Particularly if he can do it without a lot of fanfare, quickly. That is, early enough in his term that most will forget about it and resulting ‘issues’ may moderate or fail to arise.
Nothing this Administration does should surprise anyone.
Expect the unexpected as it were.

moe

Back in 2005 Louisiana inked a deal to supply $15 Million of agricultural products to Fidel Land, so there already was a leak in the dam. Europeans are already there.

Won’t play well in South Florida, but Obama does not have to run again for 3 years, and with money in people’s pocket from opening up Cuba many will be forgetful.

Who knows, given the success of Cubans who came to this country in the past, free enterprise and creating a moneyed class might help hasten the fall of the Communist in Cuba as it did in Poland.

Cuba’s problem is that the country is broke. When the Soviet Union fell and Cuba’s sibsidy ended, Cuba’s exports were insufficient to purchase whjat it needed on the open market. After fifty years of Communist rule, Cuba, once one of the leading sugar producers, is now importing sugar.

Cuba’s only source of “hard currency” is the money sent to their families by Cubas living in other countries, medical services provided to overseas visitors and tourists. What “lifting the embargo” means is the Democrats will be able to put Cuba on welfare in the name of providing jobs for Americans.

The government will take tax money and send it to Cuba to use to purchase American goods. With a little smoke and mirrors, those Americans who directly benefit from the increase in trade with Cuba will be grateful while those who are hurt by the increased taxes will not realize what is happening.

Something that I learned in studing taxation is that a small amount of money taken from a lot of people will not cause much of a response but that small amount from many people is equal to a very large amount given to a few people. The many will not notice but the few will be very grateful.

this time a whole country–we a re paying for this. And generation not born paying for that rotten bucnh there to live high-on-the-puerco

I think Obama will end the policy. I don’t think he’ll see a downside to it.

We’ve tried almost everything with Castro. The guy is like a roach. He just won’t die. Maybe we can back door some progress with families going back to visit and bringing with them their stories of America, along with some consumer goods and cash to stimulate the Cubans appetite for more such things.

We’ve tried almost everything with Castro. The guy is like a roach. He just won’t die. Maybe we can back door some progress with families going back to visit and bringing with them their stories of America, along with some consumer goods and cash to stimulate the Cubans appetite for more such things.

Cuba is a great vacation land. They have plenty of beaches, Lacking restrictions, a Havana vacation is cheap. But even under today’s proclamations, only Cuban-Americans can enjoy the benefits. And maybe members of the Congressional Black Caucus.

Cuba can buy our grain:

John Kavulich, president of the U.S.-Cuba Trade and Economic Council, said Cuba became the 46th largest export market for U.S. farm goods in 2002, leaping from 144th in just one year after buying $189 million worth of U.S. products.

And, of course, new trade would provide opportunities for gambling, which was one of the reasons Castro turned out Bautista.

More importantly, Cuba now has oil:

If correct, Cuba’s oil reserves would be almost the same as those of the US – 21bn barrels, according to the Oil & Gas Journal – and nearly twice the size of Mexico’s – 11.7bn barrels.

We are currently left out, while Russia as well as China and India are ready to drill.

So … political blustering aside, why not?