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<blockquote data-quote="HMFIC" data-source="post: 2036350" data-attributes="member: 7539">I disagree to some extent.&nbsp; Obama is in the catbird seat with respect to this issue.&nbsp; He has the greatest political capital he will have for the rest of his time elected right now AND he has nothing to lose.&nbsp; Therefore he is pushing the issue and will never veto it.If Romney would have just been elected, he would be listening to the people who elected him more than anything in the hopes of setting up for re-election in 4 years.&nbsp; I doubt he&#039;d be pushing it and using the office of the President to hype it all up.&nbsp; Plus the chance of a veto by him at least is a chance... unlike with Obama.Congress on the other hand does hold most of the power on this issue.&nbsp; It will be interesting to see how things shake out.&nbsp; Republicans in the House are operating on a completely different mandate than the people pushing a ban.&nbsp; It will all come down to them and whether or not their polling shows they can get re-elected if they support a ban.But I don&#039;t blame you either way...&nbsp; <img src="/images/smilies/smile.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="HMFIC, post: 2036350, member: 7539"] I disagree to some extent. Obama is in the catbird seat with respect to this issue. He has the greatest political capital he will have for the rest of his time elected right now AND he has nothing to lose. Therefore he is pushing the issue and will never veto it. If Romney would have just been elected, he would be listening to the people who elected him more than anything in the hopes of setting up for re-election in 4 years. I doubt he'd be pushing it and using the office of the President to hype it all up. Plus the chance of a veto by him at least is a chance... unlike with Obama. Congress on the other hand does hold most of the power on this issue. It will be interesting to see how things shake out. Republicans in the House are operating on a completely different mandate than the people pushing a ban. It will all come down to them and whether or not their polling shows they can get re-elected if they support a ban. But I don't blame you either way... :) [/QUOTE]

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