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Maverick fallout: GOP won't retaliate [Snowe, Graham, McCain get away]
Politico ^
| 2009-10-15
| Lisa Lerer & Manu Raju
Posted on 10/15/2009 8:56:08 AM PDT by rabscuttle385
Mitch McConnell and his deputies in the Senate Republican leadership are responding very cautiously to Olympia Snowe’s decision to become the first GOP vote for a Democratic health care reform bill.
That’s about all they can do.
“My job as whip is not to twist her arm but to bring all the information that we can bring to bear on the issue and hope that people vote the way we would like to see them vote,” said McConnell’s No. 2, Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.).
Kyl said a heavy-handed approach “doesn’t work.”
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TOPICS: Front Page News; Politics/Elections; US: Arizona; US: Maine; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: 111th; bho44; climatechange; fail; gopfail; gopimplosion; gopistheproblem; graham; healthcare; mcconnell; obamacare; rinos; snowe; treacherousrinos
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To: rabscuttle385
GOP may not, but we Patriotic voters will.
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posted on
10/15/2009 8:58:03 AM PDT
by
Texas Fossil
(Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.)
To: rabscuttle385
And, in a nutshell, we once again see firsthand why the GOP is impotent.
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posted on
10/15/2009 8:58:58 AM PDT
by
Colonel_Flagg
(No apologies.)
To: rabscuttle385
"Kyl said a heavy-handed approach “doesn’t work.” because they've never tried it.
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posted on
10/15/2009 8:59:38 AM PDT
by
xcamel
(The urge to save humanity is always a false front for the urge to rule it. - H. L. Mencken)
To: rabscuttle385
Which is why I never donate to the RNC or their offshoots.
I give to my conservative candidates directly.
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posted on
10/15/2009 9:00:12 AM PDT
by
WOBBLY BOB
(ACORN:American Corruption for Obama Right Now)
To: rabscuttle385
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posted on
10/15/2009 9:00:24 AM PDT
by
cblue55
To: Texas Fossil
Cash contributions (or lack thereof) by we the people will speak louder than the milquetoast GOP leadership in Congress
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posted on
10/15/2009 9:00:45 AM PDT
by
silverleaf
(If we are astroturf, why are the democrats trying to mow us?)
To: rabscuttle385
So...let me get this straight. Harry Reid threatens to pull the chairmanship of any Senator who doesn't vote for ObamaCare, and - again - Republicans slink away with their tails between their legs afraid of any controversy whatsoever to include being afraid of Party discipline. What a bunch of weenies.
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posted on
10/15/2009 9:00:53 AM PDT
by
Obadiah
(Obama: Chains you can believe in!)
To: rabscuttle385
Kyl said a heavy-handed approach “doesn’t work.” Neither does a limp wristed approach. Grow a pair !
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posted on
10/15/2009 9:01:07 AM PDT
by
jimt
To: rabscuttle385
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posted on
10/15/2009 9:01:13 AM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(Play the Race Card -- lose the game.)
To: rabscuttle385
If the RNC continues to fund JUANnabies like Specter and Collins and Snowe, they are going to continue to disappoint.
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posted on
10/15/2009 9:02:04 AM PDT
by
Paladin2
(Big Ears + Big Spending --> BigEarMarx, the man behind TOTUS)
To: rabscuttle385
Can someone find us an effective opposition party, please? This one is broken.
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posted on
10/15/2009 9:02:13 AM PDT
by
Antoninus
(Sarah Palin -- I love her because she freaks out all the right people.)
To: cblue55
Vote ‘em out in 2010Bears repeating. I am sick to death of these cowardly Republicans!
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posted on
10/15/2009 9:02:31 AM PDT
by
Obadiah
(Obama: Chains you can believe in!)
To: xcamel
....my job as whip is not to twist her arm...
Thats what a whip does.....count votes, twist arms and WHIP the vote count where needed.
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posted on
10/15/2009 9:03:13 AM PDT
by
mono
To: WOBBLY BOB
That’s what I’m going to do. I’ve had it with the GOP until they can get back to their conservative roots, stop the pandering, and give the RINOS the boot.
To: silverleaf
I am a “poor” ($) Republican. What I could contribute would have no affect.
But I have a vote and have friends I can influence.
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posted on
10/15/2009 9:03:49 AM PDT
by
Texas Fossil
(Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.)
To: xcamel
The “big tent” is really just a lame circus.
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posted on
10/15/2009 9:04:18 AM PDT
by
WOBBLY BOB
(ACORN:American Corruption for Obama Right Now)
To: rabscuttle385
Thats why we conservatives have to do it.
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posted on
10/15/2009 9:04:33 AM PDT
by
GeronL
To: xcamel
They wouldn't say they haven't tried it, they'd say, "
But look what happened to Tom Delay!" The cowards!
HF
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posted on
10/15/2009 9:05:00 AM PDT
by
holden
To: rabscuttle385
My job as whip is not to twist her arm but to bring all the information that we can bring to bear on the issue and hope that people vote the way we would like to see them vote,”
—
Thanks for clarifying that Mitch (the Stealth Minority leader)
Don’t get him mad. He might say something.
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posted on
10/15/2009 9:05:40 AM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard)
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