In 2008\u00a0 Barack Obama was elected President of the United States in a landslide. \u00a0Democrats continued their hold of the Senate, under Harry Reid and gained 8 seats. They had a near veto proof majority with 57 Senate seats. Republicans only had 41 senate seats and the two independents voted with Democrats. The house switched from Republican control to Democratic control. Democrats picked up 21 seats.\u00a0 Democrats now had 233 seats to 202 seats for Republicans and Nancy Pelosi became Speaker of the House.<\/p>\n
We had a Democratic President, elected by a landslide with a Democratic House and a Democratic Senate able to pass anything they wanted. What could possibly go wrong?There was only one problem. Contrary to what the MSM told you, Barack Obama is not an effective leader. Congress focused almost entirely on passing ObamaCare with zero Republican support. Democrats did a lousy job of governing. Two years later in 2010 things already started to change. Republicans gained control of the House. They gained 63 seats and now had a 242 to 193 margin. Republicans also gained six seats in the Senate, still controlled Democrats 51 to 47, with the two independents voting with the Democrats. Democrats \u00a0couldn\u2019t pass anything in the House, and they have serious problems passing things in the Senate.<\/p>\n
In 2012 Barack Obama was re-elected. He defeated Mitt Romney. Today the serious problems with Mitt Romney are obvious. But in 2012 Republicans stupidly chose him to carry the torch. Barack Obama would have been defeated if Republicans had chosen a better candidate. Democrats gained two seats in the Senate and 8 seats in the house. But Republicans still controlled the House and the Democratic margin in the senate was still very thin. That would change even more in the next two years.<\/p>\n
In 2013, Ted Cruz put on a filibuster against the Affordable Care Act. Eventually Cruz had to give up and he was unable to stop ObamaCare. At the time, all the political pundits thought this was a major mistake by Cruz. They were wrong. People were listening to Cruz. By the way, I sent an e-mail to Fox News pointing this out during the filibuster and incredibly they read it on the air. They ignored it, but at least they read it. I wrote that thanks to Ted Cruz, Democrats totally owned ObamaCare and they would come to regret that.<\/p>\n
Cruz was right. In 2014 Republicans ran the table. They gained 13 seats in the House, increasing their margin to 247 to 188. Republicans flipped the Senate and now had a 54 to 44 margin, with the two independents voting with the Democrats. 2014 is a reminder that when Republicans stand up for their principles, they win elections.<\/p>\n
Joe Biden is turning out to be much worse than anyone predicted, and no one predicted good things. He has already signed something like 28 executive orders. It is important to remember that much of what he is doing is illegal and unconstitutional. The court challenges are already occurring, and he lost one big time. A federal court immediately blocked his decision to arbitrarily stop all deportations. So, while Biden is doing a lot of scary stuff, most of it will never actually happen. What will happen is that he is making almost everyone angry.<\/p>\n
Even the MSM, still trying to pretend this is good, is starting to notice. When you combine this with an economy in decline, COVID 19 out of control and nothing positive being done about anything, it is a perfect storm. Soon and very soon a lot of people will be trying to distance themselves from Joe Biden and the 2020 election.<\/p>\n
Joe Biden lacks the leadership skill to get anyone to unite behind him about anything. He is far more likely to muck things up than he is to come up with a brilliant new idea. He is signing docs, written by others, that he probably doesn\u2019t understand and can\u2019t possibly explain. When you combine this with his obvious senility, it literally becomes painful to watch. \u00a0The MSM will trying to spin this away but raving about his leadership is meaningless unless he does something resembling leadership. That is impossible.<\/p>\n
Democrats are self-destructing at a record pace. This is so obvious and so bad that two Democrats, Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema have both started to distance themselves from Chuck Schumer. There will be others.<\/p>\n
Biden will continue to pretend and every time he opens his mouth, it will become worse. His speech on racial justice insulted almost everyone.<\/p>\n
As John Kennedy said, victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan. Joe Biden is not actually President of the United States, he is head of the biggest orphanage in the world.<\/p>\n
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