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Breitbart.com reports: The
Senate has failed, 40-58, to pass a motion by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
to close debate on the nomination of Chuck Hagel to the post of Secretary of
Defense. A Republican filibuster held, as Democrats failed to muster the 60
votes necessary to pass cloture and move to a full vote on Hagel's
confirmation.
Editor's notes: All live news interviews I have seen predict that, in time,
Hagel will be confirmed. The GOP just wants answers to questions they have about Hagel and Benghazi. They are using this nomination as leverage to get answers for these concerns.
Many in the GOP do not care for the man, but, they forget that they have included him as part of their membership, for years. So they allow Hagel party membership and, then, form the only alliance that rejects his nomination. Sounds a little hypocritical, to me. Look, I am not “pro Hagel.” But, I am anti-hypocrisy, in this case. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Updated commentary: the GOP is a compromised mess in terms of party structure. It has allowed the likes of Hagel and Dick Lugar, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Michael Bloomberg to run under the banner of "GOP" and has paid the price, over the years. And now, since the 2012 election debacle, the Establishment and Compromised GOP leadership has decided to blame its teaparty contingency for recent failures, using anecdotal examples of failed conservative candidacies (I believe the total has grown to, ah, three such defeats) to defend its purge of conservatives from committee leadership and its planned assaults against conservative primary candidates (Karl Rove and his Crossroads organization).
As a teaparty member, I must say that even the GOP misunderstands the force of the teaparty. It is often represented as a "grassroots movement." That being true, the more overt teaparty organizations across the nation, probably do not enlist more than 30 percent of teaparty folks. As a result, on paper, the teaparty looks to be weakening, when, in fact, a case can be made for its continued strength and growing but hard fought influence in congress.
As a result, the current battle raging over Big Government growth and the theft of earned wealth form the well-to-do versus the values of individual responsibility, hard work, Constitutionally based governance, the continuation of a "safety net" that is only a safety net, and balance spending will only continue.
Many in the GOP do not care for the man, but, they forget that they have included him as part of their membership, for years. So they allow Hagel party membership and, then, form the only alliance that rejects his nomination. Sounds a little hypocritical, to me. Look, I am not “pro Hagel.” But, I am anti-hypocrisy, in this case. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Updated commentary: the GOP is a compromised mess in terms of party structure. It has allowed the likes of Hagel and Dick Lugar, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Michael Bloomberg to run under the banner of "GOP" and has paid the price, over the years. And now, since the 2012 election debacle, the Establishment and Compromised GOP leadership has decided to blame its teaparty contingency for recent failures, using anecdotal examples of failed conservative candidacies (I believe the total has grown to, ah, three such defeats) to defend its purge of conservatives from committee leadership and its planned assaults against conservative primary candidates (Karl Rove and his Crossroads organization).
As a teaparty member, I must say that even the GOP misunderstands the force of the teaparty. It is often represented as a "grassroots movement." That being true, the more overt teaparty organizations across the nation, probably do not enlist more than 30 percent of teaparty folks. As a result, on paper, the teaparty looks to be weakening, when, in fact, a case can be made for its continued strength and growing but hard fought influence in congress.
As a result, the current battle raging over Big Government growth and the theft of earned wealth form the well-to-do versus the values of individual responsibility, hard work, Constitutionally based governance, the continuation of a "safety net" that is only a safety net, and balance spending will only continue.
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