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GOP leaders betting that conservative rage will sputter out
washingtonpost.com ^ | 12/4/14 | Greg Sargent

Posted on 12/05/2014 4:34:32 AM PST by cotton1706

With conservatives working themselves up into cries of rage and betrayal over the GOP leadership’s emerging scheme to avoid a government shutdown, it seems increasingly likely that House Republican leaders may need Democratic votes to pass something that funds the government for the next year. The question now: How will Democrats respond?

For now, Democratic leadership aides signal, they are content to let Speaker John Boehner twist in the wind. In other words: This is your problem; you deal with it.

The emerging House GOP plan is to hold a vote to condemn President Obama’s executive action, to allow conservatives to vent. Then Republicans will try to pass year-long funding for most of the government, except the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees immigration enforcement. The DHS would be funded through only February, at which point Republicans could try to defund Obama’s action.

Conservatives — egged on by the Three Amigos, Ted Cruz, Steve King, and Michele Bachmann — say this isn’t good enough, so passage of the bill funding the government remains in doubt. Indeed, GOP leaders have reportedly reached out to Democratic leaders to see if Dems would help pass it. Nancy Pelosi responded by declining to answer, saying only: “It’s immature. They should make a decision that this is what we need to do to keep the government open.“

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21 posted on 12/05/2014 5:05:50 AM PST by Patton@Bastogne
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To: Liz

He isn’t next in line and is being challenged for the post by some guy whose name I cannot right now remember.


22 posted on 12/05/2014 5:16:57 AM PST by Excellence (Marine mom since April 11, 2014)
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To: Excellence

Sessions is next in line according to Senate protocol-—but Sen Mike Enzi is challenging Jeff.


23 posted on 12/05/2014 5:23:34 AM PST by Liz
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To: Ghost of SVR4

It has been this way with the District of Criminals for a very long time.


24 posted on 12/05/2014 5:30:21 AM PST by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: Wilhelm Tell

See my tag line.


25 posted on 12/05/2014 5:31:30 AM PST by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: puppypusher

The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.

When are conservative going to wake up?


26 posted on 12/05/2014 5:37:22 AM PST by Bulwyf
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To: cotton1706

Betting hell! They know that it will before the next election. They[Elite Republicans] have fooled them [Conservatives] one more time. It seems like the Conservatives would learn because this has been happening for a good number of years, but the evidence shows that they don’t.


27 posted on 12/05/2014 5:37:45 AM PST by sport
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To: Ghost of SVR4

You are clueing in, what are real Americans going to do about it?


28 posted on 12/05/2014 5:38:54 AM PST by Bulwyf
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To: sport

IDIOTS. Did they not pay attention to this past election.

I despise the GOP elite as much as, if not more, than the Democrats.


29 posted on 12/05/2014 5:56:27 AM PST by RummyChick
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To: cotton1706

Though it is tempting to give up, NO, we have to keep fighting the limp wristed power grabbers. WE won’t go away.


30 posted on 12/05/2014 6:30:08 AM PST by outinyellowdogcountry
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To: cotton1706

gop feckless are wrong.


31 posted on 12/05/2014 6:32:21 AM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: cotton1706

That’s as stupid a prediction as “eventually they’ll settle down and learn to like Obamacare”.


32 posted on 12/05/2014 7:08:53 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: cotton1706
"GOP Leaders Betting Conservative Rage will Sputter Out"

I'll take that bet......

33 posted on 12/05/2014 7:12:20 AM PST by CAluvdubya (<------- has now left CA for NV, where God and guns have not been outlawed! Molon Labe)
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To: cotton1706
How long will it take for people to realize that there is no working with Barack Obama?

He is thoroughly evil. He does not deserve to be in the White House.

To not fight him is to support him.

What Would Ronald Reagan Do?

34 posted on 12/05/2014 7:12:46 AM PST by Slyfox (To put on the mind of George Washington read ALL of Deuteronomy 28, then read his Farewell Address)
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To: RummyChick
I despise the GOP elite as much as, if not more, than the Democrats.

I am with you 100%. I have concluded that the ONLY way this Republic can be saved is for Conservatives in-mass to form a new Party.

The GOP is truly an enemy of limited government and our Constitution.

35 posted on 12/05/2014 8:55:38 AM PST by sand88 (We can never legislate our way back to Liberty)
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To: cotton1706

GOP leaders betting that conservative rage will sputter out.
Hillary yells YES 2016 is mine Obama part two will ensue.


36 posted on 12/05/2014 8:56:33 AM PST by Vaduz
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To: cotton1706
ANY VOTE FOR an "ESTABLISHMENT REPUBLICAN"
    is a vote … FOR OBAMA.
What a DISAPPOINTMENT!
Compromisers ALWAYS LOSE !

"Establishment Republicans" lose everytime they're listened to.
They wouldn't care if they DO lose.
If they can't be in power, they don't want US in power.
It's just that simple.
It's WAR!

We will never unify under "Establishment Republicans" .
"Establishment Republicans" have more in common with the Democrats, than they do with Conservatives.
The weak candidates are "Establishment Republicans", weak on national security, amnesty for illegals, abortion, and government spending.
"Establishment Republicans" scream "COMPROMISE".
And people who study the Bible know that COMPROMISE almost always leads to destruction.
Someone once said [We're] 'Not victims of "the Establishment." '
I disagree.
I ask you again: It WAS Mitt Romney, leader of the "Establishment Republicans"
and it WAS the "Establishment Republicans" who funded all those negative ads against Conservatives.

So conservatives, the BASE of the Republican Party, WERE ' victims of "the Establishment." '

These "Establishment Republicans" are being weeded out, one by one, and slowly but surely, the TEA Party is taking over.

"Establishment Republicans" Want to Redefine the Term "Conservative"
DO CONSERVATIVES "ESTABLISHMENT REPUBLICANS" WANT TO WIN IN 2014 OR NOT?

Jack Kerwick wrote an article on May 24, 2011 titled The Tea Partier versus The Republican and he expressed some important issues that I agree with.


I'm fresh out of "patience", and I'm not in the mood for "compromise".
"COMPROMISE" to me is a dirty word.
Let the RINO's compromise their values, with the conservatives, for a change.
Take a good long look at where "Establishment Republicans" ALWAYS take us.



The "Establishment Republicans" can GO TO HELL !

37 posted on 12/05/2014 9:03:06 AM PST by Yosemitest (It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
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To: cotton1706

These MF’ers are going down hard.


38 posted on 12/05/2014 9:12:34 AM PST by VRWC For Truth (Roberts has perverted the Constitution)
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To: Yosemitest

“The “Establishment Republicans” can GO TO HELL !”

Right on!


39 posted on 12/05/2014 10:57:31 AM PST by Obstinate (Pack the Constitution & build Mayflower II; this place is toast. Going Galt? Going Constitutional.)
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To: Patton@Bastogne

Ted Cruz is the closest thing to Sam Damon we’ve got. Everyone else are Courtney Massengales, with a very few exceptions.


40 posted on 12/05/2014 11:09:14 AM PST by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Mississippi!)
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