Are the Republicans setting themselves up for failure post-November?

[woolfe9999]

I'm just curious, what is the appropriate timeline for promises? If a president makes a campaign promise, how long should he/she be given to make good on that promise? One month? One year? Until the midterms? Until the next presidential election? Until the maximum possible eight years are up?

As it stands, Obama has made good on ~19% of his promises (using this gauge), but he is 29% of the way through his first term. No president has ever gotten all of his promises though.

I think it has to be done within the term they were elected for, unless the promise specifies some shorter time, like "within the first year, I will..."

Incidentally, I count 22 promises on that list that will presumably move from "In the Works" to "Promise Kept," as a result of the passage of the HCR bill, while an additional promise should be moved after passage of the reconciliation bill. I assume since the bill was signed yesterday, they haven't gotten around to fact checking and processing each item yet. In any event, the promise kept ratio will get a large bump with this bill, as the bill was not one general promise but many more specific promises.

- wolf

 

[BurnItDwn]

Ok, so the Republicans are saying they will be campaigning to repeal the bill. If they get the 2/3 majority in both houses then they can pretty much do what they want, because they not only deserve it, but that they Constitutionally have the power to do so.

But what if they don't get their 2/3 majority? Will they go back to their constituents and say "Sorry, we can't do it." How will their constituents respond? Will they be understanding?

Of course, the Republicans could also try to get bi-partisanship support to repeal the bill, but I wonder how many Democrats would be left willing to do so.

And if the Republicans say only go for a partial repeal of the bill, will they lose the support of the Tea Baggers / "Kill the Bill" crowd?

Neither the republicans or the democrats "deserve" anything but being kicked out of the house and senate. both parties are too overfunded and too dominated by money and politics. The purpose of these positions is to protect the people, but the only rights they seem to want to protect are the "free speech" (aka money) rights of "people" (aka corporations). Corruption runs far to deep. We need a "political reboot" ... hopefully one that comes in the form of more "third" party candidates getting voted in ...