Thanks to DC based Democrat consultants and other Democratic chickenshits like John Carney, Chris Coons and Tom Carper, I have to read stuff like this:
The Iran deal now moves to Congress for review and approval. Since Republicans control both chambers and are predisposed to hate the deal, what will likely happen is they’ll vote to block the removal of sanctions on Iran, and Obama will veto that resolution. The question is whether Republicans can round up enough Democratic support to override Obama’s veto in both houses (it is unlikely this would happen).
But the Republicans will nonetheless try to extract political benefit from all this by saying very mean things about the president “appeasing” the terrorists and attacking Democrats for supporting him. Vox’s Jonathan Allen took the temperature of a few Hill Democrats to get a sense of where things stand, and, predictably, they’re scared that voters will punish them for backing Obama and his diplomatic engagement. As such, they’re looking for ways to duck the issue and keep their fingerprints off it:
One House Democrat who is generally supportive of the president — and open to the deal — expressed hope Tuesday that the Senate would sustain an Obama veto of legislation blocking the deal so that House Democrats wouldn’t have to vote on it at all. It’s easier for Obama to round up 34 senators than 146 House Democrats, the lawmaker argued — even though conventional wisdom holds that the opposite is true.
Thus, the Democrats continued their proud tradition of ceding national security arguments to Republicans because they’re afraid they’ll look “weak.”
There is an alternative to this weak ass shit, but I doubt that our congressional delegation has the guts or vision to grasp it. Especially, sadly, Chris Coons who is building his brand as a bloodthirsty hawk, in contrast to Carney who markets himself as a more traditional “If Republicans say it is okay…” type Dem.
Anyway… Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn. Murphy has been laying the groundwork for a Demo position with a little more backbone:
“Republicans simply don’t acknowledge the legitimacy of diplomacy as a tool of American power,” “Democrats have to make a loud, passionate case for diplomacy as part of the way we keep ourselves safe. This is going to be the seminal diplomatic achievement of this administration. It will provide us with our best opportunity to make a case for diplomatic engagement with the rest of the world.”