USA: Republicans Take Over Senate

[arista]

[Republicans have swept to power in both houses of Congress
for the first time in eight years in midterm elections shaped by President Barack Obama's unpopularity.]



It was Predicted
that the President is so Hated now
as he so cautious over everything
they want a proper leader.


http://news.sky.com/story/1366943/us-midterms-republicans-take-over-senate

[GypsyGoth]

Obama seems to be mostly loved around the world, yet most hated in america.

[MTVN]

We can expect Obama to do pretty much nothing for his final two years in power then

[arista]

We can expect Obama to do pretty much nothing for his final two years in power then


Yes Call a Election Now

[joeysteele]

From how I view USA politics, this is a bad move in my view,I much prefer the Democrats running things.

[kirklancaster]

From how I view USA politics, this is a bad move in my view,I much prefer the Democrats running things.

Ditto.

[Nedusa]

Maybe if the Republicans get into power they will increase spending on the Military, keep Guantanamo Bay open, send in more unmanned predator drones, start more foreign wars.........

Oh hang the Democrats are already doing all of that so, what's the difference ?




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[Ninastar]

Well I don't think america could be any worse off atm so maybe this will be a good thing

[Livia]

I don't have a problem with the Republicans in the driving seat.

[Kizzy]

It must be like some kind of extreme coalition :laugh:

[arista]

It must be like some kind of extreme coalition :laugh:




No

There is Common Ground
that can be worked on
for the next 2 years years

[Kizzy]

No

There is Common Ground
that can be worked on
for the next 2 years years

Yeah... that worked real well here :/

[the truth]

so what is making Obama so unpopular over there? unemployment is down to a record 5.9% ....gdp growth is way ahead of Europe.....he oversaw the surge in Iraq , helped get rid of saddam, bin laden, endless other warlords.....even the claim hes a communist socialist Stalinist...hes actually slashed government jobs, oh and obamacare has helped made healthcare affordable to tens of millions and he DID make the targets despite fox news hysterical anti obamacare campaigns........I also cant work out why the left seem so criticize him so much? what exactly did people expect him to achieve taking over after the biggest crash in 80 years and the biggest clown in a million years

[Kizzy]

Where's alex when you need him ?

[Nedusa]

so what is making Obama so unpopular over there? unemployment is down to a record 5.9% ....gdp growth is way ahead of Europe.....he oversaw the surge in Iraq , helped get rid of saddam, bin laden, endless other warlords.....even the claim hes a communist socialist Stalinist...hes actually slashed government jobs, oh and obamacare has helped made healthcare affordable to tens of millions and he DID make the targets despite fox news hysterical anti obamacare campaigns........I also cant work out why the left seem so criticize him so much? what exactly did people expect him to achieve taking over after the biggest crash in 80 years and the biggest clown in a million years

The Greedy Fat wealthy right wing voters hate Obama because he actually cares a little about ALL Americans. He actually wants to try and help the poorer people for once.

I guess that makes him a Communist in these people's eyes.

Surprises me that they haven't tried to impeach him like they tried with the last Democrat President.

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[joeysteele]

Just for me I would be a supporter of the Democrats and that daft Republican woman squealing herself that they were going to make the Democrats squeal, was a total turn off for me.

What great examples has there been of Republican Presidents for goodness sake, a retired actor in the 80s, Ronald Reagan, then the worst of the lot,the dangerous and absolutely ridiculous 2 'Bush' Presidents.

I am disappointed that the main problem seems to be Obama's healthcare policy,unbelievable that is in part some of the backlash against him.

[Kizzy]

Isn't it odd that we are fighting to keep out social healthcare system and they can't wait to be rid of theirs :/

[Tom4784]

Grim.

I feel sorry for Obama, he's only unpopular because the republicans have done everything in their power to block every one of his initiatives out of nothing but spite. They'll willingly make life harder for american citizens if it means getting one up on Obama. Republicans are a plague and America can never deal with it's issues while they have any power.

[arista]

Grim.

I feel sorry for Obama, he's only unpopular because the republicans have done everything in their power to block every one of his initiatives out of nothing but spite. They'll willingly make life harder for american citizens if it means getting one up on Obama. Republicans are a plague and America can never deal with it's issues while they have any power.


Typical of you


Americans Hate him as he does
not do enough
He is going out of his job in 2 years

[joeysteele]

Typical of you


Americans Hate him as he does
not do enough
He is going out of his job in 2 years

Well he has to as he cannot run again after winning 2 full terms of the Presidency.
I think he has done a pretty good job overall from what I have learned from over here and my hope is now that the Republicans are so petty and ridiculous as to running the Senate and House of Representatives, that the Democrats turn to Hilary Clinton.
Who I think would be a formidable and really good President of the USA.

[arista]

Well he has to as he cannot run again after winning 2 full terms of the Presidency.
I think he has done a pretty good job overall from what I have learned from over here and my hope is now that the Republicans are so petty and ridiculous as to running the Senate and House of Representatives, that the Democrats turn to Hilary Clinton.
Who I think would be a formidable and really good President of the USA.


Yes Murdering
Family's with Evil USA Drone Bombs in Pakistan

Overall he is like GW Bush
on murdering the wrong people

[arista]

http://images.politico.com/global/2013/10/02/130210_harry_reid_msm_328.jpg
Democratic Harry Reid blocked everything
the stupid fecker

[Tom4784]

Typical of you


Americans Hate him as he does
not do enough
He is going out of his job in 2 years

How can he be expected to do anything when the Republicans are blocking everything he tries to put to a vote?

[Livia]

Since Obama took office, he has played more rounds of golf than Tiger Woods has in the same period - and Tiger does it for a living. What an absolute swan. I want to be president...

[kirklancaster]

so what is making Obama so unpopular over there? unemployment is down to a record 5.9% ....gdp growth is way ahead of Europe.....he oversaw the surge in Iraq , helped get rid of saddam, bin laden, endless other warlords.....even the claim hes a communist socialist Stalinist...hes actually slashed government jobs, oh and obamacare has helped made healthcare affordable to tens of millions and he DID make the targets despite fox news hysterical anti obamacare campaigns........I also cant work out why the left seem so criticize him so much? what exactly did people expect him to achieve taking over after the biggest crash in 80 years and the biggest clown in a million years

A brilliant post the Truth.

[arista]

How can he be expected to do anything when the Republicans are blocking everything he tries to put to a vote?



On Ebola in USA
thats not a Vote issue
he controls it


After an American got his Head Hacked Off by Evil Isis
the Stupid President went off to play Golf


Thats what gets Every American angry with him

[Tom4784]

On Ebola in USA
thats not a Vote issue
he controls it


After an American got his Head Hacked Off by Evil Isis
the Stupid President went off to play Golf


Thats what gets Every American angry with him

Pretty much any action he proposes against Isis or Ebola will have to be put through Congress and the Senate. He can't just wave a magic wand and solve the issue and the Republicans will do anything they can to discredit him and the Democrats in order to give them a shot at the next election. Democrats control the White house but the majority of the Senate and (I believe) Congress are currently Republicans. Issues come to a standstill because of this.

[JoshBB]

This is awful. Republicans are worse than UKIP and some of their policies are downright revolting and outdates. I'm very saddened, I thought America had changed.

[arista]

This is awful. Republicans are worse than UKIP and some of their policies are downright revolting and outdates. I'm very saddened, I thought America had changed.


But loads of Democrats never got off their Fat Ass
to Vote.


Low Turn Outs



The Stock Market Went up today
so all is good

[JoshBB]

But loads of Democrats never got off their Fat Ass
to Vote.


Low Turn Outs



The Stock Market Went up today
so all is good

That's true, but I'm not american so it's not my fault. Politically, the democrats are superior.

[MTVN]

^ I think you're sort of conflating the UK and US political systems. Saying the Republicans are worse than Ukip doesn't mean much really considering they will have to confront very different issues in very different ways. Also 'the Republicans' are nowhere near as monolithic as a British political party tends to be, there is a hugely wide spectrum within that grouping and policies tend to be more personal to individuals than a party as a whole. Sure there may be some broad set of 'Republican values' (fiscal responsibility, small government, strong families etc.) but it'd be very possible to find a Republican with more in common with some Democrats than his fellow Republicans.

Obama to most Americans is simply a man who promised much and delivered little. It was always going to be hard to live up to the expectations that he set himself when he was rushed into power on a wave of hope which had little substance, but for a lot of his time in office he's just been seen as dithering and weak if not plain incompetent. You don't need to be an intolerant ranting Republican to think that, a lot of his party have also turned against him and in these mid terms they lost some crucial Democratic strongholds and even Obama's home state of Illinois. I think he's lucky both that the Republicans couldn't field a strong candidate in 2012 (they still might not have one for 2016 either) and that his Presidency is coming to an end because I don't think the Democrats would win another Presidency with him at the helm.

[GiRTh]

Since Obama took office, he has played more rounds of golf than Tiger Woods has in the same period - and Tiger does it for a living. What an absolute swan. I want to be president...He's been on a third as many holidays as Bush so not sure what your point is here.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2724270/Obama-went-vacations-George-W-Bush-point-presidency.html

He's far too weak to slap the republicans like he should be doing. They have blocked his appointments, gutted Obamacare when they can even though most constituents are better off with Obama care and the biggest insult is that many Dem candidate ran on the policy that they are trying to distance themselves from Obama. How stupid why move closer to the right when there is already a candidate that is ultra right wing. Few Dem ran on his great employment record, his foreign policy achievements and Obamacare most want nothing to do with him.

[Kyle]

Can anybody with a keen eye on American politics explain how the two parties ended up the way they are?

I've been listening to an American Civil War podcast and during that time the Democrats are portrayed as the Southern based slavery advocating party and the Republicans are the more progressive anti-slavery party with huge Union support. I would have thought the opposite given the way the parties seem to behave now. :shrug:

[JoshBB]

Can anybody with a keen eye on American politics explain how the two parties ended up the way they are?

I've been listening to an American Civil War podcast and during that time the Democrats are portrayed as the Southern based slavery advocating party and the Republicans are the more progressive anti-slavery party with huge Union support. I would have thought the opposite given the way the parties seem to behave now. :shrug:

The republican party was known as the Democratic Party back then, who were pro-slavery.

The democrats, same name they have now, were against it and represent more centre/left whereas republicans would be between right-wing and far-right.

[Ninastar]

Josh, where do you learn your history from? Seriously...

[MTVN]

He's been on a third as many holidays as Bush so not sure what your point is here.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2724270/Obama-went-vacations-George-W-Bush-point-presidency.html

He's far too weak to slap the republicans like he should be doing. They have blocked his appointments, gutted Obamacare when they can even though most constituents are better off with Obama care and the biggest insult is that many Dem candidate ran on the policy that they are trying to distance themselves from Obama. How stupid why move closer to the right when there is already a candidate that is ultra right wing. Few Dem ran on his great employment record, his foreign policy achievements and Obamacare most want nothing to do with him.

What foreign policy achievements? He's been a bit of a failure there whichever way you look at it. Depending on your view he's either continued an aggressive American foreign policy; ploughing more troops into Afghanistan, far increasing the number of drone strikes from Bush's government, bombing Libya which is now in chaos and going back into Iraq. Or he's been impotent and weak, backtracking numerous times on Syria, backtracking on ISIS, failing to assert America's influence in the Middle East.

There is very little which reflects well on Obama's foreign policy so I don't see why any Democrats would try and run based on that

[GiRTh]

What foreign policy achievements? He's been a bit of a failure there whichever way you look at it. Depending on your view he's either continued an aggressive American foreign policy; ploughing more troops into Afghanistan, far increasing the number of drone strikes from Bush's government, bombing Libya which is now in chaos and going back into Iraq. Or he's been impotent and weak, backtracking numerous times on Syria, backtracking on ISIS, failing to assert America's influence in the Middle East.

There is very little which reflects well on Obama's foreign policy so I don't see why any Democrats would try and run based on thatI was mostly referring to closing gitmo,and killing Bin Laden. I do agree with you on his apparent weakness abroad.

[MTVN]

I was mostly referring to closing gitmo,and killing Bin Laden. I do agree with you on his apparent weakness abroad.

He hasn't closed it though? 6 years since he made that promise and its still open. Bin Laden's killing is I suppose something that went down well with most Americans, but it all seems fairly futile now with the rise of IS, Islamic extremism was never going to die with Bin Laden

[GiRTh]

He hasn't closed it though? 6 years since he made that promise and its still open. Bin Laden's killing is I suppose something that went down well with most Americans, but it all seems fairly futile now with the rise of IS, Islamic extremism was never going to die with Bin LadenMy bad, I thought I read a report saying it had been closed.