A Decreasing Number

(A Decreasing Number)

Former President Donald Trump has won the South Carolina Primary with former Governor Nikki Haley coming in a distant second. Super Tuesday is only a few weeks away and if Trump does well ? It might not matter if Trump is re-elected. In all likelihood, however, the House will no longer be under Republican control.


The current House GOP Majority is proving the gang who can't shoot straight. Its potential and promise were squandered in destructive in-Party conflict that ousted previous Speaker McCarthy and now is abandoning its governing by "regular order" where each of the twelve appropriations bills would be passed independently. If there was supposed to be a unifying factor for which the Republican Conference could operate in unified fashion, it would have been the ability to schedule and pass these Appropriations measures.


The House has become its own toxic working environment. Several Members, including Committee Chair-People, are considering retiring. The same thing happened as Trump's first Mid-Term when there had been a mass exodus of Members who did not know the ramifications of a Trump Presidency. Now, that there might be another one, and there is less ignorance of Trump.


When Republicans lose the House this time, it will be because they have proven that they cannot govern. They cannot but get out-maneuvered by Democrats. They cannot take a stand on spending. With the excuse that the Senate and the White House are in Democrat hands, inaction or less than action is all the House GOP Conference can manage.


And these are the people who think they can impeach President Biden ?

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Siege Of The Alamo

(Siege Of The Alamo) Any visitor to Downtown San Antonio will recognize the City's most famous landmark, the Alamo. An old Spanish mission that means "Cottonwood" in English was the site where the likes of Jim Bowie, William Barrett Travis and Davy Crockett and about another 185 Texians defended the Mission and its compound for thirteen days against the Army of General Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana and his 5,000 troops. The garrison was finally reduced on March 6, 1836. However, the Texian defeat at the Alamo and another one at Goliad, bought time for General Sam Houston time to fall back and then face Santa Ana at San Jacinto. There, Houston's army surprised the Mexicans and yelling "Remember the Alamo, Remember Goliad !" all but wiped out the Mexican force. Santa Ana was captured and was forced to recognize the Republic of Texas. Which is now the State of Texas and, like 1836 Texas War of Independence, there is a new invasion from Mexico. Not the armed body o
Read more

TEQUILA !

(TEQUILA !) Happy Cinco de Mayo or May 5th. One can hope that a lot of you out there are awash in inebriation, seeking to mainline tequila shots or enjoying a nice margarita on the patio. Or, in other words, relax. Take a breath. De-compress. May 5th as it happens is the anniversary of Mexico's victory over French "occupation" of Mexico by Emperor Maximillian, brother to Austrian monarch Maria Theresa in what has been called the Battle of Puebla. The reason France was in Mexico in the first place was that Mexico, after the Mexican-American War and a more civil conflict called the Reform War, had bankrupted Mexico City. Mexican President at the time was Benito Juarez, who repudiated all foreign debt, of which France, Spain, and the United Kingdom were all major holders. A naval expedition was dispatched to Veracruz and France's Napoleon III thought it would be a good idea to establish a French "empire" in Mexico. But, on May 5th, 1862, in the aforementioned B
Read more

Intended Consequences

(Intended Consequences) For those Readers who live in the Tri-State area, who had the earthquake this morning, just be still.  There is a postulate called the Law of Un-Intended Consequences. Basically, it says that even with the best intentions, negative results sometimes happen. However, there are also instances when a negative result is precisely the desired outcome. Like with the Israel- Hamas war where the Biden Administration continues to press for an all but unilateral ceasefire on the part of Israel. In California, the new $20/HR minimum wage is wreaking havoc on the fast food industry. And finally, after depleting the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, oil has now become too expensive. How many times must the Biden Administration think it can influence Israeli affairs ? How many times must Israel ignore it. Threats from the President have become redundant at this point but is Biden really prepared to cut Israel loose ? In the middle of the greatest crisis Israel is facing since the
Read more