Will Senate Republicans Surrender the Fight?

restate.com ^ | 7/24/13 | Erick Erickson

[cotton1706]

Yesterday, when asked directly about Republicans shutting down the government over Obamacare, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell sounded less than committed to the endeavor. This is not a hypothetical question. Senator Mike Lee has issued a letter saying he will not pass a continuing resolution that funds Obamacare. He has been joined by fifteen Republican Senators.

Unfortunately, I can confirm from multiple sources in the United States Senate that Senator McConnell’s office has begun pressuring Republicans to back away from the Mike Lee effort. In fact, one senate source tells me Senator Lee himself was asked to take his signature off his own letter.

While Senate Republicans appear to be going wobbly, Speaker John Boehner blasted out two news stories yesterday. The first was an ABC News poll showing most Americans are soured on Obamacare and the second was a story that Democrats are starting to run from Obamacare. The Speaker seems to get what is going on.

For conservative activists, the next few weeks will be crucial to keeping pressure on Senate Republicans. They should first remind Senate Republicans that, contrary to myth, they gained seats in 1996 after the Gingrich government shutdown. At the time, Gingrich credited the GOP’s hard line with them holding their own in the 1996 election despite Bob Dole’s loss to Bill Clinton. Read this by Dan Mitchell to beef up on the real history of the 1995 shutdown.

Now, here is what conservative activists should pay attention to. I have obtained the complete list of current signatures to Mike Lee’s letter. Likewise, Ted Cruz has legislation that would defund Obamacare. I have a list of the sponsors of that legislation. We should keep track to see who pulls their name off Mike Lee’s letter and who pulls their name off Ted Cruz’s bill. Additionally, several Senators are either on the letter or the bill, but not both. We should pressure them to be on both.

As it stands now, here is the list that I have confirmed and we should all be vigilant against Senate GOP Leadership pressure:

ON BOTH THE LEE LETTER AND THE TED CRUZ BILL TO DEFUND:

Cornyn Cruz Enzi Fischer Grassley Inhofe Lee Paul Risch Rubio Vitter Wicker

ON LETTER, NOT ON BILL

Chiesa Kirk Thune

ON BILL, NOT ON LETTER

Call these people and ask that they sign the Mike Lee letter. It is important to get their signatures on that letter or we can presume they will fund Obamacare.

Alexander Ayotte Barrasso Blunt Boozman Burr Chambliss Graham Heller Isakson Johanns McConnell Moran Roberts Scott Toomey

[cotton1706]

McConnell SO needs to be removed as leader. He is constantly and continually undermining conservatives! Support Bevin in Kentucky!

[Old Sarge]

Surrender the fight?

You have to be IN the fight to surrender.

The GOP wet their pants at the mere mention of the word.

[Da Coyote]

Of course they will.

They are all time sharing the 1/2 cojone which was found in a trash can and is being kept in a mason jar for party use.

[molson209]

John McCain is Dry Cleaning his White Flag and whittling a new pole

[SoothingDave]

Why do we want to delay or stop the implementation of Obamacare?

The people need to live it, have their noses rubbed in it.

[Hoodat]

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

Question: Will senate Republicans surrender the fight?

Answer: They are as dedicated to harming the Republic as are the Democrats. With that dedication they never were in any struggle with the Democrats. Any apparent struggle is simply to deceive the American public.

[buckalfa]

Federal government control of health care is settled policy. The ACA will not be repealed, will not be defunded, as both political parties are in on the power and money grab. The only thing that is not settled is how to make the trains run on time: continuance of the ACA or a quick move to single payor. This is the only debate.

[Dead Corpse]

The surprise won’t be IF they surrender. The real surprise would be if they actual FIGHT...

[Texas Songwriter]

I just got off of the phone from GOPAC soliciting money for "BOLD REPUBLCIAN LEADERSHIP". She wanted $175 or $150 for the call. I have supported them in years gone by, but not in the past 5 years. When she said, 'bold republican leadership' I hit the ceiling. This is what kind of crap they are trying to sell. She did not even have the decency to tell me what they were doing...she, like obama, had to read it from some sort of telepromptor. Well, I must say I could have been more gentle, but I was not.. Finally I took a breath and she seized the moment to say..."this call was sponsored by GOPAC'.....in other words, she was getting off of the phone.

BOLD REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP. They think we are all idiots.

[Texas Songwriter]

I just got off of the phone from GOPAC soliciting money for "BOLD REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP". She wanted $175 or $150 for the call. I have supported them in years gone by, but not in the past 5 years. When she said, 'bold republican leadership' I hit the ceiling. This is what kind of crap they are trying to sell. She did not even have the decency to tell me what they were doing...she, like obama, had to read it from some sort of telepromptor. Well, I must say I could have been more gentle, but I was not.. Finally I took a breath and she seized the moment to say..."this call was sponsored by GOPAC'.....in other words, she was getting off of the phone.

BOLD REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP. The think we are all idiots.

[Mark17]

Will Senate Republicans Surrender the Fight?

Yes. Next question.