as he moves forward with the work of governing the nation. The president can easily explain his actions to the electorate, just let the Republicans try to explain theirs, because they can't. The nation is sick and tired of a Congress that acts like a two year old that has just learned the word no.

DBAkron: nice post, but doubt anyone got it. Have a Great Holiday DB.

dont wait for another NO do the right thing and put America first .. the constant gridlock in DC has caused our great country to sink instead of grow .. do the right thing .. load our courts up with true Americans ... not corporate shills like the Supreme Court..

What we have now is a vicious cycle thanks to the pack of deceivers known as Republicans. During Dubya, a bipartisan group of senators made a pact not to abuse the filibuster if the Dems would allow Dubya nominees to be approved. Now we have a right-leaning Supreme Court and rulings like Citizens United. And from day one of President Obama's term, there has been record-breaking non-stop abuse of the filibuster by Reapublicans--including senators who participated in the Bush-era pact.

What the Dems realize (and most Americans) is that the Reapublicans can't be trusted with anything, whether parlimentary procedure or agreements on the budget and just acting in good faith--ever. The current Teapublicans will keep their word on one thing only -- Never to compromise, and to obstruct in every way possible including outright lies.

So now should the Dems go for mutually assured destruction, and should the president ignore setting precedent that would be abused later by future GOP presidents? It's a tough call. I want the Dems to be the adults in the room and do the right thing, but I know the Teapublicans will plot and plan against it.

Bring sanity back to Washington -- Throw the Teapublicans out!

Here's the thing about Obama that one has to admire. For all the talk about his lack of "leadership" and "experience" he sure has the GOP all twisted up in knots. It's absolutely hilarious watching all of the in-fighting that's going on with the Republicans now and to top it off, now Donald Trump has jumped ship again. That right there is funny, I don't care who you are!

• O is on a roll - keep it up!!!!
• Tea Bagging going out of style big time in 2012 and beyond....

A move like this by Dumbama would be the perfect thing for this Communist bastard and his stupid Dumbamanites. What did this country come to?

I think you have a point there, gdvegas. What has this country come to when people speak of the President of the United States in the disrespectful tone you just used?

Hey koldwindblows, Bush obviously earned his disrespect. Obama has not obviously.

Liberals made fun of Bush's lack of intelligence, but they never called him a Nazi, a Communist, or a Marxist, because they actually know the definition of those terms. BTW they were told that speaking of the president in any I'll manner during a war was unpatriotic, and only served to embolden our enemies. What happened to that republican idea?

Patriotic American U.S.A., You really are hurting.

as for the rest of you...

I can tell by the posts and the article that the MSLSD minimalists no nothings, much like couch potatoes reading the National Enquirer, trying to solve a TV-Guide crossword puzzle, with MTV on in the backround, are restless as they sense their unemployment is about to run out. They all sit around with nothing better to do with their time then out of instinct, reach into thier moralless bellies and like a group of hoodlums figure out the next "socialist" move.

Democratic-controlled Senate used pro forma sessions, as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said in 2007, "to prevent recess appointments."

No offense ladies but, Criminals don't have balls!!!

Obviously you have no clue. But thank you very much for so clearly illustrating my point.

@ Momus2009

I see were Trump is now claiming some credit for Lady Gaga's success. I did notice he never goes anywhere or appears in public without wearing one of her fashions on his head!

and abattaglia has nothing better to do with her time than to reply!

@Grump... Maybe there are replies because the rest of us have read yours and the un-Patr. Amer slams. Whenever someone other than a lib writes anything, it gets collapsed by the Liberal community...makes me wonder why I even read this drivel! Anyway, have a Happy New Year in spite of your beliefs!

Thank you, and Happy new year to you as well Old Navy Man, BTW this being the worse Congress in history is not just my opinion, it seems the nation agrees with me, as they have the lowest approval rating ever recorded. I have never tried to collapse a post, I think it is lame, and actually has the opposite effect of highlighting that post.

I disagree with recess appointments for Federal Judges, that's a job for life, so pulling people in and out doesn't make sense there. I think Obama SHOULD appoint in some key areas, particularyly the NLRB. In light of the recent court ruling that they cannot rule without enough members, they will effectively be out of business on 1/1 if he fails to act.

The consumer protection thingy? I think the republicans are right to block that. It is going to be paid for directly from The Fed, with no oversight. I really hope he doesn't try to push that through with a recess appointment.

Anyone remember The Fed ever "protecting" us from anything?

No, that whole thing stinks to high heaven. There's something fishy going on with that.

An interesting sidenote, the reason the filibuster rules are the way they are, is because the democrats and the gang of 14 under Sen Byrd (D) changed them to this. True Story!

I also find humour in the articles constant attempt to make Obama look better than Bush by comparing them. Really, that's all you got...."better than Bush"????? Lols.

Alil,

"I disagree with recess appointments for Federal Judges, that's a job for life"

Actually any recess appointment is only temporary and must still be confirmed by the Senate. If the Senate does not confirm the appointee by the next half session (Jan 2013 in this case) of Congress the judge must step down until the confirmation process is completed.

Not having someone heading the Financial CPA does not make the law null and void. It can and will move forward just without leadership/direction.

and abattaglia has nothing better to do with her time than to reply!

Forrest,

I'm glad you figured out what her gibberish was all about. I saw something in there about LSD and deduced that that's what she was on.

I have never tried to collapse a post, I think it is lame, and actually has the opposite effect of highlighting that post.

Agreed. I never have either.

Koldwindblows,

I think Alil Common Sense said it pretty well:

the articles constant attempt to make Obama look better than Bush by comparing them. Really, that's all you got...."better than Bush"????? Lols.

Bush was so bad that even Alil agrees. It really doesn't make sense to compare an editor of the Harvard Law Review with a cheerleader who was proud of the Cs he got in college.

Liberals made a movie about assassinating Bush and were applauded by the main stream media for doing it.

What movie are you talking about? I recall a book, but not a movie. And when you say "Liberals made a movie" it sounds like all of us were in on it--do you know the meaning of the word hyperbole? Why don't you just name the person or persons who made the movie, instead of objectifying an entire group of people? I'm not a liberal, by the way--a Progressive-leaning-Socialist would be more accurate--but I thought the very concept of the book was inflammatory. And so, by extension, I would say that you're being inflammatory. . . .

Alil,

Anyone remember The Fed ever "protecting" us from anything?

Guess you don't like our Armed Forces or Department of Defense, huh?

*sigh*

Dennis. Federal Judges are usually appointed for life. A recess appointment is just that - a recess appointment. Obviously.

Jack in Potsmouth - First off, thank you very much for the lols.

You say Bush got a c in college. What did Obama get?

Oh yeah, he spent 2 million dollars last year on a private law firm that does nothing but keep his records sealed. Wonder why? I mean, what could be in there that would be worth that much money to keep secret?

And Jack, I am talking about The Fed. The Federal Reserve. Not the Army Reserve. Not the Federal Government.

The Fed. Every President who ever wanted to end The Fed was shot. Did you know JFK wanted to end the fed?

Thanks again for the chuckles.

Vote Obama! He's better than Bush! - Good luck with that campaign strategy

PS Dennis - The way the law is written, the agency is not able to act until it's head is appointed. It's in the law creating the agency, go read it, there's a lot in there that you may find most un-liberal.

Alil,

The U.S. Constitution requires that the most senior federal officers must be confirmed by the Senate before assuming office, but while the Senate is in recess the President can act alone by making a recess appointment. To remain in effect a recess appointment must be approved by the Senate by the end of the next session of Congress, or the position becomes vacant again; in current practice this means that a recess appointment must be approved by roughly the end of the next calendar year.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recess_appointment

*sigh*

I was being sarcastic about the Armed Forces and Department of Defense, but your antennae are tuned to a different frequency so you didn't get it.

he spent 2 million dollars last year on a private law firm that does nothing but keep his records sealed.

Please provide the source for this. Please. Please.

As for Obama's grades, when in history has any other president been asked to produce transcripts of his grades (or his birth certificate, for that matter)? To me all the calls on the right for it smack of racism.

You don't become editor of the Harvard Law Review unless you're really intelligent.

It's Portsmouth, not Potsmouth.

The gang of 14 under Senator Byrd changing the rules for filibuster--you make it sound like all 14 were Democrats, and in so doing you're being disingenuous. In any event, the filibuster is anti-democratic and should be scrapped.

It's pretty obvious you're chuckling. Because what you're doing is making a lot of unsubstantiated statements--and thinking you're getting away with it. But we're all on to you.

Sure sure Jack. You were just having a little joke. Hee hee.

I don't beleive that and neither does anybody else here.

Sen Byd(D) headed the Gang of 14 and was responsible for writing the legislative rule change. Fact. The year was 1980. It was to avoid the so called "nuclear" option which would have eliminated the filibuster, and let the majority do whatever the heck they wanted. Just like what you claim you want now for the democrats. The filibuster is obviously way more democratic than what you propose.

And are you seriously trying to on the one hand bring up Bush's grades, which you mentioned first, and then saying grades don't matter? And I'm disingenous. Pffffttttt.

Are you denying that Obama's records and grades have been sealed? Seriously?

We know the grades of every US President since Woodrow Wilson, until Obama was elected.

Again, you're the one who brought up presidential college grades.

The more you write, the less true your words become.

alil,

You need to learn to read. I didn't way I was trying to be funny; I said I was being sarcastic. There's a difference. But someone who writes "it's" when they meant "its" probably doesn't know the difference.

Are you denying that Obama's records and grades have been sealed? Seriously?

You can't provide the source for the 2 million dollars that you allege President Obama spent to seal his grades, and so you're making an attempt at obfuscation. And then you have the nerve to say that the more I write, the less true my words become! Ha!

And are you seriously trying to on the one hand bring up Bush's grades, which you mentioned first, and then saying grades don't matter?

You're purposely missing the point. That's why you're disingenuous.

Another reason I accused you of being disingenuous is that you intimated that Senator Byrd headed up a gang of 14 Democrats. It was an even split, 7 Democrats and 7 Republicans. It worked at that time because the Republicans were in power. But now that the Democrats are in power the original 7 have decided they no longer want to play by that rule. In any case, you obviously don't know enough about the filibuster. Some months ago Jim DeMint (S.C.) said he was going to filibuster something he didn't like (don't recall what it was at the moment), and Rand Paul also threatened to do so recently. But the point is, a single Senator can filibuster a bill. One person. Even if the other 99 want to pass the bill. You think that is democratic?

Why would he pay to seal something that's not public record anyway?

Jack in Portsmout... You'r post at 1.46:

Alil,

Anyone remember The Fed ever "protecting" us from anything?

Guess you don't like our Armed Forces or Department of Defense, huh?

Perhaps Jack you can explain to me how exactly that is sarcasm, since as you say, I can't tell the difference. So...... How is what you wrote in any way sarcasm? Seriously? Do you even know what sarcasm is?

As far as "it's/its" people who pick apart other peoples spelling and grammar instead of assailing the logic of facts of their argument are generally losing the argument, or have no facts to stand on. Translation - You are a donkey.

Here is a link to a polifact article detailing Obama's extensive use of the law firm Perkins and Coie. The politfact article claims to debunk Trump's claim that Obama spent 2 million to keep his birth certificate sealed. The article acknowledges the payments to the private law firm, but says that not all the money was spent on the birth certificate issue. Which brings us back to all the other records Obama keeps sealed, like his school records including grades, and his financial aid records. Politfact is a site the leans way left, so perhaps you can apply some critical thinking, but I doubt it.

If you have any cahones, google Obama and his school records and read about it yourself. Or Perkins and Coie. or former Perkins Coie partner Robert Bauer, who is now White House Counsel.

And yes, one man can filibuster, that is fine with me. Enough votes can overide a filibuster. We are a democratic republic, some earlier posters tried to explain that. The democrats changed the rules when the republicans were in power, now they are in power and they are crying about it. The republicans threatened to eliminate the filibuster completely. (hey, maybe YOU're a Republican!) The democrats made a deal to avoid that. True story, read all about it.

I'm dying to hear you explain how your post was sarcasm. Can't wait! You're like Obama, messing up and refusing to admit any error. Hey, maybe it was my fault! Lols.

added link:

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2011/apr/12/donald-trump/donald-trump-claims-obama-has-spent-2-million-lega/

My view is that the Teabagging Republicans are totally corrupt and working against the people of the United States of America. So, Obama has to do what's necessary to get the government working again... in the National interest and performing his role as Executive.

You have to be pretty ignorant not to realize that NO ONE graduates Magna Cum Laude, unless their grades are in the top 10%.

Only a mental midget can't put 2+2 together, and come to the conclusion that Obama graduated from Harvard with excellent grades.

Obama doesn't have to "spend money" to keep his grades sealed. His school records aren't open to the public if he doesn't give Harvard permission to release them. I'd tell everyone to F off, if I were Obama, especially after the birthers doubting his place of birth(even after being shown proof to the contrary).

alil,

Well, I give you credit for at last supplying the link. But it doesn't prove what you alleged, which is:

Oh yeah, he spent 2 million dollars last year on a private law firm that does nothing but keep his records sealed.

First of all, the story was fact-checking Trump's claim that President Obama spent 2 million dollars to hide the truth of where he was born. Trump, for god's sake! Come on! Anyone who believes anything that fink of a Reality Show host has to say. . . . Well, you lost all credibility right there.

Anyway, here is the concluding paragraph from that link, and it clearly debunks Trump's claim.

When fact-checking, we think the onus is on the person making the claim to back up his statement. And the only backing we've seen in this case is that the Obama campaign's legal team spent more than $2 million on legal fees since the election ended. It's clear to us that the WND story has been twisted to wrongly assume that every dollar the Obama campaign spent on legal fees went to fight the release of Obama's birth certificate. The evidence shows that's simply not true. It's a huge, unsubstantiated leap to assume that all, or most, of that was related to lawsuits about Obama's citizenship. We rule Trump's claim False.

Again, I have to give you credit for having the b***s to provide the link, but that's it! You're not getting the time of day from me again.

Jack, here's you responding to me:

" In any case, you obviously don't know enough about the filibuster. "

And then you write:

" But the point is, a single Senator can filibuster a bill. One person. Even if the other 99 want to pass the bill."

Ooohhh, can't you apreciate the irony? You're a fool Jack. It's obvious.

Did you apply any critical thinking to the obviously slanted article? Did you notice Obama spent more than three times as much as anoy other campaign, even though many of the lawsuits were defended with taxpayer dollars? And the part you quote is related to birth certificate issues. He keeps his school records and financial records sealed. Money was spent on that in ADDITION to the birth certificate issue. This was in the post previously. I did not claim nor do I claim that Trump's claim is correct.

Still waiting for you to explain how you were being sarcastic.

Lols

PS to Lobo - Obama's records at Columbia are sealed, but the program from the graduation ceremony is not. Obama is listed as graduating, but NOT with honors from Columbia. Harvard's admission policies are also not sealed.

If Obama did not graduate from Columbia with honors, even with the 12% minority adjustment, he would not have been academically eligible to be admitted to Harvard. And he supposedly didn't have tons of loot to throw at them. So how did he do it? Trump is right to question this. Trump's father was wealthy beyond belief, and couldn't get him in.

Scar - Yeah, that is because people become so entrenched in opinion that they believe name calling, and baseless assertions are justifiable.

Ha, maybe Trump will make a big deal about Obama's college transcripts like he did the with the birth certificate and then when there is sufficient publicity and national media coverage he will let Obama shove those transcripts right up his ass, to be stored for safe keeping right along side the birth certificate, then republicans will know right where to look anytime they wish to view them. Ha Birthers and Transcripters too funny.

Forrest, he could easily put all of this to bed, but he chooses not to. Why? What's he hiding?

Why go through all the trouble of sending lawyers out everytime someone tries to look into his background?

It doesn't make any sense, right? Why doesn't the mainstream media look into this?

It's easy to say to somebody "prove it" when you have all the proof safely locked away from them.

I don't think he is hiding anything, he had the birth certificate all along, he has the grades, he graduated from college and was admitted to Harvard on his own merits, no help from a rich daddy or his dead mother. He was editor of the Harvard Law Review, that is a big deal, they don't hand that out to rich kids or as a result of affirmative action which is one of the things people seem to be implying as a reason for his success. Which brings me to the point of what does he have to gain, the people that question him would still not be satisfied if he showed them straight A's, they would have some conspiracy theory as to how he got those grades. I look at it this way, he was a bi-racial kid raised by a single mother who was smart enough to go from community organizer to state senator to POTUS in record time, with no help from daddy, and no powerful family connections or tons of old money. What he accomplished takes more than just brains, it takes the goodwill of all the people you work with along the way that could squash you if they wished to, and it takes guts as well. People wonder how he just came from nowhere, maybe because the kid did in fact come from a situation that mostly leads to nowhere, but he damn well made the most of what he had inside him, his family could not give him money or power but they gave him what he needed to do it for himself. I have a lot of respect for what this young man has accomplished, a hell of a lot of people start with a lot more and finish with a lot less. The kid is alright. He has only been the president for three years, but people have had reason to check him out long before that, he is not hiding anything because there is nothing to hide. If there was something wrong believe me there has been enough people looking for long enough they would have found it by now. The transcript conspiracy is as hollow as the birth certificate conspiracy, if an ex-president could not find something there is nothing to find.

Forrest Grump 2.0

I don't think he is hiding anything, he had the birth certificate all along, he has the grades, he graduated from college and was admitted to Harvard on his own merits, no help from a rich daddy or his dead mother. He was editor of the Harvard Law Review, that is a big deal, they don't hand that out to rich kids or as a result of affirmative action which is one of the things people seem to be implying as a reason for his success. Which brings me to the point of what does he have to gain, the people that question him would still not be satisfied if he showed them straight A's, they would have some conspiracy theory as to how he got those grades. I look at it this way, he was a bi-racial kid raised by a single mother who was smart enough to go from community organizer to state senator to POTUS in record time, with no help from daddy, and no powerful family connections or tons of old money. What he accomplished takes more than just brains, it takes the goodwill of all the people you work with along the way that could squash you if they wished to, and it takes guts as well. People wonder how he just came from nowhere, maybe because the kid did in fact come from a situation that mostly leads to nowhere, but he damn well made the most of what he had inside him, his family could not give him money or power but they gave him what he needed to do it for himself. I have a lot of respect for what this young man has accomplished, a hell of a lot of people start with a lot more and finish with a lot less. The kid is alright. He has only been the president for three years, but people have had reason to check him out long before that, he is not hiding anything because there is nothing to hide. If there was something wrong believe me there has been enough people looking for long enough they would have found it by now. The transcript conspiracy is as hollow as the birth certificate conspiracy, if an ex-president could not find something there is nothing to find.

"bi-racial kid raised by a single mother who was smart enough to go from community organizer to state senator to POTUS in record time, with no help from daddy, and no powerful family connections or tons of old money. What he accomplished takes more than just brains"

All those words describe our President in a nutshell.

Excellent post!!

" ... Jack and Houston you are both witless stop throwing stones glass houses ... "

Ok then independent,seeing how I'M NOT witless. And all the glass in my house has already had rocks thrown thur them (from the outside). Let me stand up and say what they said ...

: ... Thinker,

Your moniker appears to be an oxymoron. ..."

" ... But you can drop the "oxy" part. ... "

And for myself ....

Moron!

And independent, if you would like to include yourself in that group, please feel free to do so. I wont mind at all.

" ... It is now time for a repeal of the recess appointment provision of the Constitution; ... "

You have to love the Right. They beat on their chests and wave the Constitution around all the time. Every time the Left/President try to do something they call foul and wave it for they are worth.

But, let it look like someone else is going to use the Constitution, they up and want to amend it. Lol, just to damned funny. So ....

Dear Constitution waving, Bible quoting/thumping Right,

Go screw yourself. It's fine just as it is.

Thank you very much,

George

This is not a recess with Senators appearing on C-span at work. The President should use due process for confirmation of his committee heads and judges. The rule should only be invoked in cases of national emergency like enemy agression. Teddy Roosevelt needed 60 generals for a war.

The President must work with Congress, not around it. It's a skill he must learn in order to restore any harmony.

Millhiser said that if Obama makes recess appointments, McConnell could respond blocking votes on the remaining Obama judicial nominees.

Isn't that what McConnell and other members of the Grand Obstructionist Party have been doing for two years?

When the Taliban was run out of Kabul by the Mujahadeen, they simply sat outside the gates of the city and lobbed explosives randomly into the homes of the citizens. The point was simple: if we can't rule, then you can't either. Of course, they showed that they were willing to hold the welfare of the citizens hostage to their need for power and control. But that argument lost to the more practical one used by the Taliban: that if they were back in charge, there would be no more bombing. The argument worked because the citizenry knew that the Mujahadeen were not the type to hurt random people to get their way. Sound familiar? I can only assume that when the Taliban prevailed and retook Kabul, Republican stratagists started taking notes.

Should we call them the Tealiban?

Last I heard Congress was still technically in session as representatives are gravelling in every few days. As such Obama can not appoint using out of session rules. And I can hear the libs yelling fowl, lame, and every other word in the book, but hey isn't this the same game Obama would play appointing out of session?

The ONLY things Obama has done the last year have been by executive order ("emperor's decree") or out of session appointments... Obama has no clue how to work in Washington - no clue how to lead. Bush had to deal with a Democratic held House and Senate but funny, we still had a budget and things moved forward... This is not a one sided issue folks - libs need to look in the mirror.

Meanwhile Obama wants to talk with terrorists...and go on a $4M plus tax payer paid vacation...oh yeah I forgot he is one of the best Presidents in American history (according to himself).

Typical Conservative ploy, to blame the other side for the actions of Republicans themselves. Sorry GR, the American public is on to the Grand Obstructionist Party and that is shown in the near single digit approval rating for the Republican leadership in Congress.

Were the 291 executive orders of George W Bush "emporer's decrees"? http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/executive-orders/wbush.html

On the whole a completely disingenuous argument. Conservatism isn't about consistency of thought or principle, it's a series of talking points intended to sell policies beneficial to the wealthy elites.

Obama is proving he can only work with himself and no one else, even his own party...

Thanks for making my point.

Does anyone else find it telling that Newt and the TP/GOP attack the judicial branch and spread the myth of "activist" judges??? Of course they have to discredit the judiciary, seeing as that's the branch of the government that checks them on all their illegal legislation, i.e. voter ID laws, "papers please" laws, union stripping, person amendments, attacks on Muslim citizens...

Go Obama, I hope he gets reelected and goes "medieval liberal" on their behinds! Appoint whoever the hell you want Mr. Prez.

Good points, Sarah. It's also worth mentioning that the Right attacks "activist judges" even though the great majority of federal judges were appointed by Republicans! That's due to a combination of Republican domination of the White House over the last several decades and a gradually developing strategy to block appointment of judges selected by Democrats.

when the departments of our Gov are left empty the work these departments are supposed to do ..goes undone.. the citizens that depend on these departments get their rights trampled on,, or their grievence never heard...the court system is being crushed with cases and with out judges to make decisions .. the system will eventuallly collapse under the weight .. fill the vacancys now

The Panthers? You're not serious!!!

Progressives urge Obama to wield recess clout Conservatives too (for the ever important 30 second sound bites about how he's ruining our country) !!

No president should have to resort to recess appointments. No president. Stop the BS and hold the confirmation hearings! Do the job you were sent to do! Whether Dem or Rep. DO YOUR DAMN JOB! We did not send you to Washington to further enrich yourself or to further your assinine power grab. Hold the hearings! Make your case to the American people. Speak to us and listen to US! As Harry Truman said " if you can't take the heat get out of the kitchen." You weren't sent to Washington to take bribes in the form of campaign funding or to play slap and tickle with the interns. (boys and girls alike) "We the People" are angry. Both the left and right are mad. Grow some stones and do your job!

So a Federal Judge, who normally would get a lifetime appointment if confirmed by the Senate, could get booted out in 12 months if Obama tries a recess appointment. I wonder how many judges would want that hanging over their head?

@RoyWilson-336103

Nancy Pelosi did not "design" Obamacare - Mitt Romney did. The democrats simply copied a republican idea and then the republicans, in the tradition of Mitt Romney, flip flopped and called it "socialism."

ROY WILSON-336103

So exactly what has Obama 'compromised' on? It's seems that it's always 'My way or the highway' for Obama. A leader would meet with the opposition and find common ground, but Obama just hides in the background and calls people names, depending on Harry Reid to run interference for him and block all of the jobs bills that the Republicans in the House have passed.

He calls it 'Leading from behind', but it's actually 'Bringing up the rear'.

Obama is so fearful of making any mistakes that he refuses to make any decisions. That's why Nancy Pelosi designed the Obamacare bill, and she told the Republicans to keep their ideas to themselves - when asked why, she said 'Because we (Democrats) won'.

He just beat the republicans at their own game and made them look like id!@!$ in front of the whole country and you still think hes leading from behind????? JAJAJAJA!!!

President Obama afraid of making mistakes??? jajaja looks like he just exposed the republicans in front of the whole country and they made a big mistake.

What happened tonight? why aren't you in here posting lies about the deficit and the debt and who it really belongs to?

If he doesn't wield his power, people are going to be upset! And I mean very very upset. He cowtows to the Republicans at almost every turn, and it's time for him to show some mettle and kick them in the A**.

YEAH RIGHT , obama ask for a year the Republican house gave him a year ,The socialist communist democrats said NO and only extended for two months ,then obama turned on the Republicans after they gave him what he wanted , Obama is a socialist communist dictator , AND the Constitutional democrats are realizing this and leaving the Party , not really that hard to figure out WHY

darrel... gave him a year with strings attached ..that benefit only the top 2% .. socialism is better than the fascism the GOP wants for our country.. Obama is neither a fascist or a socialist .. Ill take him for 4 more years over the alternative

A good leader would have done what it took to make BOTH sides look good. Only a BAD president would work against either side. So making the republicans look like id!@!$ like was put only shows how bad he is. Where is our leader? Obama does not know. It is also telling that when the GOP wanted to take the time and make a good bill it was the Dems that refused then stomped their feet like children and through their little fit.

I am looking for a leader who really understands what leading is. The field is rather empty.

Obama will ask for 1.2 trillion increase in national debt by the end of this week. (Not reported by MSNBC, CNN, etc.)

I love the way people act like they know exactly how Obama should have done it when they have no clue. Imagine if Obama had allowed the Bush Tax cuts to expire, and the exact same slow recovery happened that we have been experiencing. Republicans would have blamed the sluggish recovery on the ending of the Bush tax cuts. Now, they can't do that, because obviously, extending them another 2 years didn't do a thing to get the "job creators" to create jobs. Has anyone thought about the fact that Obama might actually be a lot smarter than you think?

Yes the Panthers - look it up. Here's a sample link:
http://www.theroot.com/blogs/j-christian-adams/obamas-justice-department-racist-and-lawless

Oh and the latest in Indiana that is being ignored by the Justice Dept. Obama allegedly should not have been on the primary ballot. He did not attain enough signatures - errr enough forged signatures have been surfaced by the local attorney general to press the Justiuce Dept to investigate... Gee why aren't they pursuing this issue? Heck just sweep it under the rug. Ethics don't matter...
http://www.southbendtribune.com/news/specialreports/sbt-us-attorney-will-not-investigate-obama-clinton-petitions-20111019,0,2221591.story

...and then there is Acorn - hey this is all the norm I guess in Chicago.

You idiots beleive everything you read think for a moment you may be very surprised at what pops up!!!!

ITA,

First, if your name truly applies, calm down and quit calling people idiots. As an atheist you should understand the population dynamics that make up our race. We have a diversity of intellect for a reason, there will always be idiots and that fact supports your atheism (diversity is after all imperfect and natural, unlike design or creation which would imply monotonousness).

Second, for reason number 1, people will always believe what they hear, just look at the corporate re-branding of the republican party after their entire political platform FAILED in 2007-2008...ta-da The Tea Party.

Third, I don't think you asked permission to use my other name and you certainly aren't using it well...

How can the president possibly deal with people who want this country to fail.........roll em.

independent: no one is fooled by that moniker--

The only people who want this country to fail are the flea-bagger occupiers and their coke-head president barry.

daryl, Obama smoked crack in high school. He said so in his own book.

Democrats have become the party of NO!!!!! The Republicans attempted compromise but the Dems would not even try to meet them half way. Sorry you can't see through the re-election rhetoric.

Griff999,

>>> The Republicans attempted compromise but the Dems would not even try to meet them half way.

I don't know about you, man. You must be living in an alternate universe!

You should first learn which way is up, and which is down, before you even try learning left from right!

NUMBER ONE REASON no one should vote for a republican...Supreme court.

Unfortunately, someone would have to kill at least 1-2 of the current justices. They have lifelong terms, unfortunately. We'll have to deal with that for a LONG time. But, we could stack up the lower courts. The Supreme Court may be the court of the land, but the lower courts handle most cases, and only a few go to the SCOTUS.

OBAMA BIDEN 2012

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For a minute there I thought I was on a liberal democrat leaning comment board. Wow.

The President should do what is best for all the people. If he hasn't yet come to terms with how really "sorry" the "tea party' republicans are, then He is just as sorry as they are. This gang needs to be run out of power on a rail after administering a stout caning to each.

seems a bit amazing that you would say this as there are over 25 jobs bills setting in the house waiting on the Democrats , the Republicans passed the tax cuts for a year , the Democrats said no , Under Democrat control they increased our national debt by over 50% , YUP the Republicans did put the brakes on out of control spending , and you advocate obama take full control a dictatorship Government under the control of obama , let me see dictator government , North Korea , people there eat grass leaves bugs, Cuba people risk their lives to leave ,etc, OH obama and the socialist Democrats had control for two years , The last time the Republicans had control we had a balanced budget , a surplus in funds , and 25 years of the most productive America in American history , WHAT HAPPENED the socialist communist democrats got control,

Hey do your own research this is documented facts , when you spew false propaganda crap it equals LIAR ,

Actually it is you who spew the false propaganda. In typical Republican fashion you ignore facts. Each and everyone of those 25 bills, WHEN ACTUALLY READ, reveal nothing but more Republican attempts to rollback our social safety net, trample the rights of women, and hand the rest of our country's wealth to just a few people. The roll back regulations that prevent the banker crowd from further raping the country. So take your dictator and smoke it, you have no idea what a dictatorship is, but keep your mind closed and your vote Republican and you will find out soon enough.

The last time the Republicans were in charge we had two unfunded wars, tax cuts that were not paid for, and prescription benefit programs that were sold out to the big drug companies so we cannot negotiate prices. The economy was tanked by Republicans and the nation left in ruins. TARP was a Bush disaster and he sold each and every one of us out by bailing out banks with no strings attached. Some paid it back, but many have not. You need to crawl out from under that rock you're living under and get a clue.

I sure thought Bush had to work with both houses that were controlled by the Dems at the end of his run. Maybe that is what Obama needs. As for our social safety net it really is not our governments job to do that and at the current rate if something is not done it will evaporate on it's own. So it sure looks like the GOP are trying to save it by rationing in this season of famine. As for trampling the rights of women the rest of us understand it is the acknowledgment of the rights of the child. Amazing how quickly rights can get removed when talking with a liberal. I also believe it was Obama in a private meeting with the liberal elite that made comments about limiting the rest of us from having power. Was rather embarrassing for him at the time.

I only like half of what the GOP does. But so far I have not seen anything out of the excusive regressives that can even be counted as a plus. It is they that is ruining this country.

Maybe Democratic senator Corzine could lead the agency. After all, it is run under the federal reserve and not the congress with an unlimited budget. He would fit just perfectly for that job. Heck, you can steal a billion or two and no one would pay attention, unlike this nasty capitalism with semi-enforced laws that we have going now.

Cordray is a vital and necessary addition to the Democratic machine. He should placed as soon as is feasible so that there will be a REAL balance of power. No more kissing Republican ass for every little bit of ground gained. They do not block Democratic ideas because they are poor in concept; they are simply blocking ANYTHING that helps the middle class. Appoint rocks and rubble if you need to Mr President; but at all cost, get us out of this mess! The GOP has a champion for the rich and affluent. Be the Gladiator we all hoped you would be when we voted for you. Kick some ass!

JC - Cordray wasn't blocked because the republicans objected to him, he was pretty clean. The objection was because of the appointment of another czar. I and most Americans understand a couple of czars may be appropriate like the war on drugs czar, but they have no real accountablility, are not elected, and can be used to circumvent Congress and established federal agencies. What they can become is a shadow government - and that is clearly WRONG!

DB- Just for clarification... NO czar can do anything that is not already within the jurisdiction of the executive to decide. Essentially, all any president does when he creates a czar is delegate some decision-making. People can be for, or against, the idea of someone other than the president making such decisions but it's incorrect to suggest that czars "can be used to circumvent Congress and established federal agencies" nor can they become a shadow government.

It's important that, as Americans, we understand exactly what our president and Congress can, and cannot, do. It is also important to note that President Obama has taken a step back from the assumed power that previous presidents invoked. The body of this article confirms just the same...that President Obama has made less recess appointments and has had more appointments blocked, than his predecessor.

DB Akron: I respectfully disagree with you yet; I hold you harmless for your ideas. They are your right and you have the right to express yourself. Right on...

You seem the one who is calling for ONE PARTY RULE thus a Dictatorship.

Just as Domocrats are clueless in regards to governing in a Republic.

Oh don't tell them that. They still believe we live in a democracy. They skip that part in the pledge about our republic. Ah well they skip the pledge altogether.

stinky rotten footed Commie Murray is gone in her next election she has shown her True colors, Over three quarters of her own State can't stand her.

Uh, yeah. Anyone who's concerned about the safety of workers must be a Commie. Or maybe people who doesn't think workers deserve to have their health and lives protected are just jerks.

Murray is an obstructionist she is one of the Daughters of Big brother, I live in her Nanny State.

US citizen-701707

Murray is an obstructionist she is one of the Daughters of Big brother, I live in her Nanny State.

From your infantile writing, my guess is that you live in Never Never Land

Typical Liberal be little someone because you don't like their opinion..

"be little"? Really?

I live in her state, and unless someone more liberal runs, I'll be voting FOR her. (Methinks US citizen must live in the hinterlands of the east side of the mountains)

US citizen, try and research what Communism is. Or do you even have rational knowledge in Never Never Land?? Communism is a political system where the government controls all economic functions, takes over the profits, and distribute it to the people. In a "pure" communistic society, there would be no government, nor a class-based society. All of the world's proletarians (industrial workers) would live in harmony with one another, with no bourgeois or capitalists to abuse them. Obviously, the US is the complete antithesis of Communism, even under a progressive liberal system, so you might want to think before you comment. And calling other people Communists is un-American. Didn't your grade-school teachers tell you to avoid name-calling back in the so-called "good ole' days?"

Typical Liberal be little someone because you don't like their opinion..

First, I echo Mikeo's comment--"be little"? Houston wasn't wrong when he referred to your "infantile writing".

Second, anyone who writes "stinky rotten footed Commie Murray" doesn't deserve to be taken seriously.

If your appointees are incompetent and meant to do nothing in their jobs then you have the partisan appointees of Bush. Bush's nominees were not there to protect the environment, to keep drugs safe, or to make sure all Americans prosper, instead the GOP nominees are there to protect corporations and what they want.

I am thinking ... Maybe ...just once he should try to get something done working with the other side of the aisle. If he cant... he should not be President. This situation will not change in one year if he gets re-elected. If the Repubs will not work with him.... Then he has to go. Same way with the Republicans ... if there is a Rupublican President who can not get the Congress to work with him...He has to go. Leadership.......Something our President does not have. Yes .... I am a Democrat....doesnt mean I cant identify a terrible President. If you are the Ceo of a company...and nobody works for you ....you are fired. To think he was comparing himself to other great Leaders in the History of this great Country... He should have been comparing himself to some of the worst Presidents ....G.W. (43RD) Bush... Jimmy Carter and Barack OBAMA.....

You seriously need to crawl out from under your rock. Where have you been for the past three years while this president did his best to work together with the Weeper of the House to get something done while he is met at every turn with a man who cannot control his own caucus? You cannot negotiate with someone who cannot do what they say they can. You're plainly no democrat or you would have seen this going on and you would share the outrage at the fact that the Republican party has openly sold itself out to corporate interests and as a result blocked every attempt to dig this country out of the ditch that Bush and friends drove us into. You need to wake up friend. Go back to Fox and quit calling yourself a democrat. Your comments betray your sham.

Amused -You get on here with your anger....at who? Me for thinking this guy is a lousy Leader. You and the rest... are what is wrong with both parties. Everything the Democrats do is right..everything the Republicans do is wrong. Who are you to make a judgement on me to the degree of a Democrat I am? Bucause I find this President to be a terrible Leader... I guess I am racist too? I am sure my roots in this party go further than yours ever will . Have you ever woked in a campaign...I have for a Democratic Govenor that just lost recently. I owe evrything i have to the Unions. Do i have to tell you that you are an embarrasment to my party that you can not even comment with out your anger coming through. Name calling ... your just as bad as our President. Face facts .... Nobody will work with him today or in the future......is that grounds for me to re-elect him .....HE IS A LOUSY LEADER!!!!!

Yes it pisses me off how the Republicans block everything he does. I blame it on him....He blames eveybody but himself. I blame Bush for allowing our Economy to "Blow Up" on his watch. I also blame our party because we owned the Senate and House at the time. I think there is enough blame to go around . By the way my canidate for Govenor lost because Obama.

I am involved with the Power Industry and this man is trying to shut all of our Fossil Fuel Power Plants down.... More good hard Middle Class workers will see the Unemployment line because of our Presidents Green Intiatives... Your anger clouds your Judgement...this man is wrong for our party and an Embarrasment as a Leader. Clinton never would have allowed the Congress to get this way.... He needs to listen to the Clintons....sadly Obamas arrogance will not allow him to do that. As you can see... I am very dissappointed in my Party.... I think our President allowed our Party to become very Vulnerable in the next Election. I am more angry with that than I am over the Republicans doing what they do.

Mike, Thank you for the most intelligent post I've read on this thread today. I come to this site so that i can attempt to see things from more than one perspective. I quickly grow tired of the name calling and childish behavior. I am a Republican and I agree with you on the Clintons. Bill and Hillary are both incredibly intelligent and capable leaders. If Hillary were running, I would gladly vote for her. I cannot bring myself to vote for Obama as I have yet to hear him take responsiblity for his mistakes. Obama seems to easily take credit for what he feels are his victories, not America's victories.

Griff- When the Steelers lose a game... I dont get mad at the other team. I dont blame the other teams fans. I blame our Qb or our coach, our Def. When you start pointing fingers at the other team ... you have way more layered problems than you think. I think that analogy can be used for both of our parties. If we worry more about making our party better than tearing down the other we would be in a lot better place right now.

You obviously are not paying attention to the very deliberate obstruction of the GOP against everything. President Obama should make several recess appointments so that we can have success instead of the failure the GOP wants for us all.

Praise the Lord for balance!!!!

I suppose you'd rather he appoint right-wing Christian conservatives so they can turn the country into a theocracy?

they just want white folks in there, thats all

It was right-wing Christian conservatives that created this country. It is their ideas and their concepts that made it great and it is all that we want back. Freedom with responsibility. Integrity and moral character. Pride and honor. And what so few today seem capable of, hard work.

It is the Christian belief that God asks us to come to him of our own heart that America has freedom OF religion.

So true, LaVall, Only time will tell. If they get their way. Look out. Better get some ear plugs, because the whining will commence ! Maybe they'll remember then.

It is not about the perrson but about the new departments being created by this Marxist. He is expanding the federal bureaucracy exponentially and driving the country into bankruptcy. The GOP has no other way to stop him. The Dems began this blocking process under Reid and now are tasting the fruits of their actions. None of you complained when they did it to Bush so may8be youu could shut up now?

Watermoon, can you tell me how the president is Marxist, and then give me a definition of the term Marxist without mentioning the name Karl Marx?

The Public Printer is not a new post invented by this President. I understand the political process and tactic of putting holds on or filibustering nominees for sensitive posts. A little discretion and choosing particular nominees to oppose may make some sense but this "kitchen-sink" approach interferes with the legitimate functioning of our government.

Watermoon you are mostly correct except he is a Socialist not a Marxist. There is a pretty good difference. Obama and his progressive left wing radicals like Murray want a big big government to take care of us all and to share the wealth of the 1%. Pretty plain and simple. I voted for him last time and all I can say is NEVER AGAIN. Can't say I am really fond of the repubs but who else to vote for? This country can't stand four more years of Obama. We will all be broke and have the biggest government ever. No thanks. I hate to say it but I hope all those appointments are blocked. There has to be some moderate dems that he can nominate instead of the favorites of the far left. Also, the dems have played block the nominee more times than I can count. It is just Washington politics.

sorry to burst your bubble, be we have not had a free market since Reagan opened the flood gates to China and shoved regulations off the table. The odds have been stacked in favor of the rich since 1980, this is just the culmination of trickle down.

I guess the progressives really don't want Obama re-elected, do they? If he caters to the will of the progressives, he will manage to drive anyone but the progressive fringe away from the democrats, just as he has the middle-of-the-road independentsat this point in time.

There would be such a landslide victory for a conservative opponent that the progressives won't know what hit them!

Hardly Tammy, we want to know he can take on these bullies.

And I don't see a landslide on either side. The nominees on the GOP side are pushing their people away with their crazy TP ideas.

I would rather be progressive than a regressive republican any day and will give OB another 4 years.

Keep drinking that tea there Tammy.

Tammy, have you listened to bat crazy Bachman? How about Cain speak about his many affairs? Or Palin talk about family values? These GOP candidates have been good for one thing....a punch line. People are tired of their social agendas stuffed into every bill put on the table. I can't wait for Trump to emerge as the savior...oops even he left the GOP. But still good for a punch line none the less.

Careful......Allspooky. You could wake up North Korea. Yikes, think about it.

And Reid/Pelosi ordered their monions to not do a thing tohelp Bush pass his agenda. They were the "Party of NO" and now whine like babies when that which goes aroundnow comes around.

No one is saying that Obama can't do a recess appointment! You make up problems and then scream about them. Of coruse he can - just like Bush was forced to do. But don't now complain about what McConnell is doing with the fillibuster since Reid did that all the time to Bush - as even this liberal article poiints out..

THe fillibuster was a rule made up by the senate that should go away completely. Its a way for the senate to ensure gridlock as a minority party. I may not like that idiot in the whitehouse, but the idea that you need to have a darn near supermajority in one branc of government just to pass a law is silly.

but the idea that you need to have a darn near supermajority in one branc of government just to pass a law is silly.

It's not silly, it's destructive and anti-democratic.

That kind of thinking is exactly what has created the Casium between everyone, Ignore what the people want or need and ram your own Agenda forward come hell or high water...

That would be chasm I think.

Dems practiced it when they had the 60 in the Senate and never gave a "tinker's dam" about the Republicans and the almost 50% of the country they represented. I suspect we will never get back to a civil Congress that does what is best for America. Pity the young people and especially the children as we head off the cliff into bankruptcy and ruin.

And notice the education I provide here. The expression is not "I don't give a damn." A tinker's dam was a worthless piece of metal used by tinkers to back up the pot when they hammered the outside. My grandfather was a tinker and I hate to see the meaning of that expression lost because of GWTW.

Thank you watermoon, Darn spell check..

Casium is a titular see (it is an old term (usually religous)) that means "no longer functional."

You elect stupid people to the senate and thats what you get. We have democrat senators from our state and they have no intention of doing whats right for us or americans regardless. They voted for the bailouts, the banks and the healthcare law that is so complex and sided with massive insurance companies its going to put millions of small business ownerss and their workers out of work. They smile like they have just won the lottery because now they have free reign to pillage. The thing is, if we put republicans in there, I dont see a change and that is what is scary. We are going down a hole with no representation.

jolly joker,what state are you from again? I think the state of Confusion.

Bush was the worst President in the history of this country somebody had to do something.And now the Republicans want us to vote for some of the most dysfunctional wannabe politicians in history .Get in the clown car and let Perry drive it back to Texas.

All educated people know that it was Carter who was the worst and that Obama is soon to replace him. Both an he economy into oblivion and we can only hope that there is a man with the genius of Reagan to fix what this idiot has caused.

It is now clear that Bush was not responsible for the bank crash. We now know that Clinton's administration told the banks that if they did not make the sub-prime loans to people who had no business getting one then the regulators would see that they never opened another branch. Didn't hear this in the lame stream media of course. They had a man who was on the bank board wheh the threat was made testify on Fox News today.

I know - Fox News gives two sides so it is evil and should never be listened to.

Watermoon,

“No one had fillibustered a judge appoiintment until Reid began the practice.”

That statement is totally false. Republicans have not filibustered judgeship nominations they have put a “hold” on them. This practice has been used for decades.

Watermoon,

Republicans controlled the House from the start of 95 to the end of 06 (12 years) also the Senate for 10 of those same 12 years (except 01-02) and did nothing about Fanny and Freddie.

How dare they or you point at the Democrats for the failure of those institution !!!

Obama will go down in history as the WORST president in history. He is arrogant, egotistical, and totally unqualified for the position. He has divided the country like no other and took a bad economy and made it dismal. A fifth grader would display better leadership skills.

ANYBODY but Obama in 2012!

Two facts:

1. The GOP never fillibusted a judge before Reid began the practice. They often voted them down but never fillibustered. Back in the Nixon era there was a criminal that the Dems did a practice vote on and it failed but it was not a fillibuster. The guy later went to jail.

2. Republicans did nothing about Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is true - but what could they do? Can you imagine what you and the libtards would have screamed if they had shut them down so that the poor no longer could get a loan and the crisis was avoided? Since there would have been no crash, all that would be noted is that the poor no longer could buy a home - for "no good reason." Once Carter started those monstrosoities and Clinton forced banks to follow suit there was nothing politically that could have been done. I am still amazed that there was no commission formed to study the causes - like they did with 9/11 and Katrina et al - except that the Dems knew damned well what caused it and wanted to instead to blame it on "Wall Street greed." And Bush did warn of the problem but got no support from either side of the aisle. It would have been political suicide to fix it and the GOP was as gutless while the Dems were just incompetently stupid.

Dennis,

Watermoon is full of crap. Ignore him/her/it.

No responsible economist believes that either Fannie or Freddie or the Community Reinvesntment Act (CRA) "caused" the economic crisis.

Freddie and Fannie came to the "party" late, largely as a result of pressures from front line mortgage brokers (such as Countrywide), the Department of Housing and Urban Development (the agency that set the affordable housing goals for Freddie and Fannie), and/or Freddie and Fannie investors, who complained that they could obtain better yields on their investments in Wall Street banks, because of the greater interest rates charged on subprime and Alt A loans. Additionally, toward the peak of the bubble, as Wall Street banks began to understand what was about to occur, they began dumping their txic investments onto Freddie and Fannie.

Although the Bush Administration (and certain Republican members of Congress) DID want greater control over Freddie and Fannie, it was NOT over their participation in subprime loans. It was over a general conservative dislike of the quasi-public nature of them and the "moral hazard" of a tax payer bailout IF they failed, plus accounting scandals among the executives over "double bookkeeping" and inflating profits to justify executive bonuses and excessive Congressional lobbying, which made them difficult to control.

The principal reasons for the meltdown were 1) the failure of deregulation; 2) the failure of Reaganomics; and 3) a desire by the Bush Administration to promote domestic growth in wake of the dot.com recession and the expense of the wars.

P.S. Oh yeah...there WAS a Commission appointed to determine the causes...The National Commission on the Causes of the Financial and Economic Crisis in the United States. It consisted of six members appointed by Democrats and four member appointed by Republicans.

They published their report in January 2011. The Democratic-appointed majority found the CRA to be a "non-factor," with the Republican-appointed minority issuing its own report, but coming to the same conclusion on the CRA.

" Neither the Community Reinvestment Act nor the removal of the Glass-Steagall firewall was a significant cause. The crisis can be explained without resorting to these factors."

One of the four Republican-appointed members, Peter J. Wallison, dissented from the other nine and DID claim a more significant role for the CRA, but his case is weak and he is not an economist, but an attorney, employed by the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), a conservative think-tank.

Watermoon:

Look up Bill Frist.

Snailguy,

It won't do any good. Watermoon lives in his own world of "facts" and nothing will deter him from believing them.

Hey stone6, is that like no responsible scientist would ever dare question global warming?

Forcing loans to be made to those who could not afford them, and the subsequent defaults that followed are what caused the mess. The rest of your comment is full of more crap than the "Christmas" goose.

NOPE, baby bush was the worst of he worst........are we not still suffering from his ineptness???

jpeg, and others. One question, if politics played such a huge role in the housing bubble why was the housing downturn worldwide, and not just here in the States? Just wondering. The world bank and investment Corporations and their policy's have more to do with your financial future than you think, that is my opinion.

What will you obots obsess over when he is voted out in 2012? He has fed on your need to find a saviour and you blindly continue to defend his failures. Laughable.

Obama is totally bought and paid for by the environmentalists, the unions and George Soros' MoveOn.org. It is interesting that Reid/Pelosi basically told him to sit back and relax as they ran the country the first two years. No surprise really. The two of them had no respect when he was a do nothing" senator for two years, why should they listen to him now. Meanwhile the Democrats drive the country over the cliff with their deficit spendiing, crush the private sector with their regulations and expand the inept corrupt federal bureaucracy exponentially. Obama continues to use Europe as the socialist model he wants us to follow even while they self-destruct.

If nbot 2012, then it will be too late. Pity the young people and the children.

Haha ha . Unless the republicans put an absolute clown as a candidate against him, consider him gone this fall along with his health care law.

Their already some of the biggest clowns in Politics after Bush, Cheney.

The whole world is laughing at the Republican party and have been since Bush.republicans are some of the dumbest people in politics

God I hope you dont live in Detroit? OoOoPs

He is not going to be voted out sweetie.......OBAMA 2012

Jollyjoker:

. Unless the republicans put an absolute clown as a candidate against him, consider him gone this fall along with his health care law.

Do they have a choice? The GOP has nothing to offer for candidates but clowns.