Bush Needs to Take a Page From Truman

Bush needs to do what Truman did in 1948. He needs to call a special 11-day session of Congress over the summer recess and force the Congress to come back to Washington (the recess is Aug.11-Sept.5th).
Bush could then deliver a message where he asks Congress to do their jobs - legislate (!!), for example:
(1) address the energy/gas crisis (i.e, offshore drilling and/or nuclear); and/or
(2) pass a budget — they have yet to pass one appropriations bill this year because as Pelosi and Reid admitted — they are waiting for Obama to become president to do a budget, which btw — is simply irresponsible and wrong.
I believe that the Democrats would whine and not pass a thing. Then Bush and McCain could hammer them for being a "do-nothing Congress." Moreover, McCain has the experience legislating to show up Obama in the Senate during a special session — it's his turf and I think he could make Obama look foolish.

More on the cold-sweat nightmares Reid and Pelosi are having over oil at Instapundit.

Photoshop thanks to the great Slublog.

Posted by: Ace at 06:13 PM

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1 Indeed, Ace... with a proof reader and less talk about Vodka, I believe you'd be one of the premier political analysts of our day. You are one of the very best and most insightful out there.

Posted by: Christoph at July 24, 2008 06:17 PM (hawOV)

2 Now if that ever happened, C-SPAN becomes must see TV. Hell, Bush should call the special session during the DNC!!!!!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 24, 2008 06:26 PM (zpaDL)

3) Force the Judiciary Committee to vote out its ridiculous backlog.

Posted by: Bugler at July 24, 2008 06:31 PM (YCVBL)

4 4) Eliminate Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Posted by: Bugler at July 24, 2008 06:37 PM (YCVBL)

5 Great idea but unfortunately, you're talking about Bush, whose limited supply of testosterone (Bush family genetic defect) ran out years ago.

How about the Repubs in Congress stick around during the recess and say they're not taking a vacation from the pain Americans are suffering from because of the democratic $4 national average of gas. The way to get the media to cover it is to bring an oil rig up to the Capitol, set up and ready to drill, and threaten to start drilling right here, right now unless the dems get off their ass?

Posted by: liontooth at July 24, 2008 06:59 PM (n3pxb)

This is actually good news from an electoral standpoint.

Delaying this issue deep into the election season hands McCain a club with which to hammer Obama and the Democrats. The problem is that Republicans need to get on it right away and start blasting away and make it THE issue. So you see the difficulty- getting Republicans to do something intelligent.

The whole landscape could be transformed if they really tried.

Posted by: drjohn at July 24, 2008 07:11 PM (VFRay)

Great idea that will never happen coz Team W doesnt have the brains or the balls. They are running out the clock.

White House x (No brains + no balls) = No Fing way this would happen, even though it should. The press would go apeshit crazy with angst and anger, & it would energize the entire country that isnt attached at the nutsaq to The Obama.

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8 Black and white photoshops? Don't you think that is racist?

Posted by: Potosi Joel at July 24, 2008 07:19 PM (TPRbZ)

9 cristoph-

<i>with a proof reader and less talk about Vodka, I believe you'd be one of the premier political analysts of our day.</i>

Dude! Over 80% of Americans approve of vodka. (and 25% are 'functionally illiterate"...)

"Win-Win" baby!

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Ace without Valu-Rite is like Obama without...without...

OK, it doesn't work.

Posted by: fulldroolcup at July 24, 2008 11:57 PM (4JvGP)

11 Flop sweat.

I want to see Congressional Dems soaked with flop sweat.

As unlikely as it may be, I must whisper, "Go George Go."

It will all come down to whether the Drilling Deal was an opening salvo (late in the game) or a last gasp.

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