Posted on 11/03/2012 2:16:30 AM PDT by Libloather
Reid: 'Laughable' for Romney to think Dems will pass his agenda
By Mike Lillis - 11/02/12 03:56 PM ET
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid warned Mitt Romney this week that upper-chamber Democrats would be no rubber stamp for Republican ideals if the GOP contender wins the White House next Tuesday.
The Nevada Democrat is pushing back against Romney's claims that he's better able to break Washington's partisan gridlock because he could work with congressional Democrats in ways President Obama wasn't able to work with Republicans.
The notion of working across the aisle has emerged as a key selling point for Romney, one that's won him a number of newspaper endorsements in recent weeks.
Reid on Friday warned that those endorsements might have been premature.
“Mitt Romney’s fantasy that Senate Democrats will work with him to pass his 'severely conservative' agenda is laughable," Reid said in a statement, referring to Romney's description of his own political leanings during the GOP primaries. "In fact, Mitt Romney’s Tea Party agenda has already been rejected in the Senate."
Reid noted that Senate Democrats this year have already shot down a number of proposals Romney has supported on the campaign trail, including GOP efforts to repeal Obama's healthcare reforms, cut taxes on the wealthiest Americans and eliminate the birth-control mandate for most employers.
Romney, Reid charged, “has demonstrated that he lacks the courage to stand up to the Tea Party, kowtowing to their demands time and again."
"There is nothing in Mitt Romney’s record to suggest he would act any differently as president," Reid added.
All sides agree that the emergence of entrenched partisanship on Capitol Hill in recent years has created a volatile political environment that's discouraged compromise and threatened the ability of Congress to perform even its most basic functions. Both parties have blamed the other for the gridlock, with GOP leaders accusing Obama of refusing to reach across the aisle and Democrats countering that Republican leaders have made defeating Obama their highest priority.
"The single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term president," Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) told National Journal just before the 2010 elections.
Romney, on the campaign trail, has packaged himself as the leader who could break the gridlock, arguing that, as governor of Massachusetts a decade ago, he was able to work with Democratic state leaders to get things done.
That strategy has paid dividends, as Iowa's Des Moines Register and the Detroit News have endorsed Romney in recent days, citing his record as a bipartisan dealmaker.
"Which candidate could forge the compromises in Congress to achieve these goals [of job creation and economic recovery]?" the Register's editorial board wrote last week. "When the question is framed in those terms, Mitt Romney emerges the stronger candidate."
Reid, however, disputes the notion that Romney has a good record of bipartisanship, saying the former Massachusetts governor "had a terrible relationship with Democrats" – a dynamic Reid predicts will continue if Romney wins the White House.
"In the near-decade that Mitt Romney has spent running for president, both his words and his actions have shown that pleasing the far right is more important to him than working across the aisle," Reid added. “Senate Democrats are committed to defending the middle class, and we will do everything in our power to defend them against Mitt Romney’s Tea Party agenda.”
Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus said Reid's comments showed that the Senate majority leader recognized Romney's "momentum."
"While Senator Reid might want to continue Washington politics as usual, I'm confident that there are many Democrats who value balancing the budget, reducing burdensome regulations, investing in U.S. energy resources and will be willing to work with Governor Romney to help grow our stagnant economy," Priebus said in a statement.
There are few creatures on this planet more odious and loathsome than grungy Harry..
Hey Harry, the village of Searchlight,NV is looking for its idiot.
This a-hole has wasted five years of America’s time.
Harry made him look like even more of a jack*ss than usual yesterday. He probably also doomed a few Democratic Senate candidates. Nice work, Harry.
Harry made himself look like even more of a jack*ss than usual yesterday. He probably also doomed a few Democratic Senate candidates. Nice work, Harry.
Reid won’t be in charge of the Senate after Nov.6th.
IIRC, Reid got in only by voter fraud.
This is precisely why its important to win control of the Senate. Harry Reid can join Nazi Pelosi at the back of the bus. What a disgusting excuse for a human being.
There are few creatures on this planet more odious and loathsome than grungy Harry..
Dingy Harry is just Schmuckie Schumer's sock puppet.
Gridlock sounds better to me than 4 more years of Maobama.
A SORDID attempt by dirty Harry to fire up the whacko Dem base so they will turn out and vote. The problem is that the Whacko dem base has been whacked off so much by Obama that they are whacked out.After all, Obama has been campaigning for 4 years instead of doing his job.Even dirty Harry is whacked out.
I’ll give odds that Mitt has a plan to deal with Reid and other obstructionists. If I were Mitt, I’d do just like J. Edgar did - build a dossier on everyone in Congress, then call in the obstructionists one by one for a little tété a tété.
Its laughable for Reid to think that the people will allow him to keep his job if he acts like a child instead of a Senator........
For Reid to make such comments not having worked with Romney, means to me Harry Reid needs to step down.
That’s Okay Senator Reid. We don’t need the Senate. If you don’t pass our budget, Romney can do what Obama does; implement his own budget.
You may remember, it takes a House vote to indict him for Impeachement, so you can forget that sh!t.. You probably could hold some Senate hearings or such, but I’m guessing he could have the power turned off for that, too.
He can also instruct the IRS to NOT enforce ANY Obamacare provisions just like Obama instructed the DOJ and DHS not to prosecute any illegal immigration..
He can do this for the 8 years he’ll be in office, or as long as it takes to throw your ass and those other asshat Democrats that keep you in control there, too.
Good luck Mr. Majority Leader.
my guess is Romney will just NOT INVITE dingy to the party, and just invite those who care about the country, and emasculate this asshole
That’s only fair. I seem to recall the Clintons using the IRS as a weapon. . . turnabout is fair play. ..
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