Friday, July 24, 2015

Will Democrats Risk Their Political Future Or Do What Is Right?

We don't know many of the Senators who could throw the

Iranian Nuclear Deal under the bus by voting with the

Republicans to uphold a veto but we do know a couple.

Our thinking is that:

1. Charles Schumer wants to be the next Majority

Leader in the Senate and he cannot get that spot

if he votes to override any Obama veto. So we

can take him off the list for sure.

2. Bill Nelson can be bought. He was given the

"Cornhusker Kickback" deal in the ObamaCrapCare

discussion when he held out on the topic of the

payment for abortions. He did not want it until

he got his deal and then he voted for the worst

piece of trash legislation until the Iranian nuclear

deal. He will be bought, we are waiting for him

to cave.

3. Ben Cardin keeps saying that he will examine t

he deal. We will see, however Obama pressure

will make him fold.

4. Debbie Stabenow. One of Michigan's senators.

She is such a light weight that a strong breeze

blows her in the opposite direction. She cannot

be counted on to have any guts.

5. Gary Peters is a career Democrat, another one

of Michigan's senators, who totes the Obama line

like a puppy dog. We met him during the

ObamaCrapCare debate in which he said he

would "examine it fully before voting for it"

and of course, voted with his master.

As for the rest of the Democrats, we

have no opinion. However, Obama will

roll out the goodies, promises and

threats for anyone who is really

wavering. They might vote initially

to stop the agreement so they can say

so in their election ads, however, when

the rubber hits the road to overcome the

veto, we doubt that any of them will vote

against this travesty. We suspect there will

be no Democratic votes to overturn the veto

and even if there are a couple, it will not be

enough to override. Expect this terrible

agreement to become law.

Conservative Tom

From The Forward:

13 Undecided Democrats To Watch on the Iran Deal

Nathan GuttmanJuly 24, 2015

Thirteen Democratic senators. That is all President Obama needs to ensure that the nuclear deal with Iran does not get derailed by Congress. And the battle over the votes of these 13 Democrats is about to overwhelm Capitol Hill.

The math is simple. With Republicans controlling both the House and the Senate, Congress is likely to reject the Iran deal. Not one Republican has expressed support for the deal.

But that is only the first round. Obama has already made clear his intention to veto any legislation rejecting the Iran deal. If that happens, Republican leaders will have to come up with a two-thirds majority in both chambers to override Obama’s veto.

Most analysts focus on the Senate, where Republicans are expected to have a tougher time getting this super-majority. There are currently 54 GOP senators, so Republicans will need 13 Democrats to cross party lines and vote against the deal to reach the 67 votes required for an override.

Political analysts have identified between 14 and 28 Democratic senators in the undecided column. These include security hawks such as Virginia’s Mark Warner and Tim Kaine, or Michigan’s Gary Peters, as well as others who have been skeptical about Iran’s intentions from the get-go, and several senators with significant Jewish constituencies, including Florida’s Ben Nelson, Cory Booker of New Jersey and New York’s Chuck Schumer, who is currently viewed as the biggest prize on the Senate floor. Advocates believe that Schumer’s decision, thanks to his senior position in the Democratic Party (he is slated to take over as majority leader next year) and to his standing in the Jewish community, could play a significant role in influencing other undecided Democrats.

Based on press reports and interviews, the Forward compiled a list of 13 undecided Democrats most worth watching in the upcoming weeks. None of them has given any hint about his or her vote, and all stressed, in statements, that they would decide only after careful review of the agreement. We’ll be watching.

Written by

Nathan Guttman

Nathan Guttman staff writer, is the Forward’s Washington bureau chief. He joined the staff in 2006 after serving for five years as Washington correspondent for the Israeli dailies Ha’aretz and The Jerusalem Post. In Israel, he was the features editor for Ha’aretz and chief editor of Channel 1 TV evening news. He was born in Canada and grew up in Israel. He is a graduate of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Contact Nathan at guttman@forward.com, or follow him on Twitter @nathanguttman

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