[Oldeconomybuyer]

Ryan is incompetent and McConnell is AWOL.

[chajin]

Obamacare remains in place, and Trump will have to agree to pay subsidies to keep it alive

Trump doesn't have to agree with anything; he can veto the spending measure and let the government "shut down," saying that the bill wasn't what he was elected to be complicit in. Go directly to the American people; his base will rise up in righteous indignation and take it to the Congress.

[KavMan]

PRIMARY The guys that won’t fund the border Wall!!!

[circlecity]

It also continues to pay for the importation of islamic immigrants.

[Religion and Politics]

I think things are better than stated by The Washington Post (obviously). Let them crow. If we can be this successful fulfilling the Progressive Agenda, then why tilt far left and elect a bunch of Socialists? Really, think about it. Which party is REALLY going to be in the crapper for this "compromise"? All the Washington Post is doing is giving their constituency cover so they can avoid a paralyzing Washington DC shutdown.

This is working IMO. Let them go on with their disinformation campaign. They are just poking the bear.

[momincombatboots]

I was just reading ivankas West Wing ideology.. seems more leftist than Hillary. So maybe it’s a good thing Congress is wondering what the heck, especially Constitutionalists and libertarians.

[Chgogal]

Ryan needs to go!

Call him, please.

http://www.speaker.gov

Call him at: (202) 225-0600

[Paladin2]

"House Speaker Paul Ryan said he shared President Trump’s “frustration,”"

Sure. Ryno is still frustrated that Trump won.

[upchuck]

Who influences Ryan and McConnell?

Surely not their constituents!

But I bet their lobbyist buddies and big money donors are drinking champagne.

It’s time for that to stop. Time for the politicos to stick more to their knitting. WE chose them, not their big time friends. And we can choose to not choose them.

[mrsmel]

Unbelievable. No funding for the wall, funding for PP. The rats may as well have Congress and the WH.

[Diogenesis]

Pres. Trump is apparently relying
on his RINO daughter’s lawyer, Gorelick.

Not very smart, Pres. Trump.

[dragnet2]

Oh geee, yet another big media attack on Trump. I guess the next one will be out within minutes.☺

[KyCats]

Here’s the problem:

Every government shutdown, no matter what particular issue or issues led to it, is blamed by a dishonest mainstream media on republicans who are accordingly paralyzed by fear at the very idea of a shutdown.

Democrats can refuse to compromise because they have no fear of the shutdown. They know that in every case their media hacks will blame it all on republicans, 100%.

So republicans can either:
1. Improve their messaging to defend themselves from dishonest media characterization of a shutdown, or

2. Ignore the daily disinformation coming from leftist propaganda sites like CNNMSNBCNBCCBSABCNYTimes, etc. and protect conservative values in the face of withering leftist attack, or

3. Just continue to allow themselves, AND THEIR SUPPORTERS, to be frustrated and humiliated like this on a regular basis.

One of these 3 choices will result in republicans losing all power. And it’s not options 1 or 2.

[TheConservativeTejano]

Ryan is incompetent and McConnell is AWOL
I am a newbie to this forum so excuse me for my mistakes.

One of the best Speakers of the House was a member of the Rat party --- Good ole “Texan” U.S. Speaker of the People’s House “Sam Rayburn.” We even named a lake in Texas after good ole Sam.
Yet the Pubbie party has not been able to get a Speaker of the House that is one half as good as ole “Sam Rayburn.”
Have the Pubbies become brain dead???

[arthurus]

Democrats are united against him, and so are most of the Republicans. They all fear diminution in incomes if they cooperate and the Democrats fear the retardation of their totalitarian state ideal also.

[Dahoser]

Republicans were too divided to provide enough votes for a strictly conservative budget, so the president had a choice: Push for a political reality that doesn't exist to try to make good on his campaign promises, or back off what he wants and help his divided party in Congress avoid a shutdown.

Really? Puddling the floor over a shutdown that would be caused by the Democrats?

[BestPresidentEver]

Republicans treat conservative voters like trained seals. They go on the campaign trail and shout the usual slogans to get them all to clap and vote for them. Then they go to washington with no intention of doing anything conservative.