Who is voting this November and why should you bother?

That's why the NRA has vocally barred the approval of Dr Muthry the possible new Surgeon General and the GOP Senate Toadies are just "thinking only whats best for the country" eh?

Cmon George.

You can always get people to accept a "Big Lie" (somebody said that)

heres a headline:

Impasses over Senate approval of Presidential appointees are a common practice of both political parties. In this case the Senate Majority leader has the power to call for a vote, and ,under the new rules established by the Democrat majority, only a simple majority (which the Democrats currently have) is required for approaval. The fact is that Harry Reid, in this issue as many others, has refused to even schedule a vote. So I ask you just whyo is misusing his political authority??

The Republicans have been AWOL on every topic, except blaming Obama and working to undo even his smallest accomplishments. They have no solutions, unless you count giving more corporate welfare away, in hope of toadying a few benefits for red voters and lining their own pockets.

What you opine may be true, but this congress has the lowest rating in history.

http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/senate-gops-unprecedented-obstruction-five-charts

Yes and Harry Reid's politically motivated misuse of his authority in blocking vote by the Senate, even on budget resolutions passed by the House, is a principal cause of it. (it's "ready, aim, fire", not "ready, fire, aim")

The House had passed over 200 bills onto the Senate since 2012 and these did not include anything to do with repeal of the ACA. 200 bills! Reid delayed and then blamed the GOP. He's out now, so lets see what gets done.

They have to be constructive bills to avoid a veto. I don't see that happening.

Most people are not aware of Reid's obstructionism. That's another reason our government is broken.

Robert Reich
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I’m less worried Republicans will roll back the Affordable Care Act or reduce taxes on the wealthy over the next two years – the President’s veto pen will prevent that – than I am about Obama joining with Republicans to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline, the Trans Pacific Partnership, and the “chained CPI” (that would reduce future Social Security payments). Obama has either sought these in the past or hinted he would, and he (and McConnell and Boehner) will be so eager to show they can work together that these will prove irresistible.
What other bad “agreements” between the White House and congressional Republicans might we expect?

The next two years are going to show how wishy-washy Obama really is!

The guy has never shown any backbone; I'd be surprised if he had any ethics at all!

Money has always influenced US politics - for the worse. Countries that do not allow money to influence their politics show their majority always vote.

The message is clear; politicians in the US are bought and sold like the people they serve.

Before Obama was nominated the first time, I worried that he was too close to being a Republican. Still had Clinton fresh in mind. But, once he had it, I voted for him.

Perhaps that's because you too succumbed to his deceptive rhetoric. It also makes me wonder just what is your conception of a real Democrat.

I read of his close ties with Republicans as a Senator and his siding with the wall getting built on the Mexican border as indications he thinks too much as they do. Here is some from Wikipedia:

In September 2006, Obama supported a related bill, the Secure Fence Act, authorizing construction of fencing and other security improvements along the United States–Mexico border.[29] President Bush signed the Secure Fence Act into law in October 2006, calling it "an important step toward immigration reform."[30]

Senate bill sponsors Tom Coburn (R–OK) and Obama discuss the Coburn-Obama Transparency Act.[31]

Partnering first with Sen. Richard Lugar (R–IN), and then with Sen. Tom Coburn (R–OK), Obama successfully introduced two initiatives bearing his name. Lugar-Obama expands the Nunn-Lugar cooperative threat reduction concept to conventional weapons, including shoulder-fired missiles and anti-personnel mines.[32][33][34] The Lugar-Obama initiative subsequently received $48 million in funding.[35] The Coburn-Obama Transparency Act provides for the web site USAspending.gov, managed by the Office of Management and Budget. The site lists all organizations receiving Federal funds from 2007 onward and provides breakdowns by the agency allocating the funds, the dollar amount given, and the purpose of the grant or contract.[36] Obama and Coburn also collaborated on repeated efforts to end the abuse of no-bid contracting in the aftermath of natural disasters.[37] In December 2006, President Bush signed into law the Democratic Republic of the Congo Relief, Security, and Democracy Promotion Act, marking the first federal legislation to be enacted with Obama as its primary sponsor.[38]
As a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Obama made official trips to Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. In August 2005, he traveled with Richard Lugar to Russia, Ukraine, and Azerbaijan

Seeing this kind of thing had me comparing him to Bill Clinton and I preferred to pass him over.

The 1% are the people who have thrived with the Obama administration. Everyone else is losing with lower wages and less jobs. Look at the stock market who makes the money there?

The better question - or equally so - is what's the true republican?

The Republicans vote the 1% agenda. You vote against your own best interests.

Republicans are not the one percent because you keep saying so.