The 'governing wing' of the GOP is running for the hills

cnn ^ | October 19, 2017 | Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large

[mdittmar]

The surprise resignation of Ohio Rep. Pat Tiberi on Thursday marks the latest example of GOP members affiliated with the so-called "governing wing" of the Republican Party calling it quits even as their side controls both chambers of Congress and the White House.

Tiberi is the 18th House Republican to announce plans to leave Congress sometime between now and January 2019. More importantly, he joins a rapidly swelling list of House GOPers with influential committee assignments, close ties to the party leadership and pragmatic approaches to governing to walk away. In recent months, Reps. Ileana Ros Lehtinen (Florida), Dave Trott (Michigan), Dave Reichert (Washington) and Charlie Dent (Pennsylvania) have all decided to leave. On the Senate side, Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee, another member of the pragmatic establishment within the Republican conference, announced his plans to retire earlier this month.

[mdittmar]

Well,here's an old song I like;)

"It's All Going to Pot" Willie Nelson & Merle Haggard

[goldstategop]

The swamp is self-cleaning.

No wonder fake news CNN is fit to be tied.

[House Atreides]

Folks, please don’t slam the screen door on your way out. And don’t come back.

[brownsfan]

The feckless GOP is going to get slaughtered in the mid terms. There is a price to pay for promising something for 7 years, and when given a chance to produce, have absolutely no clue, and not a prayer of delivering.

[ConjunctionJunction]

Cillizza keeps using the word “pragmatic”. As far as I can tell, pragmatic = “works with Democrats”.

Good riddance!

[BobL]

I guess we need Translation when CNN speaks:

“Governing Wing” >>> “The SWAMP”

[Cicero]

Yes. I was going to say that “Governing Wing” means traitors. To their party, and to their country.

[Maudeen]

Might need to do some checking up on financial ties and quid pro quo deals.

[upchuck]

Last 'graph of the article

But if rank ideological tribalism isn't really your thing, Washington isn't a terribly fun place to be these days. My guess? There will be more members with the profile of Tiberi deciding that 2018 is the last year they want to spend in Congress. And Republicans will have no one to blame for those retirements but themselves.

Far from blame, I think the Republicans, the REAL Republicans, not the RINOS, will applaud.

[txhurl]

Untouchables who suddenly discovered they are in fact VERY touchable running for the hills.

[DIRTYSECRET]

He wears nice hats.

[freedumb2003]

>>Cillizza keeps using the word “pragmatic”. As far as I can tell, pragmatic = “works with Democrats”.<<

Go further. In deep state/governing wing terms:

“works with”=”capitulates to”

The dems have filed more lawsuits in 6 months against Trump’s legal XOs than the eGOP filed in 8 years against obozo’s completely illegal ones.

[combat_boots]

Another never Trumper

[sparklite2]

Can’t believe I never heard that before.

[Hugh the Scot]

Wait... Who?

[Major Matt Mason]

Pragmatic = Democrat/Socialist enablers.

[YogicCowboy]

“... pragmatic approaches...”

There is the giveaway: RINO DemoKKKrats in all but name.

[stylin19a]

they should.
who knows ?
Over time, 9 Rats announced they are also leaving the house.

should be interesting.

[Lady Heron]

This was predictable when Trump got elected on going after the swamp. It should tell people that people have been given an option to go home and spend time with the family instead of going down with what intel they have collected on these people who colluded with the deep state.