Catching Up ... GOP Pres. Race, TPP, ObamaCare, Russian Plane Explosion, KeyStone XL Pipeline, etc.
Lots to catch up on since I last wrote over a week ago alerting everyone to the GOP debate to be aired on CNBC.
First in regards to the last debate. I thought it did our field of candidates a lot of good. United them against the moderators who were clearly antagonistic, biased and smug in their questions. And also made even those who vote left see how crazy their questions were. All candidates handled themselves well and with dignity, smarts and even a bit of humor. No doubt, a win for our side.
Winners of the above debate? Rubio, Cruz, Christie. Many think The Donald did well and the polls do show this, but I disagree. Once again he showed that he does not do well when not in a one-on-one interview and/or in control. Carson did fine. Fiorina did well. The rest, especially Bush were lackluster.
Will be very interesting to see how next week's GOP debate held by the Fox Business Network will go. Hopefully it'll be issue oriented vs the personal emphasis as demonstrated on CNBC.
The TPP bill once again has been in the news with Rubio and Carson supporting and Cruz and Trump against. The 2,000 page bill has just recently been made public giving everyone time to digest. From what I can tell so far, it's not a shoe-in to pass. Will be interesting to see how things go.
ObamaCare is in big financial trouble according to several reports. Here's an informative article by National Review that explains:
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/426550/obamacare-failures
Next up is the Russian plane explosion. Looks like a bomb was smuggled onto the plane, exploded mid-air killing all passengers and was no doubt a terrorist attack. Putin has haulted all flights to Egypt till more is learned. For more on the latest, here's a link to an UK Guardian article:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/06/putin-suspends-russian-flights-to-egypt-after-sinai-plane-crash
Keystone XL Pipeline progress. Yesterday president Obama rejected the proposed pipeline siting Secretary of State John Kerry's view that supporting it is not in the country's national security interest. Here's a CNN link for details:
http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/06/politics/Keystone-XL-pipeline-decision-rejection-Kerry/
In addition to all of the above are still issues in regards to the border, the poor economy, the continuation of the Black Lives Matters movement and of course the constant barrage of news regarding one GOP presidential candidate or another. So what's going on with the race?
As of now, the GOP has gone back to bickering and attacking one another (so much for the united front shown at the CNBC debate) initiated by Donald Trump. Since The Donald is slipping in some polls with Ben Carson surpassing him, he's going on the attack. In turn, with the Dems seeing Carson as a real threat, they've started digging into his past and questioning whether he really was offered a scholarship to West Pt. as stated. Carson is fighting back. Also being attacked by The Donald and the left is Marco Rubio for being careless with his personal finances. So many of the top tier candidates are either attacking and/or fighting against or with each other or defending themselves against attacks from the left. And it's only going to worse. Tis the season as we come closer and closer to the first primary in NH early next year.
One last note in regards to the GOP race and candidate Carly Fiorina. The ladies from The View attacked her saying she had a 'demonic looking face' during the debate. How high school! Carly retaliated and dared them to have her back on the show. They did and she showed them for the petty, catty and superficial women they are. Three cheers for Fiorina.
More commentary and updates coming as time allows!
First in regards to the last debate. I thought it did our field of candidates a lot of good. United them against the moderators who were clearly antagonistic, biased and smug in their questions. And also made even those who vote left see how crazy their questions were. All candidates handled themselves well and with dignity, smarts and even a bit of humor. No doubt, a win for our side.
Winners of the above debate? Rubio, Cruz, Christie. Many think The Donald did well and the polls do show this, but I disagree. Once again he showed that he does not do well when not in a one-on-one interview and/or in control. Carson did fine. Fiorina did well. The rest, especially Bush were lackluster.
Will be very interesting to see how next week's GOP debate held by the Fox Business Network will go. Hopefully it'll be issue oriented vs the personal emphasis as demonstrated on CNBC.
The TPP bill once again has been in the news with Rubio and Carson supporting and Cruz and Trump against. The 2,000 page bill has just recently been made public giving everyone time to digest. From what I can tell so far, it's not a shoe-in to pass. Will be interesting to see how things go.
ObamaCare is in big financial trouble according to several reports. Here's an informative article by National Review that explains:
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/426550/obamacare-failures
Next up is the Russian plane explosion. Looks like a bomb was smuggled onto the plane, exploded mid-air killing all passengers and was no doubt a terrorist attack. Putin has haulted all flights to Egypt till more is learned. For more on the latest, here's a link to an UK Guardian article:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/06/putin-suspends-russian-flights-to-egypt-after-sinai-plane-crash
Keystone XL Pipeline progress. Yesterday president Obama rejected the proposed pipeline siting Secretary of State John Kerry's view that supporting it is not in the country's national security interest. Here's a CNN link for details:
http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/06/politics/Keystone-XL-pipeline-decision-rejection-Kerry/
In addition to all of the above are still issues in regards to the border, the poor economy, the continuation of the Black Lives Matters movement and of course the constant barrage of news regarding one GOP presidential candidate or another. So what's going on with the race?
As of now, the GOP has gone back to bickering and attacking one another (so much for the united front shown at the CNBC debate) initiated by Donald Trump. Since The Donald is slipping in some polls with Ben Carson surpassing him, he's going on the attack. In turn, with the Dems seeing Carson as a real threat, they've started digging into his past and questioning whether he really was offered a scholarship to West Pt. as stated. Carson is fighting back. Also being attacked by The Donald and the left is Marco Rubio for being careless with his personal finances. So many of the top tier candidates are either attacking and/or fighting against or with each other or defending themselves against attacks from the left. And it's only going to worse. Tis the season as we come closer and closer to the first primary in NH early next year.
One last note in regards to the GOP race and candidate Carly Fiorina. The ladies from The View attacked her saying she had a 'demonic looking face' during the debate. How high school! Carly retaliated and dared them to have her back on the show. They did and she showed them for the petty, catty and superficial women they are. Three cheers for Fiorina.
More commentary and updates coming as time allows!
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