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posted at 8:01 am on April 7, 2015 by Jazz Shaw
If you read nothing more than the title of this Politico piece you might
think that Senate Democrat majority leader in waiting Chuck Schumer was
spitting in the President’s corn flakes. The tone being taken by several
morning show talking heads is similar, suggesting that Chuck has suddenly
jumped ship and is siding with Republicans in rejecting Obama’s “framework
” with Iran.
Chuck Schumer bucks White House on Iran
The top Democrat throws his weight behind legislation to give Congress
power to reject a deal.
Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer, one of Capitol Hill’s most influential
voices in the Iran nuclear debate, is strongly endorsing passage of a law
opposed by President Barack Obama that would give Congress an avenue to
reject the White House-brokered framework unveiled last week.
The comments Monday by the Democratic leader-in-waiting illustrate the
enormity of the task ahead for Obama and his team: While there’s no
guarantee that Congress would ultimately reject an agreement with Iran,
there’s an increasingly bipartisan consensus that Congress should at least
have the ability to do so.
“This is a very serious issue that deserves careful consideration, and
I expect to have a classified briefing in the near future. I strongly
believe Congress should have the right to disapprove any agreement and I
support the Corker bill which would allow that to occur,” Schumer said in
an emailed statement to POLITICO.
You have to dig down a bit further in the article and then recall some of
Schumer’s history on the hill to really get the full flavor of what’s
going on here. First of all, this “strong endorsement” is not a call for
the rejection of the deal. I suspect Chuck doesn’t much care for it (more
on that below) but he’s also not the sort to go running completely off the
Democrat ranch either. Let’s keep in mind that the Corker bill does not
reject the Iran deal. It reserves the right for Congress to review the deal
and to freeze the lifting of any sanctions for a set period of cool-down
time. Endorsing the bill doesn’t mean that Schumer is onboard with
rejecting the framework, just that he’s willing to assert the authority of
Congress as a coequal branch to be involved in the process.
But Schumer might not have even gone this far – particularly when his star
is on the rise in the party’s leadership structure – had it been any other
subject than Iran. That’s because it has such a profound impact on Israel.
You’ll recall that I previously said that Schumer wouldn’t be an upgrade
from Harry Reid and that he’s about as far to the Left as one can get. That
’s still all true, but there is one subject where Chuck is well known for
crossing the aisle. He’s one of the leading Jewish voices in the Senate and
has always veered away from his party when it comes to all things Israeli.
One of the best examples was the hatred he drew from Palestinian loving
progressives when said that the Gaza blockade made sense because Israel
needed to strangle Gaza economically until they saw the light. (Schumer is
also rather famous for his heavy Wall Street ties which ticks off the
Elizabeth Warren wing of the party, but everyone is willing to give him a
pass on that because, well… they all like money.)
Chuck’s positions regarding Israel are the exception rather than the rule,
and the rest of the Democrat herd is willing to forgive him the occasional
jaunt away from Liberal doctrine when it comes to that subject. But this
current brouhaha only underscores the fact that Schumer has a rather
unsteady tightrope to walk between now and when he officially replaces Harry
Reid. He needs to act like a strong, independent leader, particularly if he
winds up being the Senate Minority Leader under a Republican president. But
he can’t afford to be so independent that he angers his own base. Toss in
his complicated relationship with his colleagues over Israel and you can see
why he would back the Corker bill just to keep his options open, but
expecting him to actually go to bat against Obama over it is hardly a slam
dunk. This may be little more than window dressing when the entire passion
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【在 l****z 的大作中提到】
: Iran deal criticized by noted conservative… Chuck Schumer?
: posted at 8:01 am on April 7, 2015 by Jazz Shaw
: If you read nothing more than the title of this Politico piece you might
: think that Senate Democrat majority leader in waiting Chuck Schumer was
: spitting in the President’s corn flakes. The tone being taken by several
: morning show talking heads is similar, suggesting that Chuck has suddenly
: jumped ship and is siding with Republicans in rejecting Obama’s “framework
: ” with Iran.
: Chuck Schumer bucks White House on Iran
: The top Democrat throws his weight behind legislation to give Congress
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framework
【在 l****z 的大作中提到】
: Iran deal criticized by noted conservative… Chuck Schumer?
: posted at 8:01 am on April 7, 2015 by Jazz Shaw
: If you read nothing more than the title of this Politico piece you might
: think that Senate Democrat majority leader in waiting Chuck Schumer was
: spitting in the President’s corn flakes. The tone being taken by several
: morning show talking heads is similar, suggesting that Chuck has suddenly
: jumped ship and is siding with Republicans in rejecting Obama’s “framework
: ” with Iran.
: Chuck Schumer bucks White House on Iran
: The top Democrat throws his weight behind legislation to give Congress
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