DeMint Vows to Block Obama Speech

Sen. Jim DeMint vowed Wednesday to try to block President Barack Obama from addressing a joint session of Congress on the same day as a Republican presidential debate next week.

Obama could learn something from the GOP, DeMint reasoned, in adding his voice — and his vote — to a growing chorus of Republican objections.

“The president should pick another night. I’m planning to watch the Republican primary debate … and the president should watch it, too.”

Politico

I understand the Republicans are peeved about this, but I think trying to block the president from addressing Congress is not the right way to go and I doubt DeMint will be successful in doing it anyway.  Yes, the president is undoubtedly doing this on purpose, but the GOP should just suck it up and go through with the debate as scheduled.  Honestly, I don’t think they’ll lose that much of an audience.  People who want to hear Obama’s speech are more than likely not the same people who would have watched the debate anyway.  Those who are really interested in the debate are probably still going to watch it because everything the president is going to say is predictable.  He’ll offer the same washed up Keynesian ideas to “stimulate” job growth which we already know will not work because it never has.

The Republicans should take the high road on this.  It’s not a battle worth fighting, in my opinion.

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