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Townhall Finance...
Obama About to
Suffer Glorious Defeat in Congress?
By Mike Shedlock
Sep 08, 2013
The coalition of the willing is now down to the US alone as France now
wants to wait for more data on alleged gas usage. Yet, President
Obama rejects G20 pressure to abandon Syria air strike plan.
Obama Plans Full Court Press…
Inquiring minds note that Obama plans a 'full-court press' to sway
Congress and a speech to US citizens on September 10.
Obama's address to the nation from the White House on Tuesday will be
part of a rejuvenated lobbying effort on Syria as Congress returns to
Washington next week. A Democratic congressional aide said the
administration is planning "a full-court press" aimed at undecided
lawmakers.
According to a Washington Post count, only 23 senators have been
willing to go on record in favor of military force, while 17 are
against. It will likely take 60 of the Senate's 100 members to advance
the measure to the House of Representatives.
In the House, where 218 votes will be required to pass the resolution,
only 25 members are on record in support of military action so far,
according to the Post, with 106 opposed.
Polls Show Citizens Solidly Against War...
John Nichols writing for The Nation accurately sums up the situation in
'Nobody Wants This Except the Military-Industrial Complex'
House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, backs President Obama’s
request for authorization to intervene militarily in Syria, as does
House Democratic Minority Nancy Pelosi, D-California.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, is similarly “in,” while
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, in mum.
The president has done a pretty good job of selling his plan to
congressional leaders.
He has not, however, sold it to the American people.
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