Republican leaders in Congress received a dire warning on Tuesday from former Vice President Dick Cheney on the ongoing crisis in North Korea.

“We’re in deep doo doo,” Cheney told lawmakers, according to a GOP leadership aide.

Cheney added the current North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un, is unpredictable and doesn't share the United States worldview.

One lawmaker present at the session, Rep. Steve Southerland of Florida, said Cheney wore a cowboy hat and "looked really good, spoke really clearly, lucidly.”

jerseyhoya wrote:To say nothing of the fact that you manage to draw the conclusion from my posts that weren't about certain issues that I have a lack of awareness of her views on those issues is weird

jerseyhoya wrote:#analysis

drsmooth wrote:

jerseyhoya wrote:#analysis

speaking of, do you have any ideas why Rubio wants to be on record among the wingnuts voting not to bring the gun violence bills to a vote when he can see his no vote doesn't matter?

The other guys are crazed/old/old & crazed, but he's supposed to have national aspirations or something. How does this vote work for him?

TenuredVulture wrote:

drsmooth wrote:

jerseyhoya wrote:#analysis

speaking of, do you have any ideas why Rubio wants to be on record among the wingnuts voting not to bring the gun violence bills to a vote when he can see his no vote doesn't matter?

The other guys are crazed/old/old & crazed, but he's supposed to have national aspirations or something. How does this vote work for him?

He wants to win the Republican primary. I suspect he needs this to balance his support of immigration reform in order to be acceptable to the "base".

drsmooth wrote:

TenuredVulture wrote:

drsmooth wrote:

jerseyhoya wrote:#analysis

speaking of, do you have any ideas why Rubio wants to be on record among the wingnuts voting not to bring the gun violence bills to a vote when he can see his no vote doesn't matter?

The other guys are crazed/old/old & crazed, but he's supposed to have national aspirations or something. How does this vote work for him?

He wants to win the Republican primary. I suspect he needs this to balance his support of immigration reform in order to be acceptable to the "base".

Problem is you can't run away from it fast or far enough once you're in the general election. And it's bad for anyone who would run with him, isn't it?

TenuredVulture wrote:
They don't actually want to win the election--they make more money being in the opposition. The problem during the Bush years is that the lobbyists and such didn't get paid so much, because industry and the wealthy knew Bush would give them what they want without having to lobby.

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TenuredVulture wrote:They don't actually want to win the election--they make more money being in the opposition. The problem during the Bush years is that the lobbyists and such didn't get paid so much, because industry and the wealthy knew Bush would give them what they want without having to lobby.

pacino wrote:so is the president ONE of the worst negotiators in history, or THE worst negotiator in history? Yeah, let's start with what they want, and then hope htey give you a LITTLE of what you theoretically want. Or, perhaps the prez also wants to cut social security and hurt seniors and drive them back into poverty over the long-term so he can get a grand bargain on his legacy.

Werthless wrote:

TenuredVulture wrote:They don't actually want to win the election--they make more money being in the opposition. The problem during the Bush years is that the lobbyists and such didn't get paid so much, because industry and the wealthy knew Bush would give them what they want without having to lobby.

Do you really believe this? Isn't the simplest answer, that in order to win the general election one must win the primary, the most reasonable? It doesn't require a tin foil hat, too.