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Chris Matthews Michele Bachmann

November 4, 2010 by · Comments Off on Chris Matthews Michele Bachmann 

Chris Matthews Michele Bachmann, There is an old adage that there is two kinds of legislators “work horses” and “show horses,” those who make things happen and those who give speeches and smooth for the camera. This is not really that simple – there are those who do both, and many who do not. But the division is certainly there, and the GOP, it will become harder. There are a few reasons why.

First, we have a culture of arrival of people who were elected without any legislative experience, which showed no particular interest in legislation, and are intensely ideological. This is not true of everyone, but it is true of many. For example, what kind of a senator do you think that Paul Rand is going to be? Is he going to burn the midnight oil to write complex bills to try to solve the thorny problems facing the country, working behind the scenes to bring together coalitions to pass legislation serious? I would not hold your breath.

And secondly, show horses in demand right now the media are precisely those who are more doctrinaire. Take someone like Michele Bachmann. When she arrived in Congress, she decided to pursue a strategy of equestrian maximize its influence. Instead of worrying about the positions of the committee and establish alliances to work his way up the ladder of leadership, she became the person who was willing to go on TV and say crazy things Warranty crazy driving liberals nuts, gaining the attention of people like Keith Olbermann, and won his reservations about Fox, which continues the cycle. And he has developed for her – not only is it known nationally despite having virtually no institutional power, in his election this year, it raised a huge $ 11 million, more than any other candidate House in the country.

And now Bachmann has watched the landscape and determined that there is no better time than now to make a move from outside to inside – she is running for the post of chairman of the GOP caucus, and begins a “constitutional conservative caucus” to go with the Tea Party Caucus, she began last year. It is no doubt realizes that all these new members have no loyalty to particular current Republican leadership and his kind of people to start. As she tries to build his own army.

The question is whether it can really be effective in a role inside. There is a reason glad handed and back-slappers like John Boehner are so often those who are in leadership positions – they can not be those that Chris Matthews can not wait to get on his show, but they have the skills to build alliances, keep wavering members together, and believes that measures well in advance in order to maintain their strategic position. Can someone like Bachmann, who built his career with a series of appearances on cable TV, exercise these powers? It is possible, but I doubt it.

Obama Trip To India Cost

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Obama Trip To India Cost, There is a wave of anger in the U.S. on the high cost of travel to India Barack Obama this weekend. The feeling stems from reports that the president and his entourage of about 3,000 officials, business people and security personnel spend around 200 million a day when he visits India for four days starting Saturday.

Topping the list of criticisms is newly elected Republican Representative Michele Bachmann of Minnesota, who called the cost of travel upcoming presidential over-the-top. ” In an interview with a television on Wednesday after winning a hotly contested reelection bid in the Congress of the United States, she said, “We have never seen such an entourage going with the president before. And I think this is an example of the enormous amount of expenses that we have seen, not just in the last two years really in the last four. ”

There was no independent confirmation of the expenditure figures, but the White House quickly responded, saying that the figures have no basis in reality. “Due to security concerns, we are unable to describe details related to security procedures and costs, but it is safe to say that these figures are grossly exaggerated,” spokeswoman Amy Brundage White House said in a statement.

Yet it is difficult to believe that the arrangements made for the four-day visit will cost. Take the tunnel surface test of the bomb which must be installed by American military engineers to the approach of Mani Bhavan Gandhi Museum President will visit soon after he arrives in Mumbai on Saturday. Responsible for the security of the United States proposed the plan after having inspected the track at the museum and they felt that the area was too crowded to watch. The tunnel miles long that will be large enough to be led through cavalcade Obama will be implemented in one hour.
Several officials from the White House and U.S. security agencies have been in India for the last two weeks, using helicopters, a security systems of ships and high-end, preparing for the visit. While security is a major concern, Americans are not convinced about the costs involved.

“Some people say that Obama does not understand. I say he gets it very well. He does not care. He has his cake and eat it goes with all the trimmings can get over it and to hell with someone else, “wrote a reader to a website, in response to the report on the cost of the trip.” This man has had more vacation in his two years in office I had in my whole life. He does not care that U.S. citizens living in tents, as they are not. ”

Bill Hammersley, another writer on the site disagreed with the criticism. “Every time I see this article, the number of people grows and grows. He started as 150 people and is now 20 times that size. This is the kind of a stretch to say that makes us look so stupid and ignorant. ”

A $ 200 million per day during the four-day stay, total spending could not be anywhere nearly $ 1 billion and possibly much less. But this is apparently too much for Americans to work through a recession to digest. Much of them are struggling without jobs and factories continue to close. Thousands have lost their homes since the financial crisis triggered the economic downturn in 2008.

Obama was elected two years ago for exactly the hope he gave to the American people. In the absence of significant improvement of the economic situation, the sense of hope has been replaced by frustration and fear that led to a dramatic vote against the president and his Democratic Party in the midterm elections this week. Like Bill, one of many Americans stirred, wrote after his return for his vote: “I am speechless when it comes to Obama and his clowns and political disorder, I can not express my anger and resentment over. “

Obama India Trip

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Obama India Trip, (AP) — Government forces have killed seven suspected Muslim rebels in four gun battles in Indian-controlled Kashmir, police said Wednesday, just days before President Barack Obama visits India.

Officials fear the rebels could step up attacks to draw attention to the unrest in the disputed Himalayan region while Obama is visiting this week.

“They’re also trying to create a situation where they may blame security forces for their actions,” senior police officer Shiv Murari Sahai said.

Anti-India sentiment runs deep in the majority Muslim region, where more than a dozen rebel groups have been fighting for Kashmir’s independence or its merger with neighboring Pakistan since 1989.

The seven militants killed by police and army troops this week across Kashmir were targeted based on intelligence information, Sahai said.

No rebel group has commented on the latest battles, although an umbrella organization of more than a dozen Kashmiri rebel groups recently said it was limiting operations to border areas until after Obama’s Nov. 6-9 visit to Mumbai and Delhi.

“We’ve reports that (intelligence) agencies are up to some mischief and if something untoward happens (during the President Obama’s visit) it should not be attributed to militants,” the United Jehad Council said in a recent statement.

With the rebellion largely suppressed, resistance to Indian rule has taken the form of street demonstrations over the past three years. Anti-India protests and subsequent government crackdowns since June have left 111 people dead, mostly teenage boys and young men in there 20s.

Separatists have called strikes, and authorities have imposed curfews in an attempt to stop protests.

India accuses Pakistan of arming and training Muslim militants. Islamabad denies the charge, saying it gives only moral and diplomatic support to the rebels.

India and Pakistan have fought two wars for control of the region. More than 68,000 people, most of them civilians, have been killed in the militant uprisings and Indian crackdowns.

(This version CORRECTS Obama visit to India is Nov. 6-9, police officer’s name as Shiv Murari Sahai, sted Shiv Murali Sahai.)

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