that democrats don't need republicans for anything.

but homeland security is not a parisan issue anyhow.

ask Richard Clarke, whom liberals and democrats all followed and praised when he spoke out agaisnt the Bush's.

we are not electing a president or any election anyhow. HS is a cabinet post.

Thought the aim was to get the very best there is for that particular issue.

But don't be blinded by his role as mayor.

Think of his life as a private person.
sometimes a position and a person are not 100% mutual.

(in reverse- Democrats love Thomas Jefferson. In private, he loved slaves(pun intended).
and abused them and made a mockery of his words he himself wrote.

dealing in absolutes leads to zero.

and that whole 'absolutes' pretend pragmatic thinking is a bunch of horse shit designed to fool rubes.

or just wait for the next event to happen tomorrow, next week, next month

I don't know anyone more suited, but like Sen. Bob Menendez is well suited to tackle the immigration citizenship/amnesty situation now that he shall be head of the Foreign affairs committee, if you know another name, instead of Mr. Bloomberg, feel free to list them.

and Mike can continue with his own super Pac funding any/all candidate no matter who that will back his position on guns

Mike is in an unique position-having been mayor for 10 years and attending one funeral after another

and President Obama is now rid of his shackles in being a candidate ever again, so he is free to do what he wants
(as Kris Kristofferson wrote, and unfortunately libertarians take it the wrong way but it is open to interpretation
"freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose".

and freedom from running in another election is one freedom
freedom a candidate knows they can be against the NRA now as they have an Equalizer super pac against the NRA to have their back is another freedom

and feel free to list another perfect name for the job.

I can't think of any

(in fact
Mike Bloomberg as HS chief
equals the same as
Elizabeth Warren as head of the Banking Committee

you want the best person for a specific job

Mike Bloomberg=Elizabeth Warren
though alas, I am sure some here will not see that viewpoint in their blindness to the position at hand.

It was great to finally hear him address taking action after this one.

From the OP:
"Consider Obama's record on guns, which includes one achievement: a law making it easier to carry concealed weapons in national parks."

Reinstating the Assault Weapons Ban would be a good first step, and I think the American people would support such a move.
(I realize that an assault weapons ban would have done nothing to prevent Friday's tragedy)

Also from the OP:
In his own remarks Friday, Obama seemed to hint that the latest deadly outburst might actually shake him and his party from their defensive crouch on guns
"We're going to have to come together and take meaningful action to prevent more tragedies like this, regardless of politics," the president said.

Actions speak louder than words, but I'm hopeful that the President will, indeed "take meaningful action to prevent more tragedies like this."


Meanwhile, those of us who want to do something now can donate to the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence.

http://www.bradycampaign.org/

away from the gun issue. the next president can take up the issue. if president Obama signed into law any take of major gun ban one of those gun nuts would kill him.

I personally think he's done enough for his country that he doesn't need to put a bullseye on his head.

That's why many in the party have avoided the issue. The President would be wise to do the same.

-Laelth