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It seems the divergent views regarding the administration’s pending deal with Iran are causing further rifts between members of Congress and the White House.

 

Greg Jaffe and Sean Sullivan write in an article on washingtonpost.com, that, “An already heated battle between the White House and Republicans over negotiations to curtail Iran’s nuclear program grew more tense Monday when 47 Republican senators sent a letter to Iran designed to kill any potential deal.

 

“The White House responded by accusing the Republicans of conspiring with Iranian hard-liners, who oppose the delicate negotiations, and suggesting that their goal was to push the United States into a military conflict.”

 

Several individuals were quoted in the column, the most telling response coming from Vice President Joe Biden, who either didn’t carefully think through his remark, or perhaps has subliminal thoughts opposite to the words he spoke. Biden said:

 

“In 36 years in the United States Senate, I cannot recall another instance in which Senators wrote directly to advise another country — much less a longtime foreign adversary — that the President does not have the constitutional authority to reach a meaningful understanding with them.”

 

So, with his comment, “much less a longtime foreign adversary,” the Vice President is actually endorsing the Republican position. Because they too believe that Iran is still a major adversary, won’t live up the their end of the bargain, and in regard to nuclear development, shouldn’t be trusted in any way at all. And apparently, whether he’s consciously aware of his true feelings or not, it seems that Biden agrees with them.

 

In today’s update on Bill Clinton’s wife, buzzfeed.com via Drudge reported a continuing slide in her popularity.

 

Facebook’s been analyzing the sentiment of users talking about her and t Their data shows “a gradual but marked downturn in the tone of conversation about the presumptive Democratic candidate as the 2016 campaign approaches. 

 

“The share of conversation about Clinton that was positive dipped from 57% during one period in the fall to 52% in January and then a 50% average in February. By Feb. 28, that sentiment turned negative, and has stayed largely more negative than positive as conversations multiplied amid debate over her use of a personal email account.”

 

The statistics have great significance because, “The sentiment data is drawn from a Facebook project that analyzes the language and symbols used by the massive social networks users.” And that is a huge base of individuals.

 

Further examples of eroding popularity comes from reader comments, such as the two shown below.

 

Louis Renault · Top Commenter, writes, “People are kicking the tires on this old jalopy and are realizing they want a newer model with more options and less mileage...” 

 

Bill Abernathy · Top Commenter, added, “Don't forget the few trunkful's of baggage.”

 

And that pretty much sums up the gist of what most Facebook readers had to say on the topic.

 

That's it for today folks.

 

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