Obviously. Which is why I said "so far".
The leaders have certainly helped as well as the protestors. They have spoken out again and again from the beginning that they are against the plan, and they have pointed out the junk details of the bill. Grassley himself withstood enormous pressure to make a deal which kept a Senate bill from being written before the break which was a huge morale booster for conservatives, and which gave impetuts to people taking to the town halls. Grassley could be a weak link since he is wishy-washy at times, but he has done the right thing so far.
In this Congress, our reps also have stood strong against the huge bills the Dems passed with the exception of THREE out of 200 or so.
Give some credit where it's due.
“Give some credit where it’s due”
I understand what you are saying, but here’s the deal: If we have to ‘praise’ the republicans for doing what we sent them to congress to do in the first place, then we are in real trouble long term. If we are now suppose to bow down to republicans for voting against a flagrant marxist agenda..then we are in real trouble long term. Voting against the democrat’s marxist bills should be a no brainer for any republican or conservative.
The House does deserve some praise of late, starting with the ‘Drill Here, Drill Now’ debate last fall and continuing to now with CapnTrade and the ‘Deathcare’ bill..however..it should have been a given that they would vote against it in the first place. THAT IS WHAT WE SENT THEM TO WASHINGTON TO DO!!
My problem with many of them is that we are not seeing them on TV shouting from the rooftops enough. They should be out there every single day informing the American people of the dangers of Obama and the democrats radical plans for our country. I just don’t see them out there(with a few notable exceptions that I can count on one hand). Today for instance...on every program on Fox News there were democrat congresscritters doing guest spots. I did not see one republican congresscritter all day long to counter any of the democrats spin and flagrant lying.