Increasingly, it is clear that Republicans have lost their way. They seem to be into self-sabotage. An immigration bill is one matter that is in jeopardy while Republicans in the House bring countervailing voices into the debate over what is left of the Benghazi matter. One is not perplexed by the matter coming back for a second round of discussions after Secretary Clinton and Leon Panetta put the matter to rest earlier this year. Our diplomats take on dangerous duty and often it is realized in hind-site that they should have been better protected. I would not be so opposed to the House of Representatives Committee headed by Darrell Issa taking one last look at what happened if were a fair look, and not so obviously political in tone.
Today and yesterday Carl Rove comes out with a political ad reviewing Hillary Clinton’s comments on the Benghazi affair, and now it seems that Dick Cheney wants to add his own views to the matter. What Rove and Cheney are doing in this movie is unclear to me. But, it’s like the MSNBC early morning program — “Way Too Early.” In Rove’s case, his power ad will be ready to re-run just before the 2016 elections if Secretary Clinton chooses to run for President. Republicans seem to be getting ahead of themselves, and Issa’s Committee wastes time its members might better spend productively on legislation.
It’s just like the Republicans to start thinking about the next election far too early, before they have actually thought very much about what to say or, indeed, what lost them the last election. However, one of those problem areas they have done at least something about. They’ve had Marco Rubio and other Republican senators working in a bipartisan way with Democratic senators. They’ve come up with a proposed bill that now also has hundreds of amendments. Many of these are amendments are designed to kill the bill, which may have some tough sledding ahead. You would think that immigration reform would be a no-brainer for Republicans, but it doesn’t look that way just yet. It’s hard to see how the bill and it’s countless amendments can be resolved completely at this point. If matters remain unresolved, the lack of success will clearly fall on Republicans. It’s possible that no final resolution on Immigration can emerge from this Congress. That would leave the matter for the next Congress after the 2014 election.
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