White House Pushes Back
Based on this article, it’s obvious that the White House is about to go on the offensive against all the ‘oversight hearings’ that the Democrats keep running. My only question is “What took you so long”? Here’s the best shot they took at Democrats:
“They’ve launched over 300 investigations, had over 350 requests for documents and interviews, and they have had over 600 oversight hearings in just about 100 days,” Stanzel said. “So that’s about six oversight hearings a day.”
It’s about time. No…It’s long past time for this White House to pick a fight with these liberal nincompoops. In fact, the day after the election massacre, I said that President Bush should pick some fights with Democrats. I said it then and I mean it more now. Look what pushing back did for the Minnesota House GOP and Gov. Pawlenty.
It works because activists want to have something to believe in and a cause to fight for. I’ve said many times that I don’t mind being sent out into battle. My only expectation is that they send me out with enough ammunition.
Simply telling the American people how investigation-driven this Democratic Congress isn’t enough by itself, though. This is another way of putting Democrats in a defensive position:
Stanzel said of Congress, “I would say they have a lot to show in terms of activity and requests and letter-writing, and that sort of thing, but not much to show in the way of real legislation—whether it’s legislation on health care, education, comprehensive immigration reform. All of those things are important issues that we think the American people care about and would like to see Congress move forward on.”
Talk about a shot across Reid’s and Pelosi’s bow. I’ve written about the Do Almost Nothing Congress before. There’s a reason why their approval ratings have hit rock bottom: They’ve done virtually nothing to tell people that their first priority is making life better for the average voter. Frankly, I’m glad they haven’t because it means less of a mess to straighten out.
If Pelosi’s and Reid’s stewardship of House and Senate Democrats doesn’t improve, they’ll be a single term majority. They’ve worried more about investigations than about legislation. The only legislation that they’ve tried passing was the immigration plan that eighty percent of the people hated. That isn’t the way political parties build their base. That’s the way they destroy their base.
Let’s hope that the White House vetoes a few spending bills like Rob Portman promised. If President Bush vetoes a bunch of spending bills, fiscal conservatives will go on the offensive. Similarly, liberals will be pushed into a fetal position defensive posture.
That’s right where they deserve to be.
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Cross-posted at LetFreedomRingBlog
July 5th, 2007 at 8:54 pm
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