A Tale of Two Cities

[telemann.livejournal.com]

Boy, what a contrast between President Obama and Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell's speeches after Tuesday's midterm election. Dumping President Obama is McConnell's highest priority (his words, not mine). So this is what America has to look forward to: gridlock. Despite voters saying in poll after poll they want Congress and the President to work together, the message just doesn't sink in.

Comments

[htpcl.livejournal.com]

Oh, they do like getting stuff done, it's just not the stuff you might want. ;-)

[udoswald.livejournal.com]

Like what? Wanting to roll back everything to 3 years ago doesn't count as an agenda. They haven't outlined a single piece of their agenda beyond repealing everything Congress did in the past 2 years and blocking everything Obama wants to do. They've talked about wanting to cut the deficit but the only thing they've suggested they'd do so far (making the tax cuts for the rich permanent) adds to the deficit. They haven't suggested which programs they will cut in order to accomplish their budget cutting goals.