After election day; What should beThe Presidents highest priority?

[cleveramerican]

Say for a moment the pundits are right and we lose the house and hang onto the senate:

What is the best smart move for the president tomorrow?

[madmax]

1. How many Excecutive Orders can he

get away with?

[karynnj]

6. As many as he wants - for things that can be done by executive order

He also has some ability to do somethings through the various government bureaucracies. One of the REALLY big things that can be done is to actually have the EPA put some teeth into regulating carbon. The problem is that they do not have the abilities a bill would have to moderate the impacts on those who would be hardest hit. Putting anything real in place, while helping on its own, might push some reasonable Republicans to realize that doing it using a bill would be better. The problem is that there is likely not enough time in the lame duck session to pass something in the Senate, have a conference with the House and pass the conference report in both places. That means we would need a Republican controlled House to pass a new bill in the next session, which will not happen.

[madmax]

8. Thanks for lesson. So much to learn, so little time. nt

[emulatorloo]

2. Let's worry about this tomorrow. I am not sure the pundits' "Crystal Balls" are fully operational.

EOM

[uponit7771]

3. Puching Boner in the mouth, no really...concentrate on the other 20% of his agenda & continue to ...

...make KKKons look stupid with their unwillingness to help

[Arkana]

4. Get the DREAM Act through a lame-duck session.

[madmax]

5. Yes! and there's nothing in it for me

personally, it's the right thing to do.

[karynnj]

11. I agree

Even if it does not pass having a real vote on it - and just it, in both Houses would be interesting. These are kids who have often lived most of their lives and gone through grade school and high school here - and are succeeding well enough to get into college or they are willing to fight for us. Do the Republicans really want this to b a party line - no vote.

The number of Senators we will have will depend mainly on IL and CO (DE and NY are very likely ours and FL theirs)- so we could have the current 59 or as few as 57.

[xchrom]

7. Veer away from neoliberal policies. Nt

[alc]

9. not sure what the smartest is but I think his highest priority is re-election

And if the repubs win big I'm afraid he will take from it that he needs to move right

[RC]

10. Stop trying to reach across the aisle to the extremists.

He knows right and wrong, put the American people first.

[ieoeja]

12. Given that congress only authorized national defense funding through December ...

... I can pretty much guarantee that will be the first priority.

[Enrique]

13. a massive jobs program

you said "should", not "will".

[kwolf68]

14. I've thought of calling a bluff

Suggest a complete govt spending freeze across the board...for EVERYTHING. If your district is getting govt money, you're out. Defense spending? Frozen. Over HALF of our discretionary spending goes to defense...lets freeze THAT and see how that tickles their nipples.

[One_Life_To_Give]

15. 1) Jobs, 2) Jobs, 3) Jobs

4) Healthcare
5) Aid to families
6) ...

[Bitwit1234]

16. He should listen and do for Democrats more than what he did

to appease republicans in the first two years. They are NOT going to help he might as well get that thru his head and kick their butts to the curb.

[GSLevel9]

17. 18 holes on Aruba?

6 months of campaigning and BS... that's where I'd be.

[Historic NY]

Work to get what he can through the lame duck session & prepare to fight.

[Historic NY]

18. Work to get what he can through the lame duck session & prepare to fight.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

19. Getting Reelected

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[timkainemustgo]

20. To move Tim Kaine out of the DNC and bring back Dean.

Tim Kaine is just like Daven back eveid Wilhelm back in 1994.Good friends of the president, but far too nice of guys for that job. Kaine has everything Howard Dean built.