Obama prepared to dust off veto pen should GOP take the House

[babylonsister]

Obama prepared to dust off veto pen should GOP take the House
By Sam Youngman - 10/31/10 08:50 PM ET


President Obama is ready to flex some muscle by using the veto pen if Republicans win back a majority in the House.

Democrats and White House aides said that Obama is prepared to wield his veto pen and effectively stare down Republicans should they have a successful Election Day.

“The president doesn't shrink from a fight,” one White House official said.

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Larry Berman, an expert on the presidency and a political science professor at the University of California-Davis, said he expects Obama to use the veto to show Republicans that he is still in charge.

“He’s likely to adopt the Western Union approach to using the veto, that is, sending a message to the new political opposition that this president still has game,” Berman said.

One Democratic official said that the presidential power to block passed laws will give the president a great deal of power to showcase where he stands versus his Republican adversaries.

“The veto is the sharpest arrow that President Obama has yet to draw from his quiver," the official said. "When he uses it, he'll be able to draw the sharpest contrast yet between his priorities and the agenda of a Republican-led congress."

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http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/126695-obama-prepared-to-dust-off-veto-pen

[beyurslf]

1. I was going to reply that as long as we hold the Senate then the president won't need

to veto anything because we can block it. Then I remembered how easily we cave on everything in the senate so yeah, get the veto pen ready.

Doesn't seem almost unfair that we can't legislate with 60 votes in the Senate when Republicans do as they please with 50 votes and the VP? It is almost like they live by different rules.

[Bitwit1234]

2. Well I tell you one thing the republicans if they win some seats

won't have enough to over ride his veto.

[Vincardog]

3. Where has this steely determination been for the last 2 years?

[Clio the Leo]

7. Behold...............

........ steely determination!

http://www2.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/President+Obama+Signs+Health+Care+Reform+Bill+5pIX4ointf6l.jpg

[CakeGrrl]

9. Come on Clio, any amateur could've managed THAT!

:sarcasm:

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[ccinamon]

17. Yep, I want to know that to!!! n/t

[Raine]

21. That's what I was wondering too

I haven't seen it in the past two years so why will it be seen in the next two. :yoiks:

[NYC Liberal]

22. It's been there every day

and will continue to be there.

[wiggs]

4. Hope he has time between investigations to do some veto-ing. nt

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

5. Bull. Obama will sign repug junk

in a show of bipartisianship, hoping that repugs will pass some good legislation. Which they won't.

Repugs will pwn Obama.

:hi:

[jenmito]

12. Bull, Bozo.

:hi:

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

13. Normally, I might try to defend my statement

but in this case, I hope I'm wrong.

:hi:

[jenmito]

14. I understand...

but it WAS fun saying, "Bull, Bozo." :D

[Coexist]

16. lol

[Blasphemer]

6. I would hope so... nt

[S_E_Fudd]

10. I find that hard to believe...

He hasn't shown any tendency to stare down Republicans in his first two years!!

[marlakay]

11. It will be interesting to watch

since he won't be re-elected by the dems if he doesn't....

[Arkana]

15. Good.

And he's going to have to use it quite a bit, I think.

[ccinamon]

18. It seems to me, Obama has done nothing BUT shrink from a fight!

The most important one: He didn't fight for single-payer (cuz he took it off the negotiating table before negotiating EVEN started!).

[ibegurpard]

19. Good

I was alarmed at the capitulation language I had been hearing.

[MrSlayer]

20. Dust it off and make sure it's full of ink.

He'll be using it a lot.

[NYC Liberal]

23. Dems should start pushing a "Republicans need 67 votes" meme

Keep saying it.

[jeanpalmer]

24. The y can barely conceal their enthusiasm

for a Republican win. It will be such an advantage for him. They're not just talking about letting them win the House but "a Republican-led congress." "Oh Lord, please let them win."

[SHRED]

25. We needed this "contrast" months ago...too late

[babylonsister]

26. You asked if he'd use the veto, I provided this link, and you

come over here to bash it? Good to know. And grow up.

Your link~

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x9452907

[SHRED]

27. I wasn't bashing the thread or you

We are all a bit testy tonight I think.

I know I am.