This week president Obama announced his withdrawal plans for the Afghanistan conflict in an address to the nation. 10,000 by Christmas and 33,000 by next summer. Is it enough? Many people don’t think so including members of the Democratic Party. 56% of Americans want the troops to come home now that Osama bin Laden has been eliminated.
Budget talks broke down when Eric Cantor walked out of the negotiations over the issue of tax hikes. Will this damage the chances of raising the debt ceiling? Will it damage the Republicans?
The President also received some criticism on his stance of marriage equality for gays. And he spoke to a group of gays in New York last night. New York is contemplating becoming the latest state to recognize gay marriage. Was the criticism justified?
What’s on your mind from this past week? Leave a comment.
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538 Refugees 
When something happens, I still come here for the well thought out Posts, but there is no picking apart the issues and facts…
Are the goings-on too uninteresting for comment
Did all the RWs depart
Are comments being suppressed
Are 538ref burned out
Is my computer not plugged in
Where did the lively , but reasonable, discourse go?
first DADT then DOMA, repeal everything that undermines equality of any minority to the majority
would be the best legacy for the president who represents two major demographic groups of Americans,
Obama is at once the Great White Hope and the first Black President rolled into one
Amazing. Republicans giving Obama grief for pulling troops out. ‘Not listening to Generals’. Perpetual opposite day I guess.