Posted on 11/12/2014 8:28:59 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Ted Cruz is still ready to use any means necessary to repeal Obamacare.
But even his fellow conservatives aren’t all jumping on board – a sign that the Republican repeal or bust movement is struggling while Obamacare continues to enroll millions of people with health insurance.
While Cruz wants to use a draconian budget measure to repeal Obamacare with just 51 votes in the Senate, he looks to be increasingly out on a limb. Utah Republican Mike Lee, a leader in the conservative movement, isn’t sold on the so-called budget reconciliation procedure to gut the law. Rand Paul says he’s for repeal but is hedging on exactly how to do it.
Mitch McConnell, who may enjoy a 54 vote Senate Republican majority by January, won’t commit to using the simple majority vote to kill Obamacare. And none of the Republican 2016 presidential candidates are pushing hard for the more radical Senate procedures to repeal the health care law.
Interviews with a wide range of key figures in the Senate and within the conservative movement show that while the party may be united rhetorically on repealing Obamacare, Republicans are surprisingly squishy on exactly how to do it.
The most popular response is to say, “yes, I’m for repeal,” but without saying how. Paul spokesman Brian Darling says the Kentucky senator “is committed one hundred percent to a full repeal,” but added that “using regular order or reconciliation or both is an inside the beltway fight.” And Steve Daines, the newly elected senator from Montana, said through a spokesman only that he “supports fully repealing Obamacare” and “will closely examine how to most effectively achieve that goal.”
And that doesn’t even address the moderates like Maine Republican Susan Collins, or politically vulnerable blue state Republicans who are up for re-election in 2016.
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Amen, amen, AMEN.
“David Nather, Politico “journalist” who shamelessly shills for Obamacare....”
His motivation is that people believe this and give up.
Face it. People HATE Ted Cruz! Everyone except ordinary citizens who are being crushed by Big Brother.
Ping me with it as well. I don’t want to miss out on their excuses. Because I have a theory they will just rehash all the old memes since their GOP script won’t have anything new on it. they been reading the same one for 6 years.
It only took me 30 years to figure it out.
You speak for a lot of Americans who've finally gotten a grasp on the 'long game' of American politics. That includes me.
In short, there's nothing like a well informed electorate, who vote their core American principles, to force the (supposed) party of the right to actually behave that way.
Voting for RINOs only ensures you're have more RINOs to vote for in the future. It does nothing to steer the party back onto the track of conservative ideals and deeds. In fact, it encourages the exact opposite.
Add me to that ping list, if you will be so kind? Thanks!
I worked on Newt’s Super PAC - what did you do to defeat Mitt beside yap your gums and be a keyboard cowgirl?
Norm I’ve kicked your ass in so many debates its not funny - the problem for me is when I debate a fool (like you) no one looks good and you’re too damned stupid to know you’ve been destroyed.
Will do
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