Boehner Re-elected by the New 113th Republican House

House Republicans re-elected their House leader Rep. John Boehner today, and it was not a unanimous vote. Several of his colleagues in the House voted against him. Among them were the following Senators...

Rep. Justin Amash voted for Raul Labrador
Rep. Jim Bridenstine voted for Eric Cantor
Rep. Paul Broun voted for Allen West
Rep. Louis Gohmert voted for West
Rep. Walter Jones voted for David Walker
Rep. Tim Huelskamp voted Jim Jordan
Rep. Tom Massie voted for Justin Amash
Rep. Steve Pierce voted for Cantor
Rep. Ted Yoho voted for Cantor

Rep. Steve Stockman voted present
Rep. Raul Labrador did not vote
Rep. Mick Mulvaney did not vote

The new 113th Congress convened today, and Boehner brought up the new fiscal cliff problem called the Federal Debt, and he mentions to his peers that this debt is placing the well-being of the country in peril. His statements most likely fell on deaf ears. You can bet that John Boehner will not ever attempt to make deals directly with President Obama during the next two years while he is Speaker of the House. In matter of fact, he promised his peers that he would never make deals with President Obama alone.
Conservative talk show hosts continue to push the idea that the new Congress doesn't need to ever take a deal that will increase taxes or to increase the National debt. Until these talk show hosts and conservative leaders in Congress start working out their differences with President Obama instead of out-rightly saying what they will do and what they will not do, I'm afraid that the future of Conservative principles in an active government will not exist.
Surely, the President here has the upper hand. The bill that passed yesterday raises taxes on the rich, and passes permanent tax cuts for the middle class and the poor. Known previously as the Bush tax cuts, the Republicans passed only the parts of Bush's prior bill that they had to so that going over the Fiscal cliff could be avoided.
Now the National Debt will be addressed, and President Obama promises to also to address the subject of immigration. His goal is to pass new immigration measures in 2013. On another front, The 112th Congress again voted down a bill a few days ago, this time to refuse to send monetary aide to the weather stricken areas along the east coast. This kind of response from our elected leaders is absolutely unheard of, and it will be interesting to see if this new Congress will continue the "do-nothing" ways.  A new bill presented to the House from the new Senate will be one of the first bills the new Congress will be voting on this month, along with the 'national-debt' issue.

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Obama gaining in the polls - and hasn't even debated yet!!

Opinion of "James" editor of Obama in the White House 'blog'

People seem to blame President Obama for everything these days, but it's no wonder why he's unable to get things done in Washington, due to a "do-nothing" Congress. The Republicans seem to have put a lockdown on passing any good legislation this year. Expect more of the same up until the elections in 2012.
Regardless of which party you belong to, it is important to pass a jobs bill now. People are hurting, and in the not so long distant past, people blamed President Obama. Lately with the "do-nothing" Congress, people are realizing that the problem is not with President Obama, but the lawmakers in Washington, who seem to care less about the people out of work, about teachers that are getting laid-off, or about the deteriorating bridges all over the country. Jobs are there for the taking if funded, only when Congress passes a bill so that people can go to work. Republicans know that this is all it will take, but they do not want President Obama to take the credit on his watch. Republicans know if things get better on Obama's, he will gain popularity and most likely an easy road to a second term. They do not care to tax the rich to pay for anything. But they also don't care if the poor and middle class pay more. They don't care that people are not working, or that they are homeless.  Millionaires and Billionaires are laughing at the bank, as they continuously pay low taxes, and in many cases, less than people that make so much less than they do.
Now, these same Republicans who want to help noone, are now trying to put their candidate in the running to go against Barack Obama in 2012. But there are so many candidates still running on the Republican side, that there seems to be no unity amongst the supporters of the Republican candidates, and most of the registered candidates have no clue on who they want to vote for. And how can we not know some of the reasons why. For starters, many of the candidates have issues that would keep them receiving the majority of the vote from people belonging to the Republican party. Recently with Rick Perry's disaster performance in a recent debate, most will say, even from the Republican side of the House, that Rick Perry is now "burnt toast". He doesn't have much of a chance to win the Republican nomination. And then there is Herman Cain. He has just recently been accused of sexual misconduct with at least two women who have not come forward to state their case. But he calls them "liars". Nothing but very shrude comments have been spilling out of Cain's mouth recently, and more and more people now do not know what to think. Cain is experiencing a lead in the polls now, but the only direction he seems to be heading is in a downward slide.
Mitt Romney seems to be the one candidate who has it all together, and out of all of the candidates, he is the best speaker and communicator of all the Republican candidates. Personally, I would love to see President Obama debate Romney as the Republican nominee for President. But Mitt has baggage too. First and foremost, he is considered a "flip-flopper". Then he is a believer of the Morman faith.
Ron Paul and Michelle Bachmann pretty much do not stand a chance against the other candidates. Rick Santorum is no-where close in the nomination.
Now let's step back for one moment and observe President Obama. First and foremost, he is now leading in the polls, and he hasn't even debated, not even once. But he will debate against the winning Republican candidate. He and Mitt Romney have the best chance for an even debate in the future, but I also believe that Mitt Romney does not have a chance to win or even compete with president Obama.
Even with President Obama not being able to get people back to work, he seems to be gaining strength against the Republican competition. If the elections were held today, most likely President Obama would win. There is still a year to go, but President Obama is steadily regaining the confidence of the people.

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