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To: Idaho_Cowboy

At first glance it appears that the majority of the Republican House caucus defied their leadership and voted against the sellout. One would think, therefore, that there would be a full scale revolt against the entire GOP leadership to punish them for their betrayal. But that’s not how Washington works. This was all a big charade. The House leaders figured out how many votes they needed to pass the bill and determined which members were best able to survive a “yes” vote. If they had needed another 30 sellout votes, they would have got another 30 sellout votes. A lot of those in the GOP majority were simply permitted to vote No to give them political cover for next year’s election cycle. There are probably only 50 true conservatives in the entire House and fewer than 10 in the entire Senate. The political balance situation is much worse than the average American imagines.


265 posted on 10/17/2013 7:10:34 AM PDT by littleharbour ("All men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree. ~ James Madison)
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To: littleharbour

BUT, but, we need to take-back the GOP from the INSIDE.

As if, in the 40+yrs it’d take to even come close, the Republic would be worth ‘saving’

Where do I sign my name under the 2nd Declaration of Independence?


269 posted on 10/17/2013 7:25:20 AM PDT by i_robot73 (Give me one example and I will show where gov't is the root of the problem(s).)
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To: littleharbour

I fear you are correct. I hope we can convince people we need the “numbers” to stop this tradition.

We will need to examine the voting records of the members who voted NO before Keeping them. I hope each district does this, wish I could be more positive.


271 posted on 10/17/2013 7:34:00 AM PDT by 3D-JOY
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