Now the Obama Administration Offers a Different Flavor of Embarrassment
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Morning Jolt February 18, 2015 Now the Obama Administration Offers a Different Flavor of Embarrassment The cover of Newsweek, back in fall 2009: The article declared, "Biden can still be irrepressible and long-winded. But in the Oval Office he has learned to be more disciplined without losing his edge." Did you notice a more disciplined Biden anytime in the past six years? Biden was discussing Minneapolis' large Somali community and noted his hometown of Wilmington, Delaware, also has a large Somali presence. Biden said he has great relations with them "because an awful lot of them are driving cabs." A few hours earlier, Biden was swearing in new Defense Secretary Ash Carter when he got up close and personal with Carter's wife. As Carter began speaking, Biden beckoned Stephanie Carter from across the room, then put both hands on her shoulders. They lingered there for roughly 20 seconds until Biden leaned in and whispered in her ear. Both incidents sparked prompt and voluminous reactions on social media.
"As your new Secretary of Defense, I pledge to always be vigilant against those unhinged, powerful leaders who are trying to get their hands on everything we hold dear. I'll never turn my back to this threat . . ." Mollie Hemingway, after Vice President Biden's last bout of inappropriate public touching and commentary, last month: None of us can fully imagine what holy hell would be brought down on a conservative elected official who engaged in behavior like this by more or less everyone in the feminist-media-industrial complex. We wouldn't be seeing jokey headlines. We wouldn't see praise for the White House putting out a video on Biden being Biden. As if.
Judiciary Branch Wakes Up, Puts Brakes on Executive Amnesty Plan Two lessons from this: First, the judiciary in American life is powerful -- probably too powerful in the political realm. Second, maybe Obama's attempt to overhaul all of American life through executive orders and regulations isn't quite as unstoppable as some feared: President Obama's new immigration program was supposed to begin accepting applications Wednesday from thousands of illegal immigrants hoping for relief from the threat of sudden deportation. Instead, the administration abruptly postponed the launch after a federal judge in Texas temporarily blocked the White House initiative. In a decision late Monday, U.S. District Judge Andrew S. Hanen ruled that the deferred-deportation program should not move forward while a lawsuit filed by 26 states challenging it was being decided. Though Hanen did not rule on the constitutionality of Obama's November immigration order, he said there was sufficient merit to warrant a suspension of the new program while the case goes forward. All told, Obama's immigration actions are projected to benefit as many as 5 million immigrants, many of whom could receive work permits if they qualified. The effects of Hanen's procedural ruling rippled through Washington and underscored a broader challenge to the president as he seeks to solidify the legacy of his administration. Along with the immigration action, the fate of two of Obama's other signature initiatives — a landmark health-care law and a series of aggressive executive actions on climate change — now rests in the hands of federal judges. It is a daunting prospect for a president in the final two years of his tenure who believes he is on the path to leaving a lasting impact on intractable and politically perilous issues, despite an often bitter relationship with Congress. Nothing Can Dissuade Obama's True Believers from Their Heroic Narrative David Axelrod, Tuesday: "And I'm proud of the fact that basically you have had an administration in this place for six years in which there hasn't been a major scandal. And I think that says a lot about the ethical strictures of this administration." No major scandal. Apparently we hallucinated that whole Department of Veterans' Affairs–letting-vets-die thing. Or Healthcare.gov. Or the IRS targeting conservative groups. Or the false explanation of what spurred the attack in Benghazi. Or administration adviser Jonathan Gruber cackling that Obamacare was passed because of the "stupidity of the American voter." Do we remember former EPA administrator Lisa Jackson? Her case was as unprofessional as it was surreal. Jackson fabricated for herself an alternate identity as a mid-level EPA employee. In communications, she used a fake e-mail address and name, and then unethically honored her own alter ego ("Richard Windsor") as a "scholar of ethical behavior. The spurring question to Axelrod was about the revolving door between lobbyists and government officials. In 2012, Conor McGrath identified 119 lobbyists who ended up working in the Obama administration. And the officials left government to take their cushy jobs as lobbyists: ObamaCare has become big business for an elite network of Washington lobbyists and consultants who helped shape the law from the inside. More than 30 former administration officials, lawmakers and congressional staffers who worked on the healthcare law have set up shop on K Street since 2010. Major lobbying firms such as Fierce, Isakowitz & Blalock, The Glover Park Group, Alston & Bird, BGR Group and Akin Gump can all boast an Affordable Care Act insider on their lobbying roster — putting them in a prime position to land coveted clients. ADDENDA: Representative Gerry Connolly, Democrat of northern Virginia and the man who represents my home of Authenticity Woods in Congress, acknowledges the obvious: The greater D.C. area is becoming more prone to shutdowns over smaller amounts of snow. The District's snow total for the season is 8.4 inches… Washingtonians' winter weather wherewithal — or lack of it — has long been fodder for debate between somewhat-defensive locals and often obnoxious interlopers from snowier Zip codes. But even lifelong residents sense a growing softness when it comes to dealing… Rep. Gerry E. Connolly (D-Va.) understands differences between Washington and Boston. Born and raised in Boston until he left for college in Chicago, Connolly has called Northern Virginia home for the past 43 years. Still, the years he's spent here have not made the region's snow unreadiness any easier to fathom. "Snowfall is something one kind of expects in certain months of the year," Connolly said. "And we always find it challenging here, and I've never quite understood fully why that is, but it is. Whether it's getting it plowed, going to work or whether the schools are open or not, it's always controversial, and it's always a challenge in what would be, where I come from, fairly routine." I used to blame this on lawyers, but now I wonder if it comes from school administrators reading the comments of whining teenagers on social media.
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