Time for a Debt Ceiling Increase

It's a new year and already time to fight again regarding the debt ceiling. The U.S. will go into default by the end of February at the latest, unless the nation avoids a suspension by Feb. 7, 2014. After Feb. 7, special accounting maneuvers will have to be implemented in order to pay the country's bills. On a personal note, I believe for some reason that the U.S. Congress will raise the debt ceiling in time to avoid the issue, mainly because the Republican party has now run out of wiggle room to constantly resist what this country needs in order to preform their agenda. Cutting expenses seems to come up with every bill that is brought up in Congress. The constant restraints to pass bills in Congress affects everyone. To promote their agenda, the conservative base in Congress has again voted against extending unemployment insurance, which now affects at least 1.5 million people, and will affect another 2.5 million by years end if nothing is accomplished.
There seems to be so much work to do in Congress, yet because of political reasons, nothing seems to get done. The 'do nothing' Congress is a failure and continues to fail under the lack of leadership in the House by Republican Speaker John Boehner. This group of U.S. Senators led by him in the house continue to defy the needs of the people, and as stated in a CNN article, "any last-minute drama over the debt ceiling could cut the U.S. economy's potential for growth and undermine confidence." Treasury Secretary Jack Lew also states "any last-minute drama over the debt ceiling could cut the U.S. economy's potential for growth and undermine confidence."
You might ask why Republicans continue to buck the system and not do much of anything. Maybe the sole reason is that they will not act if President Obama supports the issue. One thing that I can say that is good about the Speaker of the House John Boehner at the time, he told reporters on Thursday "we shouldn't even get close" to defaulting. "I would hope that the House and the Senate would act quickly on a bill to increase the debt limit."
Will the Republicans and Tea Party members support the Speaker of the House? If they do not, then maybe it is time for him to step down, but of course that will not happen. Inside the party, their is a civil war going on within the party at the moment. It is for this reason, unless things change, a Republican president would be unlikely to be elected in 2016 because the the lack of organization between the Republicans and the Tea Party, the lack of a solid agenda, and the lack of a good solid candidate. Chris Christie, the man that could have been the party's only hope to match against Hilary Clinton if she decided to run for president, is now embroiled in government corruption in New Jersey. The New Jersey governor most likely would not fair well against other members of the Republican party in the primaries, even though as of a week ago, he could have been considered a candidate. With the scandal going on in full force, and the chance of being convicted of a crime, it would be worthless now to waste money in an attempt to gain the trust from his own party.
In the next article, I will report on what has become 'bridgegate', involving the office of the Governor and others around him.

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Newt Gingrich - Will Loose a General Election Against President Barack Obama in 2012

The Republicans seem to be running a loosing battle to defeat the current President of the United States, Barack Hussein Obama. Why? Because their most popular candidates, the ones that most likely have a chance at the Republican nomination, have so much baggage that disqualifies them from being the President, that it is almost a sure thing that the Democrats will have their President living in the Oval Office for the next four years.

There is so much evidence why I truly believe this statement.

Let's start with the present frontrunner in the Republican race. Newt Gingrich who was Speaker in the House of Representatives in the early 1990's, helped the U.S. House capture the majority for the first time in forty years. That may sound great, but now because of him and his past, and the leading of the present speaker John Boehner, it may now be another 40 years before the House is regained by the Republicans. I say this prior to watching the House heading over to the loss column for the Republicans because of their contribution of the "do-nothing" Congress this past year.

Yes, it is true that under Newt's leadership, Congress passed the first balanced budget in a generation which the government repayed a debt of over $400 billion. Back then, Newt Gingrich now claims that the "Congress also cut taxes for the first time in sixteen years and reformed welfare, leading to over sixty percent of welfare recipients either getting a job or going to school" as stated by Newt Gingrich himself. You may think that he deserves all the credit for that, but this is hardly the case. Let it be known that Mr. Newt Gingrich all but got thrown out of the Congress after just 4 years. Actually he stepped down in face of a rebellion by the members that he led. Like Boehner , he was responsible for unexpected losses in an election in 1998.  Boehner  will be inevitably responsible for the Republicans loosing the majority in the House in 2012.  Even his own party members, one of them named Bob Livingston told reporters that he intended to challenge Gingrich when the House Republicans were to meet after the election to pick their leaders for the 106th Congress. Livingston led the way, but others including Ways and Means Committee Chairman Bill Archer (R-Tex.) and Small Business Committee Chairman James M. Talent (R-Mo.) pronounced their interest. Policy Committee Chairman Christopher Cox (R-Calif.) formally announced his candidacy on CNN's "Larry King Live.

Gingrich became their "whipping boy" after the election and deservedly so. In his resignation statement from the house, Newt said,

"Today I have reached a difficult personal decision," the statement said. "The Republican conference needs to be unified, and it is time for me to move forward where I believe I still have a significant role to play for our country and our party."
"Newt recognized that he had a problematic public persona, kind of a negative [persona]. And he said he was just not the person to lead at this time," said Rep. Constance A. Morella (R-Md.).

So in just four short years, Newt was OUT. So now he feels that he is qualified by his tenure as Speaker of the House that he couldn't even lead after just 4 short years that he believes that he is better than President Barack Obama to lead the country?

He has been married 3 times. His present wife was his mistress and the cause of the breakup of Newt's second marriage. Callista Gingrich, his mistress back then and now his third wife, does not qualify to be the first lady of this country. Yes, she is Catholic just like myself, but that does not render the forgiveness of moral believing Americans that she is a good fit to be a first lady. She was equally responsible for breaking up a marriage and I would especially like to see the 'annullment papers' to show that they are actually married as practicing Catholics at this time. Without an annullment, they could have never married in the Catholic Church. Does Newt Gingrich realize what turmoil his wife will go through even if she became the First Lady of the United States? What would she stand for?
It takes two to make decisions concerning marriage in this country, and that's why I equally blame Newt Gingrich for the divorce. I also blame him for not admitting and publically denouncing the facts as they were presented by his ex-wife that the affair with Callista and her husband ever took place as he even asked his wife for her ok to allow him to have an affair with another woman.
How can the people of this country elect a person with those morals? This is the reason why I believe that the Republicans should be getting ready to go on to another 40-year fast from the White House, especially if Newt Gingrich is the nominee to run against President Obama. And the alternative, Mitt Romney, a person who has flip-flopped his ideas time and time again; a person who lies about how rich he actually is and is not openly willing to share his tax returns for the citizens of this country to see. Is this the kind of person that you would want as President of the United States?


WAKE UP AMERICA...   SMELL THE ROSES....  PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA IS ON THE VERGE OF BECOMING A 2 TERM PRESIDENT AND HE HASN'T EVEN BEGUN HIS RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN YET.

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