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Cantor wants fresh start - 'We Can Do Better'
Politico ^ | 04/23/09 | Andy Barr

Posted on 04/23/2009 10:16:24 AM PDT by Lou Budvis

House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.) said ahead of a meeting at the White House Thursday that Obama and Republicans ...

... on Capitol Hill have gotten off on the wrong foot.

"The first 100 days have not been the best days for bipartisanship," Cantor said during an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe."

"We've got some very serious issues, and I do think now that we can come together," he said. "We can do better."

Cantor added that he wants to tell the president later today that "we want to work with you."

(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: 111th; bho44; cantor; cheeseeating; ericcantor; first100days; nc4na; ncna; obama; rino; surrendermonkey; worst100days
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To: UCFRoadWarrior

The GOP is done . As a party they no longer exist . There is now a one party system. The hard left and the liberal wing (pubs) Get used to it .


21 posted on 04/23/2009 10:34:31 AM PDT by fantom
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To: GodBlessRonaldReagan

“Looks like I’m voting third party come next election.”

That’s exactly what the Dems want — divide & conquer.


22 posted on 04/23/2009 10:35:16 AM PDT by PMAS
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To: Lou Budvis

The tragic comedy that is the GOP death march continues to unfold.


23 posted on 04/23/2009 10:36:13 AM PDT by TADSLOS
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To: Lou Budvis

“we want to work with you.” Means expensive to the tax-payer.

What does Cantor not understand about the opposition party?


24 posted on 04/23/2009 10:36:27 AM PDT by edcoil (Democracy is two wolves and a lamb deciding what to have for dinner Liberty is a well-armed lamb)
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To: Lou Budvis

Wow what a fool Cantor is. Obama is a nightmare.


25 posted on 04/23/2009 10:38:31 AM PDT by Frantzie (Bumper Sticker idea: "Remember when Bush was President & Americans had jobs?")
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To: Lou Budvis

There hasn’t been bipartisanship in this administration for the same reason it wasn’t present in the last administration: the democrats refuse to practice it and trash the republicans using the mass media as their own personal mouth piece. Republicans, to their credit, actually try to practice it for the good of their country. Dems care nothing for the country; they only care about lining their own pockets and grabbing as much power as they can.


26 posted on 04/23/2009 10:38:53 AM PDT by twigs
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To: nhwingut

“He is a pathetic POS. Where are the conservatives with balls?”

Ironically enough their names are Sarah P. and Michelle B.


27 posted on 04/23/2009 10:39:03 AM PDT by Lou Budvis ("We can't spare this woman, she fights.")
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To: EternalVigilance

C’est vrai: ils n’ont pas des testicules.


28 posted on 04/23/2009 10:39:22 AM PDT by andy58-in-nh (You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.)
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To: Lou Budvis

Exactly. The only republicans with balls are woman.


29 posted on 04/23/2009 10:40:11 AM PDT by nhwingut
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To: Lou Budvis
"The first 100 days have not been the best days for bipartisanship," Cantor said during an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe." "We've got some very serious issues, and I do think now that we can come together," he said. "We can do better." Cantor added that he wants to tell the president later today that "we want to work with you."


30 posted on 04/23/2009 10:40:11 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (IRONY - we know more about the First Dog's historical papers than we do of President Barack.)
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To: edcoil

There is but one solution in 2010. Leave NOT ONE incumbent in there. There may be a courageous few that are good and will be unduly punished by being voted out, but those that put good guys in there can once again vote in a good guy. WE have to enforce term limits at the ballot box, as it is obvious that absolute power corrupts absolutely, and its only a matter of time before the good turn into the corrupt if not constantly turned over every couple years. Surely even the best rep has a replacement in such a dynamic country. We have to do this locally, and COMPLETELY or else we have already lost. There is not enough people willing to leave the republican party for a 3 rd party to make it work. The compromise for those who will not go third party is to commit to voting out the incumbents we have and putting in new blood. If neither of those things are good enough, then you are part of the problem. Everyone says congress is at 9 % approval, except MY rep. that math just don’t add up.


31 posted on 04/23/2009 10:43:28 AM PDT by wombtotomb
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To: UCFRoadWarrior
Eric Cantor is a stupid RINO

There has to be something in the water in DC that shrinks the testicles of Republicans, while simultaneously enlarging those of Democrats. For example, just look at McCaskill and Pelosi. Their brand of politics is to reach down their opponent's throat and rip their lungs out.

Even my man Cornyn is turning into a castrati. By the time he wakes up in five years for his re-election, it will be too late. In five years, the federal debt will be over $20 trillion.

The time to stand up for conservative American principles is NOW.

32 posted on 04/23/2009 10:45:18 AM PDT by Night Hides Not (Don't blame me...I voted for Palin!)
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To: kempster

Not again. Call his office folks!

http://cantor.house.gov/contact.htm

Richmond

4201 Dominion Blvd, #110
Glen Allen, VA 23060
P: 804.747-4073
F: 804.747-5308

Culpeper

763 Madison Rd #207
Culpeper, VA 22701
P: 540.825-8960
F: 540.825-8964

Washington, DC

329 Cannon Building
Washington, DC 20515
P: 202.225-2815
F: 202.225-0011

Let them know that you don’t want republicans to be ‘bi-partisan’ with Obama and the dems while they destroy this country. It is past time for them to go on the attack before it is too late.


33 posted on 04/23/2009 10:52:50 AM PDT by penelopesire ("The only CHANGE you will get with the Democrats is the CHANGE left in your pocket")
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To: Corin Stormhands

I’ll never understand why some freepers worship Eric Cantor and want to run him for every major office on the planet.


34 posted on 04/23/2009 10:53:03 AM PDT by BillyBoy (Impeach Obama? Yes We Can!)
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To: Lou Budvis

Looks like they’re running up the white flag. Cowards.


35 posted on 04/23/2009 11:19:15 AM PDT by saganite (What would Sully do?)
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To: Lou Budvis

Put him on the RINO get rid of list.


36 posted on 04/23/2009 11:21:27 AM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote.)
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To: PMAS

They’ve already conquered. It’s just a matter of consolidation of power now.


37 posted on 04/23/2009 11:21:30 AM PDT by saganite (What would Sully do?)
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To: BillyBoy

Honestly, up until his vote for the Bailout last fall, I would’ve defended him. But he’s lost me for good.


38 posted on 04/23/2009 11:24:50 AM PDT by Corin Stormhands ("Failed Obama Administration" (TM))
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To: GodBlessRonaldReagan
Geez louise! Cantor is my rep, and I’ve supported him from the get-go. Looks like I’m voting third party come next election.

What happens to these guys? Cantor took some solid stands last year and seemed to have some guts. Maybe that was just to make a mark and get attention? It seems that after our Representatives and Senators are in Congress for a while they all have a melt-down. Sure, it would be good to work together, BUT not to blindly accept all the DEMS want to do.

Obama and the Democrats are ram-rodding things through in such a hurry, all geared to putting our nation in a weak position and turning this into a socialist country. No one is stopping them. And they are doing it so fast so as to avoid a lot of buzz on any one issue before they move onto the next contraversial decision. It is a ploy to keep us in a spin, not knowing which item to protest or address first. Quite a plan. And it is working when people like Canter start to fold like this. I am giving up also on the Republicans.

39 posted on 04/23/2009 11:33:08 AM PDT by CitizenM ("An excuse is worse than an lie, because an excuse is a lie hidden." Pope John Paul, II)
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To: Lou Budvis
Cantor added that he wants to tell the president later today that "we want to work with you."

So much for leadership. Cantor ... just another RINO BOHICA pansie.

40 posted on 04/23/2009 11:36:07 AM PDT by Centurion2000 (We either Free America ourselves, or it is midnight for humanity for a thousand years.)
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