But wait . . . the former chairman of the Senate Banking Committee didn’t endorse Senator Cruz for president. What Mr. Gramm did do, however, was to write an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, together with Michael Solon, a former adviser to Mitch McConnell. In their piece, Gramm and Solon assured Republicans that the Obama “legacy” is so fragile that, if the next president is a Republican, all of Obama’s various “executive orders, regulations, and agency actions can be overturned using the same authority Mr. Obama employed to put them in place.”
The writers describe how, at the beginning of his inaugural address, the new president could sign an executive order “rescinding all of Mr. Obama’s orders deemed harmful to economic growth or constitutionally suspect”.
And all those regulations? All that ‘climate change’ stuff and the Labor Dept’s. fiduciary standards; the NLRB ruling that franchisees are joint employers; the EPA’s power grab over water ways; the FCC’s attempts to regulate the internet in the most damaging ways…all of it. The new president could overturn or amend in the blink of an eye.
They even note that, because Senate Democrats “nuked” the filibuster rules, the new president’s appointee’s could not be blocked if the GOP retains control of the Senate.Oh, and that pesky “Affordable Care” act? Gone!? And, no doubt our “broken” immigration laws, would also be fixed.
According to Gramm and Solon, if the voters will just send a Republican to the White House in 2016 who will be committed to overturning the Obama program, it will be Nirvana.
Of course, while they didn’t say it, the successful candidate would have to be “electable”.He or she could not be some “political shock jock” or an abrasive, widely disliked “tea party” type, or an “outsider” with no political experience. No sir!
It seems very clear that these Washington “pros” are assuring us, especially conservatives, that all the right pieces are in place except for that one final step. After all, we got Mitch leading the Senate, the “Bearded One” rarin’ to go in the House, to really get things done in a “bi-partisan” way.
All that’s left is for conservatives to climb on board the establishment bandwagon.
What Phil and Mr. Solon seem to have forgotten to also assure the electorate is that if the new Republican president does all this, reinstate the XL Pipeline, rescind the various executive orders on climate change, immigration (they didn’t touch on that topic…surprise!), etc, the press will celebrate. Democrats will breathe a sigh of relief that the burdens Mr. Obama imposed on the party with his iron-fisted, far left rule were lifted. Liberal environment, education, and entertainment industry groups will acknowledge that elections have consequences. The US Chamber of Commerce will applaud the new president for bringing such realism to the public square. Planned Parenthood and their feminist supporters will look at themselves and their actions and vow to make changes in how they perceive the value of life.
But what if they don’t?
Then, to accomplish the things Gramm and Solon suggest could be easily done would require a president with extraordinary courage and willingness to confront and engage rich, powerful forces. He or she would have to a person who could endure, persist, and prevail when it seems all odds are against him or her.
Who is the one current GOP candidate who best fits this description?
In our opinion, Ted Cruz.
Welcome aboard the Ted Cruz for President bandwagon, Messrs. Gramm and Solon!
DLH
