Truth Revolt -- Although President Obama angrily vowed to sidestep Congress on major issues as part of a "year of action," he plans to lay low until after the Nov. 4 elections, widely expected to be a bloodbath for Democrats.
Chief among the delays is Obamacare. Americans forced out of their health care plans by the Affordable Care Act will not find out how much their new insurance will cost until after the mid-terms.
Enrollment on the Healthcare.gov website doesn't begin until Nov. 15, six weeks later than its Oct. 1 kickoff last year. Critics say there's a simple reason for the delay.
"This is more than just a glitch," Tim Phillips, president of free-market Americans for Prosperity, said in a Friday statement. "The administration's decision to withhold the costs of this law until after Election Day is just more proof that Obamacare is a bad deal for Americans."
Millions of Americans have lost their insurance plans under new guidelines in Obamacare. Millions more have seen their rates double, triple, even quadruple -- insurance companies say the new stringent guidelines have outlawed many existing health care plans.
Meanwhile, immigration reform, which Obama has pushed hard for years, pledging to act without Congress, won't happen until at least the winter session of Congress. Obama has all but ignored the issue in his campaign stump speeches, aware that fears of a blanket "amnesty" for the 11 million to 15 million illegal aliens in the United States will turn off voters.
What's more, if Republicans take over the Senate as expected, any "reform" could be permanently tabled. The highly partisan president has created a toxic atmosphere on Capitol Hill, and finding Republicans to support his overhaul will prove difficult, even impossible.
In another delay-and-deflect move, Obama this week announced he would not pick a new Attorney General until after the elections.
Current AG Eric Holder, a lightning rod for many Republicans -- including a majority in the House, which held him in contempt of Congress last year -- has announced he is stepping down. Several names have circulated as replacements have prompted anger from Republicans, setting up a contentious battle to win confirmation for any nominee.
When he took office, Obama vowed to have the "most transparent" administration ever. What does that mean? He'll tell you after the elections.
Blog author's comments - Why would anyone think that after six years of his failed presidency, Obama is going to do something that benefit's America rather then continue to destroy the country? And if the voters in November are ignorant enough to allow Obama and the Democrats to retain the Senate there may be no hope to reverse the damage this president has done and will continue to do.
Once he puts into action all of his plans, his agenda will be fully exposed. Just to name one, Obamacare and our healthcare system. Even after the 'Affordable Care Act' was passed the president continues to make changes to the law to suit his agenda. Some of the laws which should already be in place have been delayed until after the midterm elections for purely political reasons. Along with everything else he has planned, his popularity could utterly bottom out, and perhaps take the entire party down with him.
All of this may do serious damage for any prospective Democrat presidential hopefuls for 2016. But there may now be too many hard core liberals who even if Obama's laws hurt them with remain on the side of the Democrats. It would be excellent if everything Obama wants to do would create serious problems for the Democrats during his last two years in office and leave them without control of the White House after the 2016 election.
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