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House Republicans Freak Out When They Realize Obama’s Coming for them in 2014
Terror has gripped House Republicans as they have finally realized that President Obama is already working to defeat them in 2014.
Real Clear Politics reported, “When an irate House Speaker John Boehner declared last week that President Obama was out to “annihilate” the Republican Party, he was exaggerating, or at least engaging in a bit of hyperbole. Obama is not out to destroy the Republican Party, just severely cripple it, and thereafter to cement his legacy in the final two years of his presidency.What upset Boehner and many of his Republican colleagues is that they have finally recognized what Obama’s second inaugural address really was: the first speech of the 2014 congressional campaign. That has them in a panic. It is now obvious to Republicans that Obama has no intention of becoming a lame duck president at the end of his second term. He’s seems willing to bide his time and push for a more-friendly Congress.”
It looks like House Republicans are finally getting it. The reason why Obama hasn’t disassembled his campaign operation is that there is another important election to win in 2014. This might have already been obvious to anyone who doesn’t reside in the Republican bubble, but congressional Republicans had adopted the mantra that the worst was over now. (For example, Mitch McConnell’s crackpot declaration that there will be no more discussions about revenue.) Republicans were kidding themselves if they thought that President Obama was going to sit back and let them run out the clock until 2016.
Right wing Fox News based paranoia runs wild in a large segment of the House Republican caucus, but this time they should be paranoid. Barack Obama really is after them.
The math is simple. Obama can’t carry out his agenda while Republicans control the House. In order to move this country forward, Obama needs a Democratic House majority.
If the president puts his ample campaign resources to work, and motivates Obama voters to show up on Election Day 2014, the Republican House majority could be in trouble. More importantly, House Republicans have demonstrated by their behavior so far this year that they have learned nothing. As Obama’s approval rating reaches new highs, Congress continues to sit near historic lows.
A perfect storm could be brewing against House Republicans in 2014. If a popular president decides to mobilize his machine and campaign against the unpopular Republicans in the House, the GOP could find itself back in the House minority. There has been a lot of talk about gerrymandering, but 2014 could be the year that Democrats take advantage of lower midterm election turn out to take back the House.
The message that Democrats must vote in 2014 in order to give Obama the congress that he needs is already echoing across the Internet. Should President Obama choose to adopt this message as a partywide rallying cry, panic could turn into disaster for John Boehner, Eric Cantor, Paul Ryan, and their fellow House Republicans.
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RMuse
Jan. 28th, 2013 at 4:34 pm
The rallying cry began shortly after the election. I’ve never seen such resolve as the past two months from liberals and Dems to end this disastrous Republican assault on the people in the House, and especially in GOP-controlled States.
Sharin Khosa
Jan. 29th, 2013 at 9:22 am
As Bill Maher said,” Obama is one Efficient, Multi-skilled, Black Ninja Gangster President”.
Obama 2014.
Ingrid Buxton
Jan. 30th, 2013 at 5:09 pm
And lets start in Wisconsin. Where is our
Democratic candidate?
Toni
Jan. 28th, 2013 at 4:38 pm
Lol!!! Fasten your seat belts ladies & gents it’s going to be a bumpy ride!!!
glogrrl
Jan. 30th, 2013 at 5:16 pm
It’s about time! The Rethugs have spent the last 4 years demonizing President Obama while has tried to compromise to get something done, but it has been constantly “their way or the highway”. Every time he extended an olive branch,he drew back a bloody stump. Now is the time to show them that he IS the President.
Larry Dillon
Jan. 28th, 2013 at 4:38 pm
Obliterate their deluded ideology.Conservatism is just a “pretty” word like “traditional”..It is nothing more than Corporate Fascist promoting a Fascist Theocracy….Again I say,Obliterate the deranged demented Nuts….Tea-Nuts
Kim
Jan. 28th, 2013 at 4:39 pm
If all republicans could be dissolved that would be wonderful
Less Hate is always a wonderful thing
Mike Wilder
Jan. 28th, 2013 at 5:26 pm
Interesting how “less hate”is manifested as the desire to see the other party “dissolved”. They don’t agree with us so we want them to be completely gone. If only Liberals/Democrats practiced what they preach!!
Shiva(Moderator)
Jan. 28th, 2013 at 5:29 pm
Well Mike, you are certainly right in one respect, your first sentence
However since you lumped all into agreement with the poster, can we assume you support the 1% and hate the middle class, including yourself?
DJE
Jan. 28th, 2013 at 5:44 pm
The repubs have practiced what they preach and continue to preach: extreme right wing lunatic views that wants to take away a woman’s right to choose, punish the poor and middle class as well as people of color.
Repubs: where’s the love? Answer: no love here. Only hate.
And I am glad that the Dems have the repub’s number this time around. Get rid of the teabaggers and let some real progress begin.
djchefron(Moderator)
Jan. 28th, 2013 at 5:52 pm
The republican party as it stands today must be destroyed for he good of the republic.They will not govern,they will not compromised some elected officials have even come out for nullification.The President extended his hand BTW which his supporters detested only to be called everything short of coon.So you can cry whoa unto me but grow the eff up and govern
David R. Kruse
Jan. 28th, 2013 at 6:38 pm
The gop hate brainwashing machine is spinning at a record rate!
Mike
Jan. 29th, 2013 at 7:38 am
We BEEN practicing what we preach. Unfortunately, what you rethuglicans preach is hatred and contempt for the majority of america.
Time for us to practice what YOU preach, against YOU, and fight fire with fire! Being nice to you sick gun lovong seccessionist Randian teabaggers is about as useful as a sheep begging a wolf to spare its life.
You backwards right wing extremists need to go!
Debra Way
Jan. 28th, 2013 at 4:59 pm
i am right behind the president i am VOTING all Democrats in 2014 lets go people lets give the President the people that he needs to get this country moving in the right direction
Rho
Jan. 29th, 2013 at 6:44 am
There are 40 other parties in the US. Reformists, Whigs, Libertarians, Green, etc. Why does it always come down to one or the other? As it was once asked, why do we have to to choose from 50 people for Miss America, but only two for POTUS?
Ingrid Buxton
Jan. 30th, 2013 at 5:32 pm
Because that is what is, not what would be nice. We wouldnt have had “W” for 8 years if Nader hadnt been on that ballot in Florida. Let us learn SOMETHING.
Lauren Vaughan
Jan. 28th, 2013 at 5:24 pm
O is and always has been 10 steps ahead of teahatters and they know it. He has the ground apparatus in place. We will not have a repeat of 2010, in fact the remaining tea will be dumped in 2014.
Lynda Harrison
Jan. 29th, 2013 at 2:33 pm
I hope and pray you are right and that some sense of what is right for the country will at last take over in Washington.
Ray
Jan. 28th, 2013 at 5:33 pm
All I can say is that Boehner and Ryan still don’t seem to get it. You look at Boehner’s twitter feed and he is still pushing out the message that lost the GOP the election. “Spending is the problem”, “No more revenue”, “House priority to end abortion this year”, and now “school choice”. Ryan is preaching a message that the sequester cuts will take place and that Democrats won’t compromise. The only thing the GOP has stated to bend on is immigration reform. They seem to think this alone will save them. But then they double down on their attacks on women.
They haven’t really got the message. They still think they will win. They are truly delusional.
Shiva(Moderator)
Jan. 28th, 2013 at 5:39 pm
As long as gerrymandering doesnt kill the whole thing. Its not going to be easy to get tea thug voters to go against their own party. O has a lot to do to do that, but I think he can
Ingrid Buxton
Jan. 30th, 2013 at 5:34 pm
They just need to run a sane Republican in some of those districts and all the Dems vote for them in the primaries.
The Platzner Post
Jan. 28th, 2013 at 5:40 pm
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Shiva(Moderator)
Jan. 28th, 2013 at 6:02 pm
Unless someone else has told you so, theres no problem linking to your site in your alias if you want to like you used to do
flanoggin
Jan. 28th, 2013 at 6:07 pm
from your mouth to god’s ear :-)
Bonnie Crawford
Jan. 28th, 2013 at 6:12 pm
These worthless Republicans must not hold Obama and the Democrats hostage for another four years! In order to make any progress, these lowlife Republicans MUST be voted out in 2014! Then we must put tremendous pressure on the Democrats to get things done in Obama’s last two years. And there is a LOT that needs to be done for the common good!
robyn ryan
Jan. 28th, 2013 at 10:10 pm
Even with the odds stacked against them,Prez&Co passed the 1st step towards single payer health care. It is just a matter of time. NO ONE has been able to do that. it may not be flashy, but it will change everything.
Obama is like Truman.
both are educated enough to know that the next generation writes the history. And that we won’t be around to hide our failings.
cheryl
Jan. 28th, 2013 at 6:20 pm
President Obama should go after them and all their obstructist ways. We need to take our country back from the Teatards and republican who have no ideal what Christianity is all about but yell traditional values and family while passing laws that help annialate the middle class and put the money in the hands of the rich. We as Dem’s and Independents need to keep our eye on the 2014 election and do everything in our power to ensure the republican obstrction machine comes to a screaching halt in 2014.
walter wiyda
Jan. 28th, 2013 at 6:22 pm
well mitch,how does it feel to be a marked man? your stupid comment on how you,and your hateful cronies,are going to make sure obama is a one term president,is going to backfire.pull your head back in your shell mitch.there is no room for your type of hatefull politics.
cheryl
Jan. 28th, 2013 at 6:23 pm
America is for the people not the corporations or their talking heads the republican party.
lori danner
Jan. 28th, 2013 at 7:08 pm
the repubs are back on their heels. All they need is a big push in 2014 from dems, independents, and anyone with the common sense to see what those teabaggers are doing ( or not doing) to our government., But we have to stand up, and not be spineless, and short sited.
Game of Life
Jan. 28th, 2013 at 8:01 pm
Dems did it to themselves during the 2010 elections. Too many of them weren’t asking for his endorsement. They believed the msm and pundits that our president was unpopular and toxic.
They better ask for his support this time around.
Naomi DesMoines
Jan. 28th, 2013 at 8:01 pm
Disaster for John Boehner, Eric Cantor and Paul Ryan? Now there’s a scenario I’d love to watch. I’m fired up for 2014.
Margaret Murray
Jan. 28th, 2013 at 8:41 pm
They wanted to destroy Obama since 2008 and did everything in their power to make him a 1 term President.Now it is pay back time…They can called him whatever they want but they forgot to add INTELLIGENT TO THE LIST OF NAMES………..
Ready to go and fired up for the 2014 election.
Edgar Allen
Jan. 28th, 2013 at 8:58 pm
As an outside observation (neither Rep or Dem) . I notice many here didn’t denote any thanks to the Tea-what ever folks for essentially nuking the 2nd amendment infringement? I don’t get that..
Ok, So here is the score, you don’t like them. You call people names, you mock and advocate their destruction. You hate their beliefs, you hate their opinions, you hate them and everything they stand for blindly. A bit odd, for intellectuals don’t you think. Maybe they have a reason.. ever thing of that? But hey what does it matter right it’s not like these bastards you hate are actually your parents and grandparents right?
Shiva(Moderator)
Jan. 28th, 2013 at 9:16 pm
The discussions on the tea thugs are the ones on congress that are killing the country and its operations.
Great cliche speech and you included the word “intellectuals”. I know you will get extra pennys for that.
However, the tea party re the members, who have dwindled down to just a few, do the same thing you accuse us of. Your cliche are taken to heart.
majii
Jan. 28th, 2013 at 11:09 pm
What we liberals hate in general are those who are elected to positions in government that have zero interest in governing, but lots of interest in advancing their careers at our expense via the taxes we pay. Standing up for yourself and the good of your nation and all of its’ citizens is never a bad idea, except to those who are either highly partisan RWers or to those who are wolves in sheep’s clothing, pretending that they take no side when it’s obvious that they do. The major reason I’m a liberal is because I want what is best for the nation and all of us–not what is best for corporations, our wealthiest citizens, my party and/or special interest groups. Another reason I’m a liberal is related to my Christianity, which doesn’t look upon people as “takers,” meant to be disparaged, mocked, and marginalized instead of given a helping hand for a period of time to assist them in advancing up the socioeconomic ladder. I believe the founders meant for each of us to be able to prosper, and I believe that is what our government should be focused on accomplishing. I think the founders would be appalled at the intransigence in the GOP members in Congress and that they, too, would see them as not serving the best interests of the American people, and thus, worthy of being ejected from Congress. If we aid and abet mediocrity, obstruction, extreme stupidity, slothfulness, lying, hypocrisy, and infantile behavior from them we have no one to blame but ourselves if the economy doesn’t improve or if some much-needed task doesn’t get done. Republicans are great at telling the rest of us about accepting personal responsibility and it’s high time we demanded the same from them. And, besides, from an economic POV, it’s just not fiscally responsible to allow such dead weight to remain in Congress at a price of $174,000 year + benefits. This should be an idea that every American could support. It’s our money that’s being squandered, and I think it’s time we put…
majii
Jan. 28th, 2013 at 11:12 pm
cont’d.
It’s our money that’s being squandered, and I think it’s time we put an end to rewarding them for their unproductive, nation-destroying, divisive shenanigans.
Ray
Jan. 29th, 2013 at 1:00 am
Edgar what we hate is the fact that the Tea Party has stopped Congress from governing. They have demanded of the Speaker of the House for the last two years that he not allow any vote in the House unless they approve even if the legislation could pass the House with out there approval. We have seen now here in January where the Speaker has allowed two votes with out Tea Party support that passed the House with Democrat and some GOP support. This is not the way our country is supposed to work. The Speaker knows though if he allows too many votes like this with out Tea Party support then the Tea Party will unelect him as Speaker. So until the Tea Party quits holding our country hostage to their views then they get the scorn they deserve. By the way we have also seen this somewhat in the Senate with the unprecedented filibustering that has occured. The majority of Americans are tired of this behavior and that is why congress is held in such low regard.
ThomasW
Jan. 28th, 2013 at 9:28 pm
I guess the joke is over about Obama being a dumb blank. He is one of the smartest President I have known. And let me tell you this. Being a veteran you know a lot about all the problems in the world with logistics . The repub don’t know anything about anything . And they don’t even hide their ignorance. So tell me how are these people representing?. Now they are flipping and want the Hispanic vote. Obama was about to end their world. They hate minority but now need them. I read the post of the wingnuts and they are nothing but lies. If you are a liar you teach your kids to be to, if you teacher your kids racism they will learn your way to. I will never teach my kids that a politician is a roll model. The people of Israel with Moses wondered though the wilderness until they changed their ways. Maybe the Republican can learn something from this.
Mary Jo Hultgren
Jan. 29th, 2013 at 12:42 am
No doubt liberals will be there in 2014 to give President Obama the Congress he needs to pass laws benefitting everyone, not just the rich, the corporate, the racist, the misogynists. These people have turned reality upside down. Tax laws support them, and they are the takers. Whatever happened to antitrust action? Corporations get bigger and bigger, and government does nothing to stop it.
In the quest to dethrone the Republican majority in the House, could we make the message so strong that Republicans would deem it a total waste of money to advertise? The amount of money spent on political ads is ridiculous, and those monies would be better spent supporting veterans, the homeless, the mentally ill, and those victimized by poverty, Sandy, Katrina, illness, etc.
In reshaping the House of Representatives, don’t forget to get rid of the Blue Dog Dems. They’re Democrats in name only who pander to the gun-totin’ , reactionary “folks” at home.
JayInDallas
Jan. 29th, 2013 at 12:55 am
Did you hear that? That was the sound of all Republican sphincters slamming shut hard enough to rip the leather off their wingback chairs at once. All this whining on the part of the GOP translates into “we suck. we don’t know what it is…” Could it be the co-opting of the Tea Party? Selling its soul to moneyed special interests? Continuously demonstrating that they truly do not care about the average American despite their thinly veiled rhetoric?
The clock is ticking on the GOP. Until they stop blaming Obama and take a long, hard look at themselves, they’ll soon stop circling the bowl and finally get flushed.
j
Jan. 29th, 2013 at 8:41 am
I find it interesting that after the election, when the repubs were all for self deportation of illegal immigrants they seem to be lining up to pass a bill with the dems for immigration reform, Imagine McCain
working on it!
I wonder if it could have something to do with 2014!
djchefron(Moderator)
Jan. 29th, 2013 at 10:02 am
I dont know if David Brooks is crazy or stupid but I wish I can get paid writing this
A Second G.O.P.
www.nytimes.com/2013/01/2...
Notice who he referenced Charles Murray.Ring a bell
LEONEL MAZA
Jan. 29th, 2013 at 11:07 am
Look to me Obama is the man.
MSG CAPERS (RET.) STILL SERVING
Jan. 29th, 2013 at 8:58 pm
What did Mitch & that GOP Backroom get-together say in 2008′
“Our primary mission is make this guy
a (1) One term President!
Fast forward,
Obama is not out to destroy the Republican Party, just severely cripple it!
I can hear those RepuglicKlans knees knocking!!
2014- Brace yourselves:)
inez
Jan. 29th, 2013 at 9:41 pm
I’ll donate the first gross of Depends. Lot’s of stomachs are churning. May the Koch brothers will also donate a dozen or so. Citizens United can pitch in , too!
clennis05
Jan. 30th, 2013 at 12:38 am
The GOP and the NRA keep spreading lies about President Obama violating the 2nd amendment. 1. The second amendment was written long before Assault rifles (which are intended for war and death to the recipients of the lead) 2.There is no mention of Assault weapons in the 2nd amendment. 3. President Obama is no dumbass, he’s a constitutional attorney. Why would he knowingly go against his knowledge? Nuff Posted.
Eric
Jan. 30th, 2013 at 5:45 pm
What is as or more important than the house next time around is making a freaking dent in getting the GOP out of statehouses and taking back some state legislatures. While the GOP may be full of nincompoops with terrible ideas about how to govern, they know how to mobilize and get their base to care about the smaller offices, while the democratic focus seems to be pretty national. That is one (and the only) page the Dems could take out of their playbook. Taking back state legislatures and governor’s mansions could be particularly important for making environmental policy breakthroughs, as well as protecting the rights of public workers.