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Obama to cut NATO trip short … and will visit Dallas

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 01: U.S. President Barack Obama speaks to the media after meeting with House Speaker John Boehner at the White House, March 1, 2013 in Washington, DC. President Obama said that no agreement was reached with Republicans to avoid the sequester that will trigger automatic domestic and defense cuts. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

U.S. Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas, whose district covers part of Dallas, today was critical of President Obama because he happened to be absent from the United States when the shooting broke out in Dallas.

“If we are weak at home, we are weak around the world and this is an example of a weakness when our president goes overseas and has a terrible tragedy like this … ”

Yes, Sessions said that, as if the president could predict that a madman would open fire on police officers during a peaceful demonstration in downtown Dallas.

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/ben-carson-dallas-shooting-obama-225278#ixzz4Ds1z5qkL

Well, you know what?

Barack Obama announced today he is cutting short his long-ago-planned trip to Europe to attend a NATO summit. He’s coming back home. And, by golly, he’s going to Dallas.

My strong hope and expectation is that the president of the United States is going to do what he has had to do too many times already during his time in office. He’s going to embrace the family members of the slain police officers. He will offer words of support and encouragement to Police Chief David Brown, to Mayor Michael Rawlings, and the rest of a community that’s been shattered by this spasm of violence.

Will that stem the partisan critics?

No. However, the president is going to do what his job description compels him to do.

My other hope, too, is that the president doesn’t politicize his visit to Dallas. The city and the nation need healing, not a lecture.

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Waiting on Texas Democrats

As I watch the 2014 Texas political campaign take shape, I keep waiting for some news — any news — about Democrats.

So far, I’m hearing none.

There likely will be a change in one race, the one for governor, if state Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth, jumps into that contest.

But to date, all the interest, excitement and anticipation are on the Republican side of the ballot.

This tells me at least two things:

The Texas Democratic Party is as near-dead as ever before and the Texas Republican Party is feeling its oats while the opposition continues to flounder.

I wish the Democrats could somehow spring to life, if only to challenge the Republicans and to hold them accountable for the policies they keep enacting into law.

The Republican side is so exciting, actually, that there’s some talk simmering about whether some “mainstream” GOP officeholders will be challenged by tea party candidates. U.S. Rep. Pete Sessions, a Republican member of Congress, is facing such a challenge. There’s been talk of the tea party zealots challenging U.S. Sen. John Cornyn. Good luck with that one.

Democrats? They’re virtually nowhere to be found.

The Dems keep talking bravely about staging a comeback. Hollow talk, though, won’t get the job done.

As for the Republicans, they might have their hands full trying to maintain some semblance of control within their own ranks. Hold on. It’s likely to be a bumpy ride through GOP Land.