GOP Feuds With Chuck Hagel! | Sour Krauthammer Says Hurricane Relief Is Rape!

President Barack Obama wants Chuck Hagel to be Defense Secretary. Republicans are opposed to the idea. This is a picture of the two when there were senators. Barack Obama was an Illinois senator running for president in 2008. He accompanied then Nebraska senator Chuck Hagel in Jordan.

A twofer!

The 113th Congress is in session. They first certified that Barack Obama won the reelection with 332 electoral votes over perennial loser Mitt Romney 206.

Now that that's out of the way, the president has work to do. First is fill the vacancies in his cabinet and then federal court.

The former Republican Nebraska senator Chuck Hagel is likely to replace Defense Secretary Leon Penetta.

President Barack Obama is going to swing the cabinet around with the departures of Penetta, Department of Transportation Ray LaHood, CIA director David Petareus, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Secretary of the Treasury Tim Geithner.

Republicans already signal a fight with the president over these replacements. Senator John Kerry and Hagel are the mentioned as replacements to fill the Secretary of State and Secretary of Defense.

Republicans already threaten filibuster over Kerry because of the Benghazi scandal. The Republicans want to have Secretary Hillary Clinton to testify to Congress about her role in the failed security of the Libyan consulate that lead to the deaths of four Americans one being a Libyan ambassador J. Christopher Stevens.

Republicans are going to give former senator Chuck Hagel a hard time to be confirmed as well. To make this worst, Republicans deem Hagel a "RINO" because he is endorsed by President Barack Obama. The controversy lingers among the senator's apparent criticism of Israel. Even some Democrats are concerned about this nomination.

The Jewish nation has been a key figure in the conflict over in the Middle East. The nation is conflicting with the Gaza Strip and West Bank. Those factions want to create an independent nation of Palestine, but it's constantly tied up with the United States, Israel and United Kingdom's blocking at the United Nations.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is a highly conservative leader. President Barack Obama and Netanyahu have a tremulousness relationship to say at least. The prime minister ignores warnings from the Untied States and the United Nations constantly. The areas near Jerusalem are where Israelis want to build settlements (or real estate properties) on the Gaza Strip.

This has been a major conflict and this engages in the unrest of the Middle East.

Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is a firebrand among the conservatives. He promotes himself as a "fiscally responsible" Republican who will be the voice opposition to President Barack Obama.

Chuck Hagel on one hand said he represents the needs of the American people, not Israel! This lit up the right wing media. They already dismissed him for his endorsement of the president over perennial losers Senator John McCain (R-Arizona) and Mitt Romney.

The Daily Telegraph reports that Republicans sharply criticized the selection, promising to question Mr. Hagel on Israel and other controversial views in confirmation hearings by the Senate, which must approve his appointment.

Lindsey Graham, a Republican Senator for South Carolina, on Sunday described the pick as an "in-your-face nomination", telling CNN that Mr. Hagel "would be the most antagonistic secretary of defense towards the state of Israel in our nation's history".

Despite being a fellow Republican who sat in the Senate for the party from 1997 to 2009, Mr. Hagel holds markedly less hawkish views on foreign and military policy than many former colleagues.

The 66-year-old Vietnam veteran endorsed Mr Obama, a Democrat, in 2008, having criticized the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and urging a less gung-ho approach to America's alliance with Israel.

Mr. Hagel also voted against sanctions on Iran and urged Israel to engage in direct talks with Hamas, the militant Islamic group.

Mitch McConnell, a Senator for Kentucky and the party's leader in the upper chamber, predicted that Mr. Hagel would face "a lot of tough questions" from disgruntled Republicans.

 Congressman Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) is a favorite among the Tea Party Movement. Cotton retired as an U.S. Army Captain ran for congress and won. The freshman congressman is likely going to be on the television. Conservatives will push for him to run for president, since he's a rising star.

"His views with regard to Israel, for example, and Iran and all the other positions that he's taken over the years will be very much a matter of discussion in the confirmation process," he told ABC News.

In addition to ongoing tensions over Iran's nuclear program, Mr. Hagel is also likely to have to confront sharp cuts in spending on the military proposed by Mr. Obama and opposed by many Republicans.

Ted Cruz, a newly elected Republican senator for Texas and a favorite of the right-wing Tea Party movement, said that he too was "concerned" about Mr. Hagel's past statements. He accused Mr. Obama of being "high on re-election".

Mr Obama's Democratic party holds a majority in the Senate and it is highly unusual for a president's opponents to block the appointment of cabinet secretaries, even in times of sharp political division.

However, while in the minority, Republicans could wield the filibuster – an obstructive tactic – to prevent Mr. Hagel's nomination from being brought to a vote.

The pick was defended by Heidi Heitkamp, a Democratic senator for North Dakota, who described Mr. Hagel as "a tremendous patriot and statesman".

"This kind of fight is the kind of fight that the people of this country get so frustrated by," Ms. Heitkamp told ABC News.

Controversy over the likely nomination comes weeks after fierce Republican opposition torpedoed the hopes of Susan Rice, reportedly Mr. Obama's first choice to be Secretary of State.

Ms. Rice, America's UN ambassador, came under attack from Mr. Graham and two other senators for her role in the administration's public mishandling of the September 11 attack in Benghazi, Libya.

After Ms. Rice announced that she was withdrawing her name from consideration, Mr. Obama nominated Democratic Massachusetts Senator John Kerry, the former presidential candidate, to replace Hillary Clinton.
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Charles Krauthammer used a bad analogy for hurricane relief.

Now you tell me Republicans! Why on earth are you that willing to expose your problems to the forefront.

Republicans have not only let their private affairs get into the public, but it allow the Democrats to rebound in popularity. The Republicans and conservatives are so extreme, they can't even trust one another now!

Last week, Congressman Peter King (R-New York) slams House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) for allowing the Hurricane Sandy relief bill die off. Boehner promised that a bill will be passed. On Friday, it was passed overwhelmingly but there were some Republicans who continue to hold the line for their "principles".

Arkansas Republican congressman Tom Cotton is a growing face in the Tea Party and he got his opportunity to flex his pea brain on the national networks. Senator Ted  Cruz (R-Texas) also managed to be the new voice of the Tea Party, with his broad and yet incorrect statements of the president.

It's likely they'll buddy up with the likes Fox News personalities Sean Hannity and Greta Van Susteren soon.

To make matters worse, it's just not Cotton and Cruz! The whole U.S. Congressional delegation from Kansas voted against the relief bill. These people unwilling to help the needy are embraced by the likes of famed writer and conservative alumni Charles Krauthammer. The often vocal Krauthammer went into a rant over how Democrats blaming former President George W. Bush for his handling of Hurricane Katrina.

So instead of figuring out who to the blame, Krauthammer says it's was the best idea for House Speaker Boehner to let the legislation die. He concluded that the relief bill was a "rape of the Treasury".

Tell me, Krauthammer, would you like to say this to the family who lost their home?

I guess he doesn't understand what New Jersey hot fist special is?

Governor Chris Christie (R-New Jersey), a potential 2016 Republican presidential candidate has hammered Republicans for constant delay of relief to his state.

I guess you might want to wheel yourself back a couple of feet. Krauthammer is paralyzed from the neck down after he fell in a diving accident. He is a Canadian-American duel citizen. He was born in Montreal, Quebec, but currently resides in Washington, DC.