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To anyone even remotely paying attention this is no “surprise”.
Republicans are a buncha wusses. They’ll cave. They always have. No wonder Reid thinks along such lines.
“My way or the highway.” Careful what you wish for, Harry.
Actually, this could be really good news. There may be an inkling of a hope that Susan Collins and some of these RINO clowns will wake up and see that they’re trying to deal with snakes and scorpions—and that there is no reason to think Dingy Hairy and Obamugabe will EVER keep any promises they make.
About anything.
“It is a game”
One that the PC GOP-e do not fathom.
They should’ve stated from the beginning that every time they hear the words no negotiations it would bring about further demands to de-fund other non-essential items such as entitlements and that non-negotiation was not a tactic to bring about consensus (bi-partisan or otherwise).
This was so simple and the effed it up again. They should’ve never stated that they were going to de-fund obamacare - after all, the best way to get a really bad law repealed is to let it go into effect fully.
I could get behind them stating that the ACA is not as it was written at the time of passage and that all waivers and/or subsidies need to be eliminated so that the law is in full effect. That way they wouldn’t be tinkering with it and could remain blameless for all of the bad mojo associated with the PPACA.
Yep, Lobloather, it’s a game. Sadly, the pubbies play it badly.
The pubbies need to stand firm and shout to the rafters every time the dhimmicraps turn down a bill, or offer up a plan that includes ACA, unlimited debt, or eliminating the (0bama) sequester.
They have NO NEED TO CAPITULATE. They do, however, have a serious need to get the message out...loud and long.
Harry Reid doesn’t call the shots. But he does deliver the instructions to Obama from those who do.
Don’t you just love that —Pelosi has permitted some Democrats to vote with the Republicans. I wonder how many of those constitutents realize that the Democrats they sent to Washington do not represent them or their own conscience but what Nancy Pelosi and the Dem leaders demand. This is the Politburo.
A game the Dems can only win with the media’s fervent assistance.
Boehner uses similar methods- vigorously reported by the media.
Harry and Nancy’s shenanigans- vigorously censured from the media.
Most media polls on the shutdown haven’t even offered the response; “blane congressional Democrats” as a choice.
No longer a game in any way, shape or form.
Democrats want their war. Now. Like the muslims, they think they won.
The absurd thing is the Republicans refuse to expose what is going on. They just keep groveling and coming back with counter-offers instead of using this opportunity to educate the people
If it weren’t for ObamaCare, Nancy Pelosi would still be Speaker of the House.
And if ObamaCare isn’t completely repealed, Nancy Pelosi will never be Speaker of the House again.
The Democrats are destroying themselves by refusing to negotiate an end to the monster they’ve created. Nancy and Harry should be in Obama’s office every day, pleading with him to at least delay the personal mandate for a year, so that the registration fiasco that’s been a growing embarrassment for two weeks can end. But they seem too idiotic to even consider such a thing.
The lib Representatives push the blame off to the Senate and the Senate pushes it off to the Representatives. No one gets blamed. They played this game during the amnesty vote and during the Obmacare vote. The Dems always protect the Dems from sensible conservative states and swing states. Hopefully the Republicans while hang tough like they did for Obama care, remember how the Dems had to bribe Mary Landrieu with that huge “Louisiana puchase” and Ben Nelson got the cornhusker kickback?
Splitting the GOP is the goal.
At least two well-regarded polls in the past week indicate that Republicans are bearing the brunt of the public backlash over the government shutdown
What he doesn't tell us about the polls is that the Dems are blamed nearly as much as the GOP which is unprecedented for these deals. Usually people blame the GOP far, far more than the Dems. The MSM propaganda isn't working so well this time in protecting the left.
Pelosi, whose skills at counting and marshaling votes are widely regarded as unparalleled in the modern era
Oh, puleeze. This is another giveaway that the Post is doing all they can to pump the Dems in this article. Transparent brown-nosing not based on anything like reality.
Then Reid rejects his own deal, and blames the Republicans.
And the Propaganda Wing of the White House (formerly known as the American News Media) calls Republicans names and says they are uncompromising.
Is that about right?
After listening to the “news” this morning, I thought the Kenyan sent his boy, Rimshot Joe, in to negotiate one of his “BIG ****ing deal” specialties with the GOOBs.
Yes, it is. And there are losers. I am one of them. Tomorrow I will burn the last of my vacation. Over $2,000 worth of leave....poof, gone.
After that, I start losing pay directly.
And since I am a contractor, I won’t get re-imbursed.
The timidity of the GOP is just stunning. The minute the Dems double crossed the GOP leadership they should have put obamacare back on the table. Starting with the Congressional exemption.