Is the GOP falling apart?

Question

A powerful Republican committee chairman who has led the fight against President Bush's signing statements said Monday he would have a bill ready by the end of the week allowing Congress to sue him in federal court.

"We will submit legislation to the United States Senate which will...authorize the Congress to undertake judicial review of those signing statements with the view to having the president's acts declared unconstitutional," Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter, R-Pa., said on the Senate floor.

Specter's announcement came the same day that an American Bar Association task force concluded that by attaching conditions to legislation, the president has sidestepped his constitutional duty to either sign a bill, veto it, or take no action.

See:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060725/ap_on_go_co/signing_statements;_ylt=AgzbJVMI5n8SIVBy5uSFLsuMwfIE;_ylu=X3oDMTBidHQxYjh2BHNlYwN5bnN0b3J5

:) bring it on ... First Kevin Phillips rips the Religious Right a new one (and apologizes for having anything to do with bringing them into the party) and now this ... OH happy day! I smell burning pachyderm!

Answer 1

Locally, we've had issues with Republicans in name only, otherwise known as RINOS. Lately, we had the abortion issue raise it's ugly head, supported by the Republicans, but some, who call themselves moderates, or closet Democrats, were against it.
In the last Primary, three of these RINOs, were removed, and one, is being asked to step down, because he's embarrasing the party....which, I think both are doing.
If anything, the party is starting to purify itself. Nothing gets stronger without work, and by cutting loose the dead weight, it will make itself stronger. The republican right, or the religous right, as it is, helped put Bush back in 2004....unless the democrats find faith, I wouldn't count on them taking the oval office.
Right now, don't bet on Specter having a lot of friends, if this goes through, because if he tries to sue Bush, imagine the suprise, when the Supreme court fights back.....and who put two justices on the court?

Answer 2

Arlen Specter is an answer to prayer! Bush should have been impeeched a long time ago. The Bush Administration's rampage of breaking rules, breaking laws, and breaking the Constitution must come to an immediate end already! These people are dangerous. Thank God for Arlen Specter! God bless America!

Answer 3

This party is the biggest joke there is. They control the White House, Congress, and the courts, yet can't pass a single piece of meaningful legislation. Instead, they trot out their old clunkers like flag-burning, or gay marriage. They hold a couple of meaningless votes that don't pass, and then run home to their districts to tell about how they are standing up for values.

The Middle East is going up in flames. Funny, you don't hear the GOP talking much any more about how they are spreading democracy throughout the region. Turns out, they were only spreading instability.

And, they talk tough on terrorism. Um, can they name one single thing they were doing to disarm Hezbollah, a known terrorist group? Nothing of course. They put all their bags in the Iraq basket. Iraq didn't even make the top ten in terms of Middle East terrorist nations, but now we are stuck there, while Somalia is taken over by terrorists, and groups like Hezbollah face absolutely no US resistance.

Oh, and the party of fiscal conservatism took Clinton's balanced budget, and proceeded to plow is hundreds of billions into debt.

What a pathetic joke on America these "patriots" are.

Answer 4

I am sure it is all a plan of the republican party to try to separate itself from Bush before the November election.

It's a bold move and will definitely get some attention and benefits for the republican party from the public BUT will it ever see the light of day = NO. Why? It is just another republican decoy to win your vote.

How do I know this? Because if he was serious at all about this, he would submit the beginning of an impeachment.

Just wait and see... it will go nowhere. It's manipulatiion to get votes.

Answer 5

The GOP hasn't tailored to the novel and quite speedy differences which have swept the U. S. for the period of the last couple of a lengthy time period, nor do the human beings calling the photographs like it to. it fairly is why it has failed those days. i do not see this as a lengthy era of time for the GOP to be irrelevant. in case you keep in mind, in the course of the 1968 marketing campaign, the Democrats were in shambles. The party had effectively and actually fallen aside. it fairly is honestly one of the most important reason, apart from RFK's assassination, that they lost to Nixon. yet, interior the 8 years Nixon changed into in workplace, the Democrats were waiting to rebuild and convey a potential candidate for President, besides as rebuild their party Legislatively. So, enable's no longer assume the Republicans to be lost for lengthy. they're going to quickly rebound. perchance they're going to make concessions politically and socially to conform.

Answer 6

This is very important.

The congress has been pretty much a rubber stamp until election time they need to distance themselves from a low polling president.

Immgration was suppose to be the issue that republicans could energize thier base, and racist to be able to distance themselves from the presidents postition while making the formely anti gay marriage now anti immgrant base happy.

Thank god spector finally has some backbone to not only say the president does not have a blank check, but mean it too.

Answer 7

Arlen Arlen he's our man if our Democrats won't do it maybe he can?

Answer 8

You wish, Leftie.

Answer 9

who cares

Answer 10

I don't think so you terrorist symathizing, degenerate, liberal moron!!!